Diddy trial live: Rapper’s unsettling four-word courtroom message revealed amid bizarre Freak Off testimony

By GERMANIA RODRIGUEZ POLEO, CHIEF U.S. REPORTER and DANIEL BATES AT THE DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN FEDERAL COURTHOUSE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 13:08 BST, 21 May 2025 | Updated: 15:26 BST, 21 May 2025

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has continued to put on the charisma for the audience in the courtroom during his federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial in New York.

Before leaving the courthouse on Tuesday, he told the crowd in the gallery, ‘I love you all,’ and then said under his breath, ‘yeah. Love.’ 

The disgraced music mogul, 55, then addressed a woman, as reported by People, telling her to send a message to his eldest son: ‘Please let Justin know I’m thinking of him.’

Six of seven of Diddy’s children were in court last week bit have not been present this week. 

Diddy has sat in a Manhattan federal courtroom for two weeks as witnesses accuse him of using his wealth and power to oversee a two-decade-long racketeering enterprise that controlled Cassie Ventura and others through threats and violence.

Diddy denies all allegations against him. His lawyers admit he’s a woman beater – although he does not face domestic abuse charges – but that he is not guilty of sex trafficking or racketeering. 

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From sworn testimony to video evidence and the rapper’s every subtle move, our team of journalists take you inside the courtroom of the world’s biggest celebrity case.

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Diddy ‘had a closet full of baby oil’

Three large plastic boxes containing at least 26 bottles of Johnson’s Baby Oil and 16 bottles of Astroglide lubricant were found in the mogul’s mansion in Miami by federal agents in a hallway closet.

Bizarrely, the boxes also contained at least two rubber ducks of the sort usually favored by children during bath time.

Diddy famously loved to use the liquids during ‘freak off’ sex parties.

Diddy’s ‘weed box’ with his name on it shown to jurors

Agent Gannon walked the jury through images of the items found in Diddy’s Miami mansion after the March, 2024, raid.

One of the items was a box with ‘DIDDY’ on it containing marijuana.

A box of nitrous oxide that may have been used as a party drug was also visible in the prosecution’s exhibits..

Diddy’s sons arrive in court after missing several court days

Diddy’s sons Christian ‘King’ Combs, 27, and Justin, 31, were seen entering the courthouse on Wednesday for the mogul’s trial.

Christian in the son of the late Kim Porter and Justin’s mom is Misa Hylton, who has also been seen in court.

The siblings were in court throughout last week’s disturbing testimony by Cassie Ventura but had been absent Monday and Tuesday.

The brothers were photographed in LA over the weekend with their twin sisters as they attended their high school prom.

Diddy ‘wore Islamic attire during freak off’

The veil Diddy wore to disguise himself during a ‘freak off’ with an escort known as ‘The Punisher’ looked like an Islamic niqab, sometimes known as a burqa, his trial was told Tuesday.

A niqab covers the entire face, only leaving the eyes showing. It is often referred to as a burqa, although that is technically a covering that also has a fabric grill over the eyes.

‘I could not see his face,’ male performer Sharay Hayes said of the first time he met Diddy and Cassie, in 2012.

‘He had what the Muslim women wear, where their face is completely covered and you could only see his eyes,’ he adde, according to The New York Post.

‘The Punisher’ said he had between eight and 12 total encounters with the couple.

He said he’d also met with them at Essex House, a luxurious hotel on Central Park South, just a stone’s throw from the Trump International Hotel.

Hayes added that as Combs became more comfortable in his presence, he switched from wearing a veil to a baseball cap.

Kid Cudi will NOT testify in Diddy trial today

Prosecutors revealed that the rapper Kid Cudi will not be testifying on Wednesday because of scheduling issues.

Cudi was expected to take the stand to talk about being threatened by Diddy when he started seeing Cassie Ventura.

Cassie said in her settled lawsuit that Diddy threatened to blow up Cudi’s car before the car burned down.

It’s unclear when Cudi will now take the stand in the trial.

Cassie’s mom glares at Diddy after testimony

Cassie Ventura’s mom Regina glared at Diddy as she left the stand on Tuesday after describing incidents of violence and intimidation by the music mogul.

Diddy did not appear to acknowledge her stare from the defense table.

Meanwhile Diddy’s personal assistant David James nodded at Diddy on the way out of the courtoom, and Diddy nodded back at him.

James told the court about feeling in danger during his time working for the mogul.

He testified that the job seemed to have increasing perils. He said he quit when he realized Combs had put his life in danger by forcing him to drive a car as the angry rapper sat in the back with three handguns on his lap.

James said his job sometimes required him to ensure that hotel rooms where Combs stayed under the name ‘Frank Black’ were stocked with the musician’s comforts, including fresh underwear, an iPod, apple sauce, vodka, baby oil, Viagra and condoms.

Diddy held ‘freak-off’ sex party with ‘Punisher’ escort in Donald Trump’s NY hotel, trial told

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hosted a sex party at Donald Trump’s hotel in New York, the court was told this week.

