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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Anna Betts in New York

Prosecution and defense rest case in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo in New York City on 24 June 2025 in a courtroom sketch. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

After more than a month of testimony from over 30 witnesses, the government rested its case in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial on Tuesday afternoon.

Shortly after, the 55-year-old music mogul stood up at the defense table and confirmed to the court that he would not be testifying in this case.

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