At the start of the seventh week of the trial, the court heard continued testimony from a special agent who had reviewed some of the evidence in the case against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Joseph Cerciello began giving evidence on Friday and will continue tomorrow as well. The prosecution is expected to rest its case after this. Before today’s session started, Combs’s defence lawyers said they do not plan to call any witnesses, but will submit some evidence, according to our US partner NBC.
After this, defence lawyer Teny Geragos said it is expected that each side — the prosecution and the defence — will take approximately four hours to present closing arguments to the jurors.
Those final words could be spoken on Thursday, with jurors getting their first chance to deliberate on Friday.
A reminder of the charges: Combs faces five criminal counts – one of racketeering conspiracy; two of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and two of transportation to engage in prostitution.
He has strenuously and consistently denied the allegations against him and pleaded not guilty to all charges. That’s all for our coverage today, and the trial resumes tomorrow at 2 pm UK time on Tuesday. We’ll see you back here then.
