It is an extraordinary trial that opens this Monday, May 5, 2025 in the Federal Court of Manhattan. Sean combs, better known as P. Diddy, previously an important figure in the hip and the magnate of the music industry, appeared for a series of extremely serious accusations: sex trafficking, extortion, extortion and organization of an sexual exploitation network for two decades, for which it risks the prison of life.
What is reproach for P. Diddy?
Delivering since his arrest eight months ago at a Brooklyn detention center, P. Diddy is accused of having directed a “criminal business” that would have forced women, including Cassie, to participate in a sexual escape for several days, which called “monsters”, and that especially involved prostitutes and abundant drug consumption.
According to the accusation, Sean Com combs “directed” his scenes, sometimes recorded in video and could be threatening or violent to achieve his purposes. Manhattan’s federal prosecutor evokes accomplices without appointing them, but be combs will be the only defendant.
How long will the test last?
The trial will begin with the jury selection, which should last a week. The trial begins on May 5, 2025 with the jury selection and should last approximately one month.
Three weeks will be dedicated to the presentation of the accusation, which plans to show several victims, former collaborators and direct witnesses of the facts. The fourth week will be reserved for defense.
Who will testify?
According to CNN’s revelations, singer Cassie, who had been in a relationship with Diddy for more than ten years, should testify under his real name and with a discovered face during this trial.
The artist had opened the valves against P. Diddy by presenting a civil complaint in 2023, saying that his former partner had presented him more than a decade of violence and rape in 2018.
The case had quickly established itself, but a series of accusations of sexual assault and violation followed. Subsequently, the FBI had launched a great search for searches in their residences in Miami and Los Angeles.
The judge also authorized at least four other alleged victims to testify under pseudonyms during the trial to protect his anonymity, CNN also reports.
An offensive defense
Until then, P. Diddy declared himself innocent of all the positions for which he is accused, ensuring that all sexual relations will be granted. During a recent preliminary hearing, his lawyer Marc Agnifilo gave an overview of the defense strategy by evoking the artist’s “swinger” lifestyle.
What risks Diddy?
If you are convicted of sexual trafficking or extortion, P. Diddy risks a prison sentence for life. And previous judicial decisions in similar cases suggest a severe result.
In the case of R. Kelly, accused of sexual crimes about minors and sentenced under the rich law, the sentence amounted to 31 years in prison. Keith Raniere, founder of the NXIVM sect, considered guilty of having reduced women in sexual slavery, was sentenced to 120 years in prison, especially recalls the magazine Billboard.
Source: BFM TV
