Diddy trial jury starts deliberations as rapper’s future hangs in the balance: Live updates

Jurors in Diddy’s trial will receive instructions Monday morning before deliberations begin.

The panel of 12 jurors heard closing arguments from the prosecution and defense teams last week.

Diddy’s defense lawyer Marc Agnifilio said Cassie Ventura, the rapper’s ex-girlfriend and main accuser, was a ‘sexy woman’ that’s what she deserves to be’ in shocking closing statements heard in court Friday.

Agnifilo was making a point to jurors about how Cassie was not sex trafficked and that she and Diddy were swingers who partook in the lifestyle and regularly enjoyed freak offs.

‘She wants to do it…she likes it…This is their lifestyle. He wouldn’t think in a million years there was anything wrong with that,’ he continued. He claimed Diddy‘s sexual fantasies became her own as his girlfriend.

Diddy was overheard telling his lawyer Marc Agnifilo ‘thank you so much’ during rebuttal arguments from the prosecution on Friday.

Shortly afterward, Judge Subramanian instructed the jury:

‘There was discussion about targeting of defendant. The decision to indict an individual is none of your concern.’

Diddy has been charged with two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of racketeering conspiracy

If convicted for sex trafficking: Diddy could face a minimum of 15 years to a maximum of life in prison.

If convicted for engaging in prostitution: He could face up to 10 years in prison.

If convicted of racketeering conspiracy: The embattled rapper could face up to life in prison.

With Diddy’s blockbuster trial in its eighth week and the verdict closing in, here is a review of the charges against him:

The disgraced rap mogul, 55, has been charged with two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of racketeering.

According to prosecutors, the rapper used his ‘multi-faceted business empire’ to carry out a ‘criminal enterprise’ for years, allegedly coercing victims into sexual ‘freak off’ marathons and threatening them into silence.

The jury has heard from his former employees and ex-girlfriends who testified that Diddy was allegedly abusive toward them.

His former staffers specifically said he forced them to work long and tireless hours, procure drugs for him and clean up after his long ‘hotel nights.’

Meanwhile, his two ex-girlfriends, Cassie Ventura and a woman by the pseudonym ‘Jane’ said Diddy made them both participate in drug and sex-fueld freak offs with escorts.

His defense team argues that Diddy’s actions pointed toward his personal life and that prosecutors have failed to prove the criminal charges against him.

Diddy and Cassie in March 2016

Judge Subramanian is currently reading instructions to the panel of 12 jurors.

District Judge Arun Subramanian is on the bench as court proceedings are set to start momentarily.

Jurors will soon receive instructions before deliberations start.