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News Articles: Sean Combs

Cassie Ventura (left) and Sean Combs at the Met Gala in New York City in 2017. Ventura testified for the prosecution in the criminal trial of Combs, who is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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Sean Combs trial: Cassie concludes four days of testimony

On Friday, Sean Combs' defense lawyers questioned Cassie Ventura about how much of the former couple's activities she willingly participated in. "I had to fight my way out," she said.

May 19, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' attorney cross-examines Cassie Ventura for the first time

An attorney asked Ventura a series of questions about Ventura admittedly feeling jealous during her relationship with Combs and Ventura begrudgingly planning parts of their sex life.

May 16, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
The singer Cassie Ventura testified on Tuesday, May 13, in the federal criminal trial of Sean Combs.

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Sean Combs trial: Cassie's testimony details scope of violent relationship

On the witness stand on Wednesday, the singer at the center of the prosecution's case testified that her decade-long relationship with Combs was ruled by fear and violence.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nev.

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  • Music

A timeline of the federal trial against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

The federal trial against Sean Combs, the Bad Boy Records founder turned businessman, is underway. He faces charges for racketeering conspiracy and prostitution. Catch updates from the trial here.

May 14, 2025
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 11: Sean Combs speaks onstage during the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony for DJ Khaled on April 11, 2022 in Hollywood, California.

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Sean Combs' jury has been selected. The trial is officially underway.

After a brief delay, the jurors and alternates for the mogul's trial for racketeering conspiracy and prostitution have been set. The trial is expected to last eight weeks.

May 12, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The musician Cassie was the first to bring a civil lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs in November 2023 — and may have opened the doors for the federal investigation that landed Combs in custody.

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How a post #MeToo law opened the floodgates for allegations against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

The New York Adult Survivors Act gave alleged victims of sexual violence a one-year window to file civil claims, even after the statute of limitations had lapsed. It's a law that may have opened the doors for the federal investigation that landed Sean Combs in custody.

May 09, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Sean "Diddy" Combs attends an album release party for his <em>The Love Album: Off The Grid</em> album on Sept. 15, 2023, in New York City.

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  • Music

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' fame posed challenges during jury selection

Nearly 100 potential jurors were whittled down to a group of 45 on Wednesday ahead of the mogul's case for racketeering and prostitution. For many, his outsized celebrity was an issue.

May 07, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 15: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 15, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • Music

Jury selection in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial begins today

The trial for the rap mogul, who faces criminal charges for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transporting to engage in prostitution, is underway. Opening statements are slated for May 12.

May 05, 2025
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Jay-Z attends the Los Angeles premiere of Sony Pictures' <em>The Book Of Clarence</em> at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Jan. 5, 2024.

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Woman drops suit accusing Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13

The suit was initially filed in October, claiming that the woman was lured by a limousine driver outside the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards and assaulted by the two rappers at an after-party.

February 17, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Sean "Diddy" Combs, seen here in Atlanta in 2023.

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Here's everyone caught in the web of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegations so far

Since last November, 12 lawsuits have been filed against Sean 'Diddy' Combs for sexual and physical assault. Here's who is officially involved in the allegations.

December 09, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Dawn Richard arrives at the Latin American Music Awards at the Dolby Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles.

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  • Music

Danity Kane's Dawn Richard sues Sean 'Diddy' Combs for sexual assault and battery

In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in a New York federal court, Richard alleges that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, deprived her of food and sleep and refused to pay her adequately.

September 12, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Sean "Diddy" Combs is pictured at the CBS Radford Studio Center in 2018 in Los Angeles. On Sunday, Combs apologized for his actions in a video that appears to show him beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

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Sean Combs apologizes for 'my actions in that video' that appeared to show an assault

Without addressing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who is seen in the video being kicked and dragged in 2016, the hip-hop mogul says, "I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now."

May 19, 2024
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  • John Helton
A lawyer for Sean "Diddy" Combs, pictured in 2018, said the entertainment mogul is the subject of "a witch hunt based on meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits."

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  • Law

Diddy's lawyers say feds used 'military-level force' in home raids

A day after Homeland Security Investigations officials descended on Sean Combs' Miami and Los Angeles residences, his lawyers are calling it an "unprecedented ambush."

March 27, 2024
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  • Vanessa Romo
Bad Boy Records founder Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of sexual misconduct by five different people since November 2023.

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A timeline of allegations against Sean Combs

The rap mogul has been accused of sexual misconduct in five different civil suits since November 2023, dating back to the beginning of one of hip-hop's most influential careers.

February 29, 2024
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  • Sidney Madden and
  • Sheldon Pearce
GPB News NPR

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  • Law

Paula Abdul accuses 'American Idol' producer of sexual assault

The singer and actor's lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe is the latest in a string of high-profile cases filed right before portions of California's Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act expire.

December 30, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
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