The key witnesses Graphic evidence from former partners

The trial, which began on 12 May, lasted for about seven weeks and had testimony from more than 30 witnesses. Here are some of its key moments.

- Anna Betts

Singer Casandra "Cassie" Ventura took the stand for four days. Ventura, widely viewed as the prosecution's key witness, testified over four days during the trial's first week while eight-and-a-half months pregnant.

The singer, who dated Combs on and off from 2007 to 2018, alleged that during their relationship, Combs had physically abused her and coerced and blackmailed her into participating in drug-fueled sex marathons with male escorts, referred to as "freak offs"—which she said Combs had orchestrated, directed, watched, masturbated to, and sometimes filmed.

She shared graphic details about the sexual encounters. She told jurors that Combs had controlled most aspects of her life and was frequently violent with her.

Ventura said that he would threaten to release explicit videos of her and stifle her career if she defied him and alleged that he had raped her after their 2018 breakup.

On cross-examination, Combs's attorneys portrayed her as a consenting participant in the "freak-offs". They also presented dozens of messages between the two, including explicit texts and others in which she appeared to speak positively about the encounters.

Another one of Combs's former girlfriends told the court she had been coerced into taking part in the "freak-offs" A woman testifying under the pseudonym "Jane", who dated Combs from 2021 until his 2024 arrest, took the stand in weeks four and five of the trial.

Much of her testimony echoed that of Ventura, describing frequent "freak-offs", or "hotel nights". Jane said she had initially participated to please Combs but later felt "obligated" after he began paying her rent. Jane told the court that she feared she would lose her home, where she lived with her son, if she refused and that Combs had used the rent payments as leverage over her.