Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs has been found not guilty of sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
The 55-year-old music mogul faced life in prison if convicted of the top charge – racketeering conspiracy.
He was convicted of transportation for prostitution, which carries a top sentence of 20 years in prison.
Deliberations started Monday morning and on Tuesday, the 12 jurors announced they had already come to a consensus on whether to convict the disgraced rapper on charges of sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The jurors, however, were deadlocked on whether to convict the Bad Boys for Life artist on racketeering conspiracy charges – which alleged that Combs ran a criminal enterprise to entrap and abuse women.
Throughout the seven-week trial, his former girlfriend and main accuser, Cassie Ventura, delivered graphic testimonies alleging that the music mogul physically and psychologically abused her over more than a decade from 2007-2018.
Diddy’s ex-assistant Capricorn Clark exposed the mogul’s list of celebrities enemies and many other A-listers have come up in testimony.
The trial has even inspired deep fake videos that use AI-generated images to falsely claim that certain celebrities, such as Oprah and Jennifer Lawrence, have been mentioned in the mogul’s sex-trafficking case.
Here is a list of all the celebrities mentioned in the trial:
Cassie Ventura
The ‘Me & U’ singer is Diddy’s ex-girlfriend and the prosecution’s star witness in the trial.
She provided explosive testimony about how she was allegedly coerced into participating in drug-fueled sex sessions that could last up to four days.
The ‘Me & U’ singer is Diddy’s ex-girlfriend and the prosecutions star witness in the trial
In humiliating detail, the eight-and-a-half month’s pregnant singer claimed she was plied with booze and drugs and forced to ‘perform’ in the orgies, known as ‘freak offs’, along with male escorts.
The encounters formed part of a turbulent 10-year relationship with Combs, which was consumed by violence and his obsession with voyeurism, the singer told the court.
The alleged sexual exploitation left Ventura broken and feeling, ‘like it was all I was good for,’ she said.
Kid Cudi
The rapper, whose real name Scott Mescudi, was first brought up by Ventura when she testified that Diddy made an explicit threat about him after discovering they had been dating.
Ventura claimed that Diddy said he was ‘he was going to hurt Scott and I’ so she broke things off with him over Christmas 2011 while with her family in Connecticut.
The ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ hitmaker later took the stand and testified that Combs broke into his Hollywood Hills home in 2011 after finding out he was dating Cassie, and that someone set fire to his car weeks later.
The ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ hitmaker later took the stand and testified that Combs broke into his Hollywood Hills home
According to Mescudi, he broke up with Ventura in late 2011 ‘for her safety, for my safety…because I knew Sean Combs was violent.’
But on January 9 2012 at 6.30am, Mescudi got a call from his dog sitter saying his Porsche was on fire.
The jury was shown photos of the car showing the door covered in black smoke, the red leather seats covered in black stains and the roof slashed.
Dawn Richard
Richard, who is a former member of Comb’s girl group Danity Kane, testified that she witnessed the hip-hop mogul attack Cassie multiple times.
The singer said Diddy even threatened to kill her if she told anyone she saw him physically abusing his longtime girlfriend.
Richard, who is a former member of Comb’s girl group Danity Kane, testified that she witnessed the hip-hop mogul attack Cassie multiple times
Richard testified the threat came after she saw Combs hit Cassie ‘on the head and beat her on the ground’ after Cassie deflected a swipe at her head by a skillet in 2009.
She claimed to have witnessed Combs beat his girlfriend frequently when he ‘would punch her, choke her, drag her, slap her in the mouth. I saw him kick her, punch her in the stomach.’
Michael B Jordan
The ‘Sinners’ star came up as a man Diddy was jealous of because of their relationship with Cassie.
His name was included in a list list of people and places handed to potential jurors because they may come up throughout the sex-trafficking trial.
The ‘Sinners’ star come up as a man Diddy was jealous of because of their relationship with Cassie
Jordan is on the list because he was once allegedly threatened by Diddy over his relationship with the rapper’s ex-girlfriend Cassie, Rolling Stone reported.
Barack Obama
The former president’s name came up in testimony as one of Diddy’s former assistants claimed the mogul used to take ecstasy pills pressed with Obama’s face.
