P. Diddy Case: Behind the Scenes of the Star's Extraordinary Trial for Sex Trafficking Starting Monday
On May 5, 2025, the trial of global hip-hop icon Sean "Diddy" Combs, accused of sex trafficking, pimping, and mafia conspiracy, will begin in Manhattan. A behind-the-scenes look at a legal battle that promises to be fierce.
By Anaïs Maquiné Denecker, correspondent in Los Angeles (United States)On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in Manhattan is about to become the scene of a historic trial. At 55, Sean "Diddy" Combs, akaP. Diddy , a disgraced music industry mogul he branded with a hot iron, faces charges as serious as they are dishonorable : pimping, sex trafficking, racketeering. The federal teams, led by prosecutor Madison Smyser, have accumulated an impressive body of evidence: surveillance videos, private videos, sworn testimony, medical examinations, electronic communications and items seized (weapons, sex toys, drugs, etc.) during searches of his home.
Since his arrest in September 2024, P. Diddy has been incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Deemed too high a risk of flight, the judges denied his lawyers ' multiple bail requests despite the $50 million offered.
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