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What to cognize astir the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial
- Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is connected proceedings successful Manhattan national tribunal for allegedly sexually assaulting, trafficking and different exploiting women implicit aggregate decades anterior to his September arrest.
- Combs is charged with racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion (two counts), and proscription for purposes of prostitution (two counts).
- The transgression proceedings volition item claims made by 4 women, including Combs' ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, and 3 who volition attest anonymously.
- The 2016 information tape showing Combs attacking Ventura, his woman astatine the time, is expected to beryllium cardinal grounds for the prosecution.
- Combs, 55, is being held without bail and could look beingness successful situation if convicted connected each counts. He rejected a plea deal offered successful the last pre-trial hearing.
- The proceedings is expected to past 8 to 10 weeks.
Follow unrecorded updates connected the proceedings here.
The assemblage is seated and sworn in
The assemblage is sworn successful and being fixed their instructions.
56m agoThe assemblage is selected
The 12 assemblage members and six alternates person been selected and the assemblage is seated.
9:35 AM"All rise"
The justice enters the courtroom and the last proceedings commencement earlier the assemblage is seated and sworn in.
8:56 AMCombs enters courtroom
Combs entered the courtroom astatine astir 8:51 a.m. wearing a sweater (beige oregon airy gray) implicit a collared garment and what appears to beryllium khaki pants.
His parent and six children were seated successful the 2nd enactment down the defense. He gave them a thumbs up, made a bosom signifier with his hands and blew a kiss. The kids smiled and pumped their fists.
Combs enactment connected glasses and asked for much water.
Combs rejected plea woody days earlier trial
Combs rejected a plea woody that was offered successful the last pre-trial hearing, aft helium pleaded not guilty to each counts, including proscription to prosecute successful prostitution and enactment trafficking.
During the pre-trial hearing on May 1, Judge Arun Subramanian asked Combs to corroborate helium was of dependable caput and not connected immoderate drugs. He past asked Combs if helium rejected the prosecution's offer.
"Yes, I do," Combs said.
Details of what was offered successful the imaginable plea woody were not given.
Trial schedule
Opening statements successful the Sean "Diddy" Combs national enactment trafficking and racketeering are expected to commencement contiguous astatine the national courthouse successful Lower Manhattan.
First, the assemblage indispensable beryllium sworn in.
Trial proceedings are expected to spell from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. regular for the archetypal week, past 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. regular the pursuing weeks.
The proceedings is expected to past 8 to 10 weeks.
Can I ticker the proceedings live?
Per national rules, photos and videos from wrong tribunal are not allowed, truthful determination is nary broadcast oregon livestream of Combs' trial.
Only courtroom sketches are permitted.
CBS News New York's Alice Gainer volition supply real-time updates from the courthouse successful this unrecorded blog.
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