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Trial of Sean Combs
United States v. Combs is a 2025 criminal case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York brought against American rapper and record producer Sean Combs, known professionally as Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy), on charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and violations of the Mann Act.
On July 2, 2025, a jury found Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, but guilty on two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution. On October 3, 2025, Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Combs to four years and two months in prison, a $500,000 fine, and five years of supervised release.
From 2017 onward, there have been several civil suits brought against Combs. He has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting three men, of committing sexual battery against a former male employee, and of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. In 2023 and 2024, accusations of sexual misconduct were made and civil suits were filed against Combs. Among the accusers and plaintiffs was the defendant's former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who said that she had been raped, trafficked, and physically assaulted by Combs multiple times during a period of almost ten years.
On March 25, 2024, federal agents questioned Combs at the Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport and seized a number of electronic devices before allowing him to leave for his planned vacation. The same day, Homeland Security agents raided Combs's properties in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, confiscating computers and other electronic devices. The search found various narcotics, like ketamine, ecstasy, GHB, as well as a number of weapons, including three illegally modified AR-15 rifles, and "more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant".
On September 16, 2024, Sean Combs was indicted by a grand jury on three counts of felonies: Racketeering Conspiracy; Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion; and Transportation to Engage in Prostitution. He was arrested by U.S. Homeland Security investigators in Manhattan the same day, and jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. During his arraignment, on September 17, Combs pleaded not guilty. Southern District of New York Judge Robyn Tarnofsky denied Combs bail and ordered that the defendant remain in federal custody. The next day, District court judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. denied the defense's appeal for bail, citing concerns for potential witness threats and intimidation. The defense claimed in its appeal, among other things, that a 2016 surveillance video clip from a hotel hallway, in which the defendant can be seen kicking and dragging Cassie Ventura, is the product of "a ten-year loving relationship" that dissolved because of Ventura's "jealousy over [the defendant's] infidelity." The judge did not accept the claim, asking, at some point, "What's love got to do with that?" In June 2025, prosecutors agreed to drop three charges involving arson, attempted kidnapping and aiding sex trafficking.
On May 5, 2025, the date set by Federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the trial of Sean Combs began in the Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan.
On May 12, 2025, the process of jury selection began. After a period of nearly a week and the examination of about one hundred prospective jurors by the judge, the prosecution, and the defense, a panel of twelve jurors and six alternates was agreed upon and selected. The jury was composed of eight men and four women, from Manhattan, the Bronx, or Westchester County, New York, between the ages of 30 and 74.
The prosecution said that the defendant was operating his business enterprises also for criminal purposes and specifically to carry out and cover up the crimes for which he had been indicted. The prosecution claimed Combs used his "status and power" to "violently" force two ex-girlfriends into a number of sexual acts they did not want to partake in, and that he "victimized" several of his employees through threats, kidnapping, and even sexual assault. The charges of conspiracy and racketeering involve the same activities.
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Trial of Sean Combs
United States v. Combs is a 2025 criminal case in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York brought against American rapper and record producer Sean Combs, known professionally as Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy), on charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and violations of the Mann Act.
On July 2, 2025, a jury found Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, but guilty on two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution. On October 3, 2025, Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Combs to four years and two months in prison, a $500,000 fine, and five years of supervised release.
From 2017 onward, there have been several civil suits brought against Combs. He has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting three men, of committing sexual battery against a former male employee, and of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. In 2023 and 2024, accusations of sexual misconduct were made and civil suits were filed against Combs. Among the accusers and plaintiffs was the defendant's former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who said that she had been raped, trafficked, and physically assaulted by Combs multiple times during a period of almost ten years.
On March 25, 2024, federal agents questioned Combs at the Miami–Opa Locka Executive Airport and seized a number of electronic devices before allowing him to leave for his planned vacation. The same day, Homeland Security agents raided Combs's properties in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, confiscating computers and other electronic devices. The search found various narcotics, like ketamine, ecstasy, GHB, as well as a number of weapons, including three illegally modified AR-15 rifles, and "more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant".
On September 16, 2024, Sean Combs was indicted by a grand jury on three counts of felonies: Racketeering Conspiracy; Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion; and Transportation to Engage in Prostitution. He was arrested by U.S. Homeland Security investigators in Manhattan the same day, and jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. During his arraignment, on September 17, Combs pleaded not guilty. Southern District of New York Judge Robyn Tarnofsky denied Combs bail and ordered that the defendant remain in federal custody. The next day, District court judge Andrew L. Carter Jr. denied the defense's appeal for bail, citing concerns for potential witness threats and intimidation. The defense claimed in its appeal, among other things, that a 2016 surveillance video clip from a hotel hallway, in which the defendant can be seen kicking and dragging Cassie Ventura, is the product of "a ten-year loving relationship" that dissolved because of Ventura's "jealousy over [the defendant's] infidelity." The judge did not accept the claim, asking, at some point, "What's love got to do with that?" In June 2025, prosecutors agreed to drop three charges involving arson, attempted kidnapping and aiding sex trafficking.
On May 5, 2025, the date set by Federal Judge Arun Subramanian, the trial of Sean Combs began in the Federal District Court in Lower Manhattan.
On May 12, 2025, the process of jury selection began. After a period of nearly a week and the examination of about one hundred prospective jurors by the judge, the prosecution, and the defense, a panel of twelve jurors and six alternates was agreed upon and selected. The jury was composed of eight men and four women, from Manhattan, the Bronx, or Westchester County, New York, between the ages of 30 and 74.
The prosecution said that the defendant was operating his business enterprises also for criminal purposes and specifically to carry out and cover up the crimes for which he had been indicted. The prosecution claimed Combs used his "status and power" to "violently" force two ex-girlfriends into a number of sexual acts they did not want to partake in, and that he "victimized" several of his employees through threats, kidnapping, and even sexual assault. The charges of conspiracy and racketeering involve the same activities.