Sean Diddy Combs (left) in court. Credit :
Elizabeth Williams via AP
Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ three daughters left the courtroom in the middle of his sex crimes trial when a male sex worker gave testimony involving graphic and lurid details of the music mogul’s alleged activities.
Daniel Phillip, a male escort, alleged in a Manhattan court on Monday, May 12, that he had been paid by Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura to have sex with her as Combs sat in the corner watching them while he masturbated. Phillip also testified that he witnessed Combs being violent towards Ventura.
Combs’ daughters — recent high school graduate Chance Combs and 18-year-old twins D’Lila and Jessie Combs — left the courtroom twice while Phillips testified, each time during graphic accounts of sexual encounters, including a time when Combs allegedly masturbated into a corner while watching him have sex.
Prosecutors also played in court the hotel security footage from 2016 where Combs is seen assaulting Ventura, shoving her to the ground and kicking her as she lay motionless.
Combs’ daughters remained in the courtroom as the video of hotel encounter was played, and so did Combs’ mother, Janice Combs. They all looked straight ahead as the video played; Combs’ sons watched the video.
Combs has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty.
He was accused in a 2024 indictment of using his fame to lure women and forcing them to partake in sex parties which have since become notoriously known as “Freak Off” parties — some of which lasted for days.
On Monday, Combs appeared in court in a gray sweater over a white collared shirt and khaki pants, and blew a kiss at his family, who showed up to support him.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told the jury during opening statements that there was “another side” to the Grammy-winning media mogul.
“A side that ran a criminal enterprise,” she added, alleging his crimes span across two decades and were orchestrated by a team that helped him undertake “kidnapping, arson, drugs, sex crimes.”
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