Diddy’s former personal assistant David James said that A-listers would pop pills including Percocet and ecstasy at the parties.
The former president’s name came up in testimony as one of Diddy’s former assistants claimed the mogul used to take ecstasy pills pressed with Obama’s face
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.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears also came up as Cassie listed the stars who attended her 21st birthday party.
Ventura testified that he invited Spears, now 43, to her 21st birthday celebration at Pure nightclub on September 7, 2007.
‘Sean was there and he brought [Grammy-winning music producer] Dallas Austin [and] Britney Spears,’ the ‘Me & U singer’ told the court. ‘I think those were the two people that stand out to me.’
Britney Spears also came up as Cassie listed the stars who attended her 21st birthday party
Diddy and Spears also attended an afterparty thrown by rapper 50 Cent at the since-renamed The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino later in the evening, that extended into the early morning hours of September 8, 2007.
50 Cent
Diddy‘s ex-assistant Capricorn Clark told the court she once heard the mogul discussing weapons as he spoke of his rivalry against rapper 50 Cent.
She said she and Diddy were leaving a press event at MTV when the mogul told an executive he was having issues with 50 Cent.
Diddy reportedly said, ‘I don’t lie the back and forth, I don’t like that. I like guns.’
Diddy has frequently dispelled any rumors of a feud between the legends, but Curtis Jackson, also known as 50 Cent, was slamming his nemesis publicly for years.
Lauren London
The actress, who was a close friend of Ventura, also came up in Clark’s testimony.
Clark said Diddy once explained to her and London why they ‘didn’t have a man.’
‘(He said) let me show you something. He called Cassie over and he asked her to sit down, stand up, turn around, turn the other way, walk over there, grab that hand me that, walk back, turn around, go back in the other room,’ Clark told the jury.
When Ventura left the room, ‘[Diddy]said, ‘did you see that? You bitches won’t do that. That’s why you don’t have a man.’
‘To which we said: ‘You’re motherf***ing right.’
Actress Lauren London (right), who was a close friend of Ventura, also came up in Clark’s testimony
Prince
Prince was named as Cassie described being attacked by Diddy after a party at the late superstar’s house in LA.
On May 29, Diddy’s former assistant Mia said she went to the same party with Cassie as they acting ‘like little kids’ and ‘snuck out.’
While the two of them danced at the party during Prince’s performance, Diddy arrived.
‘I saw his bucket hat coming through the entrance. We locked eyes and crap, Cass and I started running through the house to get out across the yard, trying to run and hide there.
‘Puff caught Cass, he caught up to her and had her and threw her to the ground and started to attack her,’ she added.
Prince’s security guard then intervened, Mia said. A day later she said she was fired without pay.
Prince (pictured in 1985) was named as Cassie described being attacked by Diddy after a party at the late superstar’s house in LA
Usher and Ne-Yo
Singing icons Usher and Ne-Yo were brought up in attendance at a star-studded dinner when the disgraced rap mogul assaulted Cassie.
Richard testified that both men were at the West Hollywood restaurant when the disgraced rap mogul punched Cassie in the stomach in 2010.
Chelsea Handler
Diddy’s former assistant Mia said in court that the mogul was often too high or drunk for professional events – and once showed up drunk for a taping of Chelsea Handler’s show.
‘There were a few times at the studio and there were a handful of times that stuck out to me where I thought this was an inappropriate time,’ Mia recalled.
‘Like one time was a board meeting, one time was going to the Chelsea Handler show. There were just a few times where I was, like, oh gosh, when am I going to have to pull him to the side and say, “You look a little crazy at the moment.”‘
Chris Brown
The troubled star’s name was brought up as a man Diddy suspected Cassie of having an affair with.
Cassie said Combs was wary of her dating or giving attention to other men, even during breaks in their decade-long relationship.
She says the hip-hop star took her phone from her on numerous occasions, including when he found out she was dating a football player and when she suspected her of dancing with the singer Chris Brown.
Cassie didn’t name the player and denied dancing with Brown.
‘He’d take my phone, my car, my watch when he was angry,’ Cassie said of the music mogul.
Mike Myers
The comedian was mentioned on Day 12 of the trial during Mia’s testimony.
Mia, who also worked as Myers’ assistant, said that Diddy not allow her to sleep for five days.
