Prosecutors say Diddy used power to abuse women in closing remarks of trial

Prosecutors marque closing arguments successful six-week proceedings that heard harrowing grounds from radical who faced alleged abuse.

United States prosecutors argued that Sean “Diddy” Combs utilized his wealthiness and power to evade accountability for violently abusing women successful closing arguments successful the amusement mogul’s trial.

Prosecutors told the assemblage connected Thursday that Combs, who has pleaded not blameworthy to charges of enactment trafficking and racketeering, oversaw a immense transgression conspiracy.

“The suspect utilized power, unit and fearfulness to get what helium wanted,” authoritative Christy Slavik told jurors successful her address. “He thought that his fame, wealthiness and powerfulness enactment him supra the law.”

The proceedings of the billionaire erstwhile rapper, a cardinal fig successful the emergence of hip-hop successful US fashionable culture, has included harrowing grounds from women who described an ambiance of cruelty, exploitation, and intimidation.

Over six weeks of testimony, prosecutors besides said that Combs pushed radical to enactment successful drug-fuelled enactment parties known arsenic “freak offs”, with footage of radical engaged successful enactment acts past utilized arsenic leverage by Combs.

Slavik said that Combs “again and again forced, threatened and manipulated” vocalist and erstwhile woman Casandra “Cassie” Ventura to person enactment with escorts for his ain amusement and utilized a “small service of employees” from his amusement empire to screen up abuses and intimidate anyone who tried to propulsion back.

Combs sat with his caput down portion Slavik made her remarks earlier the jury, wearing a light-coloured sweater and khaki trousers. His lawyers person argued that portion Combs has a convulsive temperament and has committed convulsive acts against romanticist partners, prosecutors person misrepresented a sexually unorthodox manner arsenic grounds of crimes specified arsenic racketeering and trafficking.

Judge Arun Subramanian told the assemblage that they would perceive last statements from the defence connected Friday, with the prosecution fixed a accidental to connection a rebuttal earlier jurors are instructed connected their responsibilities and sent to statesman deliberation.

The assemblage is expected to statesman deliberations connected Friday oregon Monday, and Combs faces a minimum of 15 years successful situation if helium is convicted connected each counts.

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