The hip-hop mogul is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

ByAaron Katersky and Mason Leib

Last Updated: July 1, 2025, 5:25 PM EDT

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Read ongoing updates in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The highly anticipated trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is nearing its end. Combs has been accused of sex trafficking by force, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy as part of a blockbuster federal indictment originally filed in September 2024. He later faced two additional superseding indictments. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.

Combs is 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.”

2 hours and 13 minutes ago

The jury sent back a note saying they plan to go home for the day.

The jury will return at 9 a.m. on Wednesday to resume deliberations.

“Make sure to keep an open mind as you continue your deliberations,” Judge Arun Subramanian told the jury before sending them home. “I wish you all a great evening.”

Combs maintained his composure when the jury was in the room.

Before the judge and jury entered, half a dozen lawyers huddled around Combs. He appeared to wipe his eyes after he grasped a copy of the jury’s note. Defense attorneys Anna Estevao and Teny Geragos stood around him with their arms wrapped around him, while another lawyer appeared to touch Combs’ shoulders.

2 hours and 19 minutes ago

Judge Arun Subramanian brought the jury back into the courtroom and told them to continue deliberating.

He said if they want to go home for the day and resume their deliberations in the morning, he instructed them to send back a note.

Sean Combs stood with his hands in his pockets as the jury exited.

2 hours and 24 minutes ago

Judge Arun Subramanian said he plans to read back a portion of the jury instructions to encourage further deliberations. The jury is not yet in the courtroom.

Subramanian said he will read to the jury: “It is your duty as jurors to consult with one another and to deliberate with a view to reaching an agreement. Each of you must decide the case for himself or herself, but you should do so only after a consideration of the case with your fellow jurors, and you should not hesitate to change an opinion when convinced that it is erroneous. Discuss and weigh your respective opinions dispassionately, without regard to sympathy, without regard to prejudice or favor for either party, and follow my instructions on the law.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs watches as lawyers argue with U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian how to respond to a note sent by jurors, during Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York City, July 1, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.

“Again, your verdict must be unanimous, but you are not bound to surrender your honest convictions concerning the effect or weight of the evidence for the mere purpose of returning a verdict or solely because of the opinion of other jurors. Each of you must make your own decision about the proper outcome of this case based on your consideration of the evidence and your discussions with your fellow jurors. No juror should surrender his or her conscientious beliefs for the purpose of returning a unanimous verdict.”

2 hours and 47 minutes ago

Judge Arun Subramanian said he will not take a partial verdict.

Once the lawyers work out the language, the judge will call the jurors into the courtroom and instruct them to keep deliberating.

Both sides asked the judge to do this, and the judge agreed.

No verdict is being read now.

It is not yet clear whether jurors will continue deliberating tonight or whether they will opt to go home for the day.