When asked by lawyers how long she was required to go without sleep, Mia said: ‘All the time.’
She said: ‘I can usually power through but I remember when I was younger waking up for school, ok Mia, you get out at 3 o’clock you can sleep then. I remember thinking I’d been awake for two days. I didn’t have anything to hold onto for when I could go to sleep’.
Prosecutor Madison Smyser asked what was the longest period of time with no sleep.
Mia said: ‘Five days’.
The comedian was included on the list handed to potential jurors because they may come up throughout the sex-trafficking trial
Biggie Smalls
George Kaplan, Diddy’s former executive assistant, revealed that May 21, the birthday of Combs’ late protégé Biggie Smalls, is a paid holiday at Combs Enterprises.
Smalls, who was also known as The Notorious B.I.G., signed to Combs’ Bad Boy Records label in 1993.
The rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was fatally shot in Los Angeles in 1997.
Diddy’s former executive assistant, revealed that May 21, the birthday of Combs’ late protégé Biggie Smalls, is a paid holiday at Combs Enterprises
Bruce Willis and Eddie Murphy
During her cross-examination, Cassie gave details of her past relationship with Combs, which lasted from 2007 until 2018.
Text message exchanges were shown to the jury, including one where she expressed her desire to have a larger role in Diddy’s life as well as with his children from previous relationships.
She also gave examples of successful Hollywood relationships between stars who had children with other people.
Back in 2013, Cassie had penned a text that read: ‘As much as you think you’re Bruce Willis, you aren’t. He’s married, and before he was married, the family as a whole went on trips together or just him and his woman.’
She also brought up Eddie Murphy and his wife Paige Butcher whom he married in 2024. However, the pair had been dating for years leading up to tying the knot.
‘Eddie Murphy and Paige took his kids away on their own,’ Ventura had written in the messages. ‘I don’t think that you sympathize with my feelings.
‘I understand you feeling like you need to protect your children but after a while…it’s like for what?’
Jay Z
Clark told the jury on that Cassie once suggested she wanted to date Jay-Z.
In a meeting with Diddy’s lawyers in April, 2024, Clark said she once told Cassie to date other people than Diddy – but Cassie apparently replied that Jay-Z was taken.
Diddy’s former assistant testified that Cassie once suggested she wanted to date Jay-Z
Agnifilo asked Clark: ‘Do you remember saying at the meeting that … you told Cassie, you have to — you should move away from [Diddy] and date other people, right?’
The attorney added: ‘And she said to you that Jay-Z was taken, who would she [date]?’
Clark replied: ‘True.’
She added: ‘She did [say that.]’
Rihanna
Clark said she was on vacation with pop star Rihanna when Diddy fired her in 2012.
The former assistant read an email she sent at the time: ‘My boss Sean Combs (is) upset I went on vacation and (is) being petty as usual whenever I have happiness in my life.’
Jennifer Lopez
Cassie’s former makeup artist Mylah Morales testified at the trial that she worked for Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez after she stopped working for Diddy.
The disgraced rapper dated JLo from 199-2001.
Cassie’s former makeup artist Mylah Morales testified at the trial that she worked for Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez after she stopped working for Diddy. (Pictured: The former couple in 1999)
Suge Knight
Clark testified about Diddy’s celebrity nemesis’ including Suge Knight.
She said he threatened her when the mogul learned she had previously worked for his rival.
‘He told me he didn’t know I had anything to do with Suge Knight. If anything happened he’d have to kill me,’ Clark told the jury.
Jimmy Iovine
Legendary music executive Jimmy Iovine was a good friend of Diddy and they were often photographed together
The co-founder of Interscope Records was mentioned in the trial during Clark’s testimony.
Diddy’s former assistant told the jury that after the rapper fired her, she got a call from Iovine.
Clark said he told her ‘leave Puff alone and it wasn’t going to end well for me.’
Iovine was also named by witness and singer Dawn Richard when she recalled the people who were at a dinner when Diddy allegedly punched Cassie Ventura during an argument.
Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
Capricorn Clark mentioned the two vocalists during her testimony after she was asked about Cassie Ventura’s talent.
‘Talented to me is Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey … Cassie was more of a studio artist,’ Clark said from the stand.