An exotic dancer known as ‘The Punisher’ told the hip-hop mogul’s trial he was paid $2,000 to take part in a ‘Freak-Off’ with Combs and his then-girlfriend Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura.

Sharay Hayes, 51, said he poured baby oil all over himself and Ms Ventura during the ‘sexy scene’ at the Trump International Hotel in New York in 2012.

Combs, 55, watched the whole time and pleasured himself while wearing a veil to disguise his identity, Mr Hayes told jurors.

He said Ms Ventura told him it was her birthday and her partner had said she could hire a dancer for her and some friends.

The shocking photo evidence from Diddy’s trial

Diddy had already been indicted at the time and was holed up in a hotel room at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan for over a week, waiting for his imminent arrest.

But according to prosecutors, the disgraced rap mogul was intent on having one last hurrah ‘freak off’ before being taken into custody, and when officers breached his room they found a trove of baby oil and drugs awaiting the sexual marathons.

Other bombshell images from the trial included injuries Cassie says she sustained in their turbulent relationship, and intimate pictures from the first time the couple had sex on ecstasy after her 21st birthday.

Gun parts also found in Diddy’s Miami mansion

Prosecutors showed the jury photos of the upper and lower parts of AR-15 assault rifles that could be put together to form a working rifle. One had a red dot viewer to make it easier to hit a target.

Homeland Secuirty agent Gannon said that the guns had their serial numbers removed which would make it difficult or ‘impossible’ to trace them.

In a dramatic moment, he was asked to open an evidence bag in a cart next to him with scissors and stand before the jury holding up the upper part of the AR-15 rifle.

Gannon assured the jury the gun had been rendered safe and held it up with both hands: jurors craned their necks to see.

Gannon also held up evidence bags with the platform shoes and another bag containing the lower part of the AR-15 guns.

PICTURED: Platform shoes found in Diddy’s Miami mansion

Homeland Security special agent Gerard Gannon told the court they used an armoured vehicle to smash open the gate to gain entry as quickly as possible.

He said that this was ‘quickest and safest option’ and was ‘standard practice’ to ‘not allow bad actors to set up (shooting) positions to harm law enforcement’.

Normally raids happen at 6am but they did this one at 3.40pm because Homeland Security – which oversees investigations into human trafficking – knew Combs and his family would be out.

The jury was shown photos of items seized in Diddy’s closet: seven inch platform shoes, sex toys, condoms, baby oil, astroglide and parts of AR-15 assault rifles.

What’s happening today in Diddy’s trial?

First up on Wednesday, we will continue hearing from Gerard Gannon, a Homeland Security special agent who was part of the team which raided Diddy’s $40 million mansion on Star Island in Miami last year.

On Tuesday, Gannon held rifle parts found in Diddy’s home to the jury – he opened them from an evidence bag in a cart next to him.

The jury was also shown bags of platform shoes that were found in the home.

After Gannon concludes his testimony, Diddy’s former chef is expected to testify about incidents of violence, followed by the prosecution’s sexual assault expert Dawn Hughes – who was the same expert hired by Amber Heard in her case against Johnny Depp.

After that, Kid Cudi, the rapper who briefly dated Diddy’s ex Cassandra Ventura, is expected on the stand.

The charges against Diddy

• Racketeering Conspiracy: This charge alleges that Diddy ran a criminal enterprise through his various businesses (including Bad Boy Entertainment, Combs Enterprises, and Combs Global) to facilitate and conceal his alleged criminal activities.
• Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, or Coercion: Diddy is accused of using force, threats, and coercion to compel individuals into commercial sex acts.
• Transportation to Engage in Prostitution: This charge involves the transportation of individuals, including commercial sex workers, across state lines for the purpose of engaging in prostitution

Kid Cudi to take the stand against Diddy

The rapper Kid Cudi is on the witness list for the prosecution for Wednesday.

Cassie previously testified that Diddy threatened to hurt her and Cudi after he learned they were dating.

Cassie said she began a brief relationship with Kid Cudi ‘during a rough patch’ with Diddy.

She claimed Diddy went through her phone and found emails between her and the American rapper and became enraged.

Diddy allegedly placed a manual corkscrew in between his fingers and lunged at her, according to the lawsuit and she ran away to stay with Kid Cudi, according to the suit.

Cassie later returned and the music executive allegedly hit her several times, and then kicked her in the back as she tried to run out the door, the filing claims.

During Paris Fashion Week, she claims Diddy told her he was going to blow up Kid Cudi’s car and that he wanted to make sure he was home with his friends when it happened.

‘Around that time, Kid Cudi’s car exploded in his driveway,’ the lawsuit stated.

Obama is named in bizarre trial moment

Former President Barack Obama was bizarrely named in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ongoing federal trial in shocking testimony about drug-taking at the rapper’s infamous ‘freak off’ parties.

He did not say Obama was ever in attendance at the parties – but said celebrities would celebrate with ‘various pills in the shape of the former president’s face’, the court heard.

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