
This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing.
This is week five of testimony in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs.

This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing.
This is week five of testimony in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs.
The highly anticipated trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached an end.
The jury found Sean Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, the most serious charge.
The jury found Combs guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura) and guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym "Jane").
He was found not guilty of both charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in connection with Ventura and "Jane."
Combs was accused of being the ringleader of an alleged enterprise that "abused, threatened and coerced women" into prolonged, drug-fueled sexual orgies with male prostitutes, which he called "freak-offs," and then threatened them into silence. Combs has said that all of the sex was consensual and that while his relationships sometimes involved domestic violence, he wasn't engaged in trafficking.
Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said Combs was simply part of the swinger lifestyle and that he "vehemently denies the accusations made by the SDNY."
Though she previously testified that Sean Combs made her feel “repulsed,” “disgusted,” “sleazy,” and like “an animal” and a “porn star,” "Jane" testified on cross-examination that she liked to “baby" Combs.
“Taking care of Mr. Combs was one of your favorite parts of your relationship?” defense attorney Teny Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" testified.
“You liked that quality time with him?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" testified.
“Because he was your partner and your lover and you wanted to take care of him?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" told the jury.
“You really wanted to please him?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" testified.
"Jane," Combs' former girlfriend who's appearing under a pseudonym, testified that she began to research the lifestyle Combs appeared to be leading, “trying to figure out my relationship.”
She told the jury she came upon the word “cuck,” which she described as a “man who is in a relationship and is turned on by watching a woman have sex with another man.”
Geragos asked, “What did that word mean to you?”
"Jane" testified, “I was just like, 'this is spot-on.'”
"Jane" explained to the jury, “I was trying to deep-dive on all the reasons why they drew such pleasure watching their woman with other men.”
Combs has said all of the sex discussed at trial was consensual, and that the women who allegedly participated understood his desires and were not coerced, as prosecutors allege.
In her testimony, "Jane" agreed with Geragos that she was “OK” with being recorded having sex with male prostitutes and that she agreed to do certain things during those encounters because she wanted to make Combs happy.
The defense stressed moments in which they contended "Jane" appeared to have agency during the "hotel night” sexual encounters, such as forbidding escorts from using drugs and asking them to use condoms.
“There were instances when you did voice that you wanted something to end and he did listen?” Geragos asked.
“On rare occasions,” "Jane" testified.
Geragos reminded "Jane" of her previous testimony during which she called one male escort “repulsive” and dismissed another, an Italian man in New York to whom she was not attracted.
“He would say, ‘What else?’ And I would know what that meant,” "Jane" testified of Combs, recalling why she called preferred escorts after rejecting others.
The “hotel nights” regularly involved taking the drug ecstasy, "Jane" previously testified, saying "I feel that ecstasy made me feel extremely sexual and liberated and it helped me get through these nights with these men as well.”
Under cross-examination, "Jane" told the court that she and Combs would take ecstasy together at other times.
“It was not only when you were in hotel nights that you would take ecstasy, right?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" told the court.
Court was just adjourned for the week without addressing the "sensitive matter" discussed in a closed courtroom.
The judge also said nothing further about juror #6.
The parties spent the last hour discussing evidence outside the presence of the jury.
Federal prosecutors said they expect to rest no later than Friday of next week and as soon as Wednesday.
The next two witnesses are summary witnesses, followed by Combs' former assistant, Brendan Paul, and another summary witness. The last witness for the prosecution will be a law enforcement agent
The defense said it would take the weekend to think about the substance and duration of its case.
At the conclusion of court on Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed juror #6 over "inconsistencies" in statements he made about where he lived, and he said they raised questions of candor and ability to follow instructions.
In an "offhand" remark to court staff, the juror mentioned he had moved in with his girlfriend in New Jersey and had been living there most of the time.
When questioned by the court, "the juror said actually he was spending four to five nights in his New York apartment," Subramanian said. In follow up questions, the juror said he moved to where his daughter lives, with his girlfriend in New Jersey.
During jury selection, "this juror had answered, in response to the simple and straightforward questions, ‘Where do you live and who do you live with,’ Bronx, with his fiancé and daughter," Subramanian said.
The judge said it raised concerns about the juror’s basic qualifications, the juror’s candor and whether he made a deliberate attempt to get himself onto the jury.
"The changing answers and inconsistency give the court worry about deception and lying, which further implicate the veracity of other answers, including to questions that go to the heart of the case," Subramanian said. "Removal of the juror is required in this court’s view."
Defense attorney Xavier Donaldson lamented the dismissal of a Black juror because he said there are not enough Black and Hispanic individuals serving on juries.
Three separate defense attorneys stood to object to the juror’s removal for different reasons.
"It is going to be a less diverse jury. That is a fact," Donaldson said. "I don’t generally play the race card. I’m not saying I’m playing it now."