Houston also came up during Cassie’s testimony, as she was asked about Diddy allegedly overdosing in 2012.
‘Was that around the time Whitney Houston died? I believe so,’ Cassie replied.
Machine Gun Kelly
MGK was named in the trial as one of the artists who was managed by Diddy’s music label.
‘I developed French Montana. We had Red Cafe and MGK, and MGK was getting a lot of attention, as was French Montana,’ Clark said on the stand.
Drake and French Montana
The Canadian rapper was mentioned during Ventura’s testimony, when she claimed she was abused by Diddy before attending Drake’s 2013 OVO Festival in Toronto.
She still attended the festival and was seen with ‘Unforgettable’ rapper French Montana.
The Canadian rapper (left) was mentioned during Ventura’s testimony, when she claimed she was abused by Diddy before attending Drake’s 2013 OVO Festival in Toronto. Cassie was seen with ‘Unforgettable’ rapper French Montana (pictured with Diddy on right) at the festival
Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Pusha T
The four performers were briefly mentioned toward the end of Cassie’s cross examination on May 16.
When the defense asked her whether she ‘had access’ to ‘all kinds of artists,’ including ‘producers and people in the entertainment industry,’ Cassie named them.
‘Nicki Minaj and I did a song together,’ she shared, referring to the hit ‘The Boys.’
Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne (pictured in 2013), Rick Ross and Pusha T were all mentioned toward the end of Cassie’s cross examination
‘I don’t know. I worked with a lot of people,’ she added.
Cassie went on to reveal that she worked with Lil Wayne on a mixtape called ‘RockaByeBaby’ – something she was ‘proud’ of, she said.
The defense then quizzed her on whether she pushed out ‘singles with Rick Ross and Pusha T.
‘Am I missing anyone?,’ the defense asked her. ‘You got a lot of people,’ Cassie replied.
Keke Palmer
Keke Palmer (pictured May 12) was also brought up during the trial when Cassie’s former best friend Kerry Morgan mentioned her on the stand
The actress was also brought up during the trial when Cassie’s former best friend Kerry Morgan mentioned her on the stand.
On May 19, Morgan was shown a photo and was asked to identify those in the image.
‘Rob Holiday. He is a music producer. He worked with Cassie on ‘RockaBye Baby.’ To the left is Keke Palmer, she’s an actress,’ Morgan stated.
Will Smith and Pharrell Williams
The actor and singer were brought up when Combs’ ex-assistant David James testified.
When talking about how his former boss would often go to a music studio in Miami, James said: ‘He would go where Pharrell was working. Will Smith had a studio.’
Georgina Chapman
The fashion designer and actress was mentioned by Mia on May 29 as her first ever job was with Chapman.
She said she would handle ‘all the red carpet, celebrity dressing’ for Chapman, who is the ex of disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
Brad Pitt
Diddy’s former assistant Mia said she once say the music mogul assault Cassie Ventura at the premiere Pitt’s movie, Killing them Softly, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012
Hollywood icon Brad Pitt was dragged into Diddy’s trial last week when a witness and alleged victim mentioned him from the stand.
Diddy’s former assistant Mia said she once say the music mogul assault Cassie Ventura at the premiere Pitt’s movie, Killing them Softly, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
Mia said Cassie and Diddy were in the movie theater talking when the mogul gritted his teeth and started ‘digging his nails into her arms.’
Mia said that while ‘no one ever leaves in the middle of a premiere event,’ Diddy insisted that Cassie leave – which she did.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Mick Jagger
![Diddy [front center] and Leonardo DiCaprio [back center] pose for pictures at Combs' White Party in 1998](https://www.americanpolibeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1751471499_180_All-the-celebrities-mentioned-in-Diddy-sex-trafficking-trial.jpg)
Diddy [front center] and Leonardo DiCaprio [back center] pose for pictures at Combs’ White Party in 1998
The A-list celebrities came up as Diddy’s defense attorneys cross-examined his former employee and alleged victim Mia.
The defense showed the jury a text from August, 2020, where Mia writes to Diddy about the good times they shared together – years after she stopped working for him.
Mia wrote: ‘Love you too and the only things to remember are the good times and those are the only memories I have.
