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Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial adjourned due to sick juror; testimony resumes Friday

PHOTO: Sean "Diddy" Combs listens as U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian threatens to sanction attorneys for a potential leak during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 17, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
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Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ trial resumes after juror issue
By Aaron Katersky, Mason Leib, Emily Shapiro
Last Updated: June 18, 2025, 1:55 PM

This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing.

This is week six of testimony in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Latest headlines:

  • Court is adjourned for the day due to a sick juror
  • Court discusses plan for today after juror reports illness
  • Jury sees more messages between Combs and Ventura before court adjourns
  • Combs contacted Cassie Ventura after 2016 hotel attack: 'Call me now'
  • Defense says their case presentation could last 2-5 days
  • Juror issues again discussed after court adjourns
Here's how the news is developing.

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Jul 02, 2025 2:50 PM

Sean Combs trial reaches an end with mixed verdict

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."


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Jun 17, 2025 3:57 PM

Combs contacted Cassie Ventura after 2016 hotel attack: 'Call me now'

After his 2016 caught-on-camera attack on then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, Sean Combs called and messaged her repeatedly but Ventura-ignored most of the communications, according to phone records introduced at trial.

The jury first saw messages arranging the "freak-off" that Ventura testified preceded the violence that was captured on hotel surveillance footage the jury has repeatedly been shown.

PHOTO: Assistant Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 17, 2025.
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
Assistant Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 17, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

The jury next saw phone records that showed Combs made dozens of unanswered phone calls to Ventura following her departure from the hotel. He also messaged her.

“Call me now,” one message from Combs demanded. “You gonna abandon me all alone,” another message said.

Ventura responded once. “I have a premiere Monday for the biggest thing I have ever done in my life. I have a black eye and a fat lip. You are sick for thinking it’s OK to do what you have done,” her message read. The premiere in question was for the film "The Perfect Match," in which Ventura starred.

Over the next several hours came more unanswered phone calls from Combs to Ventura, according to records shown to the jury.

The jury saw additional communications that indicated that in the afternoon, Combs’ then-chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, intervened. “Just talk to him,” she asked Ventura in a message. “Sorry don’t want to be in the middle just don’t want him to go back over there.”

Prosecutors also presented a separate exchange in which Khorram instructed an assistant to “say they had a fun drunk night try to get more info.”

The jury has heard and seen Khorram’s name repeatedly during trial. Though she hasn't testified and is not charged with a crime, federal prosecutors have portrayed her as a central figure in the alleged racketeering conspiracy with which Combs is charged and that he has denied.

Khorram has been named as a defendant in civil lawsuits against Combs. She denied the allegations contained in the lawsuits in a March 2025 statement which her lawyer has told ABC News still stands.

"For months, horrific accusations have been made about me in various lawsuits regarding my former boss. These false allegations of my involvement are causing irreparable and incalculable damage to my reputation and the emotional well-being of myself and my family. I have never condoned or aided and abetted the sexual assault of anyone. Nor have I ever drugged anyone," Khorram stated.

"The idea that I could be accused of playing a role in – or even being a bystander to – the rape of anyone is beyond upsetting, disturbing, and unthinkable. That is not who I am and my heart goes out to all victims of sexual assault," Khorram's statement continued. "I am confident that the allegations against me will be proven to be untrue."


Jun 18, 2025 1:55 PM

Court is adjourned for the day due to a sick juror

Court is adjourned for the day because of the sick juror.

The trial will resume Friday following Thursday's Juneteenth holiday.


Jun 18, 2025 1:54 PM

Court is making 'further inquiries' about sick juror

“We are going to make some further inquiries to address the juror situation,” Judge Subramanian said after the parties convened privately at the bench.

In the meantime, the judge is hearing defense objections to some pieces of evidence.


Jun 18, 2025 1:25 PM

Court discusses plan for today after juror reports illness

“We have a sick juror,” Judge Arun Subramanian announced after he took the bench Wednesday.

The juror has “vertigo symptoms,” the judge said. “I don’t think there’s any way for us to proceed today.”

The parties are discussing the issue in a sidebar.



Jun 17, 2025 8:36 PM

Judge Subramanian discusses juror issue

Judge Arun Subramanian closed the courtroom to discuss a potential issue with one of the jurors. He did not retake the bench so the issue for now remains unresolved, at least publicly.


Jun 17, 2025 3:57 PM

Combs contacted Cassie Ventura after 2016 hotel attack: 'Call me now'

After his 2016 caught-on-camera attack on then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, Sean Combs called and messaged her repeatedly but Ventura-ignored most of the communications, according to phone records introduced at trial.

The jury first saw messages arranging the "freak-off" that Ventura testified preceded the violence that was captured on hotel surveillance footage the jury has repeatedly been shown.

PHOTO: Assistant Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 17, 2025.
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
Assistant Attorney Emily Johnson displays text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and Casandra "Cassie" Ventura as she questions Special Agent DeLeassa Penland during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 17, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

The jury next saw phone records that showed Combs made dozens of unanswered phone calls to Ventura following her departure from the hotel. He also messaged her.

“Call me now,” one message from Combs demanded. “You gonna abandon me all alone,” another message said.

Ventura responded once. “I have a premiere Monday for the biggest thing I have ever done in my life. I have a black eye and a fat lip. You are sick for thinking it’s OK to do what you have done,” her message read. The premiere in question was for the film "The Perfect Match," in which Ventura starred.

Over the next several hours came more unanswered phone calls from Combs to Ventura, according to records shown to the jury.

The jury saw additional communications that indicated that in the afternoon, Combs’ then-chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, intervened. “Just talk to him,” she asked Ventura in a message. “Sorry don’t want to be in the middle just don’t want him to go back over there.”

Prosecutors also presented a separate exchange in which Khorram instructed an assistant to “say they had a fun drunk night try to get more info.”

The jury has heard and seen Khorram’s name repeatedly during trial. Though she hasn't testified and is not charged with a crime, federal prosecutors have portrayed her as a central figure in the alleged racketeering conspiracy with which Combs is charged and that he has denied.

Khorram has been named as a defendant in civil lawsuits against Combs. She denied the allegations contained in the lawsuits in a March 2025 statement which her lawyer has told ABC News still stands.

"For months, horrific accusations have been made about me in various lawsuits regarding my former boss. These false allegations of my involvement are causing irreparable and incalculable damage to my reputation and the emotional well-being of myself and my family. I have never condoned or aided and abetted the sexual assault of anyone. Nor have I ever drugged anyone," Khorram stated.

"The idea that I could be accused of playing a role in – or even being a bystander to – the rape of anyone is beyond upsetting, disturbing, and unthinkable. That is not who I am and my heart goes out to all victims of sexual assault," Khorram's statement continued. "I am confident that the allegations against me will be proven to be untrue."


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