Diddy Trial Jury Sends Note About Cassie Transcripts

As deliberations in the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial continue for a second day, the jury has sent a note requesting several key testimony transcripts.

Jury deliberations began Monday, June 30, in Manhattan federal court, after six weeks of testimony.

Combs is charged with one count of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to all counts. He faces up to life in prison if convicted on the racketeering charge and potentially severe fines and restitution penalties on the others.

This morning, jurors asked for several transcripts regarding testimony on four matters, CNN reports.

1. The jury wants to go over the music mogul’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s testimony regarding the InterContinental hotel, where surveillance cameras recorded him attacking her in 2016. The R&B singer told the court she received a $20 million settlement from the mogul after filing a civil lawsuit in November 2023.

2. Ventura’s testimony about the events at the Cannes Film Festival and those that immediately followed. She stated in court that during a commercial flight home, Combs played videos of her participation in so-called “freak Offs,” in view of other passengers, in an apparent effort to intimidate her.

3. Ventura’s testimony regarding interactions and “freak Offs” with escort Daniel Phillip.

4. Phillip’s testimony regarding an incident at the Essex Hotel in New York, wherein he testified that Ventura was “completely passed out” and “slumped over” during a “freak off.”

Both sides are reviewing the transcripts to find the requested passages.

The jury previously sent a note to the judge complaining that one juror, a 51-year-old Manhattan man with a Ph.D. in molecular biology and neuroscience, “cannot follow your honor’s instructions.”

The judge dismissed the note and asked the jury to keep deliberating.