‘Ha ha ha like fu****g HYSTERICAL ones…so many magical hilarious things like drinking 1942 on the Parrot Cay beach and champagne under the Eiffel Tower at 4am…
‘and Mick Jagger trying to take me home and I ran away….Leo [DiCaprio] grabbed my pink bedazzled blackberry and you said: ‘that titanic motherf****r doesn’t know s**t, he won 10K, I won 85k’… HAHAHAHAHAHA.’
The defense has grilled Mia on why she continued to send loving messages to Diddy after he allegedly sexually assaulted her for years.
Madonna
Diddy’s former personal assistant told the jury that after she stopped working for the mogul in March, 2017, she went on to work for Madonna
Diddy’s alleged victim and former personal assistant told the jury that after she stopped working for the mogul in March, 2017, she went on to work for Madonna.
The woman, testifying under the pseudonym ‘Mia,’ said she did ‘a myriad of things’ for the queen of pop.
‘I was hired to help lead her film division but she also needed help [to] restructure her executive team. It morphed into multiple roles,’ Mia said.
‘I also operated in an assistant-esque capacity.’
Mia added that she worked for Madonna for about eight months, until October of 2019.
Beyoncé
Diddy’s defense asked designer Bryana Bongolan why her womenswear collaboration with Cassie and Diamond Supply Co. did not work out during cross-examination
‘It didn’t work because you were competing against people like Beyoncé? And Rihanna?’ lawyers asked.
‘Yes,’ Bongolan replied.
Rita Ora and Adrienne Bailon
Cassie’s friend and former stylist Deonte Nash told the court that he saw Diddy berating Cassie one night after they went clubbing with Ora and Bailon in 2013.
Nash said Cassie began to panic after Diddy found out they went out.
Yung Miami
Young Miami and Diddy had been dating when the allegations against him began emerging
During Diddy’s former assistant Mia’s testimony, she invoked the name of disgraced rapper R. Kelly (pictured in 2019) while she read texts aloud in court
When Diddy’s ex-girlfriend and alleged victim Jane, who is testifying under a pseudonym, was asked whether she called Diddy’s other girlfriend names, she replied: ‘Unfortunately yes. I feel really badly about this and I do love women.
‘I was very colorful with my words. I called them a ho, that was the term.’
Diddy’s attorney Teny Geragos then asked: ‘Later he had a public relationship that looked from the outside to be monogamous? That was with Yung Miami or Carisha?’
‘Yes,’ Jane replied.
Young Miami and Diddy had been dating when the allegations against him began emerging.
R. Kelly
During Diddy’s former assistant Mia’s testimony, she invoked the name of disgraced rapper R. Kelly while she read texts aloud in court.
Kelly is currently in prison following his own sex-crimes and racketeering trial.
In an text exchange from 2019, jurors saw that Mia wrote to Diddy: ‘I had a nightmare. I was trapped in the elevator with R. Kelly and you came to rescue me.’
Shaq, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan
‘Jane,’ one of Diddy’s ex-girlfriend’s who testified under a pseudonym, said he would cast himself as Michael Jordan, her as Kobe Bryant and the male escort she regularly slept with as Shaquille O’Neal, or Shaq.
She said the hip-hop mogul’s wildest fantasy would include ‘cuckhold’ scenarios that may have been a way for Diddy to live out his bisexual fantasies without physically engaging with men – because he was ‘too ashamed’ to do so openly, she testified.
Jane described the ‘Freak Offs’ she attended during their relationship as filled with extravagant sexual roleplay where participants gave each other nicknames inspired by legendary basketball stars.
In another wild claim, Jane said Diddy was so addicted to sex with her that he gave her the nickname ‘Crack Pipe.’
Jane, Diddy and another male escort named Paul often participated in Freak Offs together and eventually adopted nicknames taken from NBA stars: Diddy starred in these sexual exchanges as Michael Jordan, Jane as Kobe Bryant and the male escort as Shaq
Pamela Anderson in 2023 (left) and Carmen Electra in 2024 (right)
The testimony emerged during Jane’s cross-examination as his lawyers sought to show how close she was to Diddy, 55.
Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra
In yet another text exchange between Diddy and ‘Jane’, models Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra came up.
In the messages, Jane compared herself to Anderson, stating: ‘It’s giving Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra.’