The dismissed juror would be replaced with an alternate.
"There are differences between principal jurors and alternate jurors," Marc Agnifilo said.
Subramanian promised to think about what the defense lawyers said and advise the parties if he changes his mind.
Subramanian called the attorneys to the bench and then announced the court had a "sensitive matter" to discuss.
He ordered the courtroom closed to all but the parties.
He did not say what the sensitive matter is.
On re-direct examination, Sean Combs’ former personal assistant Jonathan Perez testified that personal errands were part of his job.
"Who told you to set up king nights?" prosecutor Madison Smyser asked. "KK," Perez testified, referring to Combs’ chief of staff, Kristina Khorram.
"Did you set up those king nights for free?" Smyser asked. "No," Perez told the jury.

"Ever set up king nights on vacation?" Smyser followed up. "No," Perez told the jury.
Perez testified that part of his job involved doing personal things for Combs like writing cards to his girlfriends and buying them flowers.
Perez has concluded his testimony, thus concluding five weeks of testimony.
The judge dismissed jurors for the weekend with customary instructions not to talk to anyone about the case and turn off news notifications.
On cross-examination, Sean Combs’ former personal assistant Jonathan Perez testified that setting up hotel rooms and procuring drugs were personal errands and not work-related tasks.
"It had nothing to do with your work?" defense attorney Brian Steel asked. "No," Perez responded on the stand. Combs is accused of conspiring with his employees as part of a criminal enterprise.
Perez told the jury under cross-examination that he performed those tasks 1% of the time compared with his business-related duties.
"You just did it because you’re a nice person?" Steel asked. "Yes," Perez testified.
Perez testified that he helped "Jane" -- a former Combs girlfriend who took the stand under a pseudonym -- with outfits for hotel nights because she trusted his fashion sense.
"She would ask you to go out and go shopping for her?" Steel asked. "Yes," Perez told the jury.
"Would you look for her for lingerie?" "Yes," Perez testified on the stand.
"Would you look for her for dresses?" "Yes," Perez told the jury.
"The goal for her was to look good for Mr. Combs?" "Yes," Perez replied on the stand.
"Did you ever get the feeling that she was hesitant of joining the king nights?" Steel asked, using Perez’s term for "hotel nights" or "freak offs." "No," Perez testified.
Steel followed up, asking, "Did it always appear to you that she was willing?" "Yes," Perez told the jury.
Steel tried to emphasize Perez's testimony, asking, "Did ‘Jane’ ever appear to you, from your observation, that she was upset or unhappy after the king nights?" "No," Perez testified.
Though she previously testified that Sean Combs made her feel “repulsed,” “disgusted,” “sleazy,” and like “an animal” and a “porn star,” "Jane" testified on cross-examination that she liked to “baby" Combs.
“Taking care of Mr. Combs was one of your favorite parts of your relationship?” defense attorney Teny Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" testified.
“You liked that quality time with him?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" testified.
“Because he was your partner and your lover and you wanted to take care of him?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" told the jury.
“You really wanted to please him?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" testified.
"Jane," Combs' former girlfriend who's appearing under a pseudonym, testified that she began to research the lifestyle Combs appeared to be leading, “trying to figure out my relationship.”
She told the jury she came upon the word “cuck,” which she described as a “man who is in a relationship and is turned on by watching a woman have sex with another man.”
Geragos asked, “What did that word mean to you?”
"Jane" testified, “I was just like, 'this is spot-on.'”
"Jane" explained to the jury, “I was trying to deep-dive on all the reasons why they drew such pleasure watching their woman with other men.”
Combs has said all of the sex discussed at trial was consensual, and that the women who allegedly participated understood his desires and were not coerced, as prosecutors allege.
In her testimony, "Jane" agreed with Geragos that she was “OK” with being recorded having sex with male prostitutes and that she agreed to do certain things during those encounters because she wanted to make Combs happy.
The defense stressed moments in which they contended "Jane" appeared to have agency during the "hotel night” sexual encounters, such as forbidding escorts from using drugs and asking them to use condoms.
“There were instances when you did voice that you wanted something to end and he did listen?” Geragos asked.
“On rare occasions,” "Jane" testified.
Geragos reminded "Jane" of her previous testimony during which she called one male escort “repulsive” and dismissed another, an Italian man in New York to whom she was not attracted.
“He would say, ‘What else?’ And I would know what that meant,” "Jane" testified of Combs, recalling why she called preferred escorts after rejecting others.
The “hotel nights” regularly involved taking the drug ecstasy, "Jane" previously testified, saying "I feel that ecstasy made me feel extremely sexual and liberated and it helped me get through these nights with these men as well.”
Under cross-examination, "Jane" told the court that she and Combs would take ecstasy together at other times.
“It was not only when you were in hotel nights that you would take ecstasy, right?” Geragos asked.
“Yes,” "Jane" told the court.