Diddy trial live updates: Jury yet to reach verdict in Sean Combs’s sex-trafficking case as deliberations continue for second day
Updates from inside the courtroom
Kelly Rissman reports that attorneys have now agreed to include Cassie’s testimony from March 3 to 8 2016 – shortly after the incident at the LA INterContinental hotel.
Judge Subramanian has also allowed the defense’s suggestion to include Cassie’s Instagram post from 2024 after the hotel footage came out via CNN.
Diddy’s sons have now arrived to support their father in court.
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 17:47
Watch: Diddy’s mom arrives in court for second day of deliberations
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 17:15
‘A freako is not a R.I.C.O’ shirts being handed out
Someone is handing out some… interesting shirts outside the courtroom.
The blue tees are emblazoned with the words “A freako is not a rico.” It’s not hard to guess which side this man is rooting for.

Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 16:50
What did the jury ask for in its second note?
Kelly Rissman, in the courtroom, has the exact details of the juror’s note to judge Subramanian:
1) Cassie’s testimony regarding the intercontinental hotel
2) Cassie testimony regarding the Cannes trip and the events immediately following
3) Cassie testimony regarding interactions/ “freak-offs” with Daniel Phillip
4) Phillip’s testimony about being at the Essex hotel with Cassie
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 16:40
Jury asking for testimony of Cassie and Daniel Phillips
The jury is asking for the testimony of Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura as relating to two incidents, one at the Los Angeles InterContinental hotel and one in Cannes.
They are also asking for the testimony of Daniel Phillip, a male stripper who claimed he was forced to have sex with Cassie while the mogul watched.
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 16:30
Diddy is back in the room
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been brought back into the courtroom, according to Inner City Press.
The mogul is conferring with his lead lawyer Marc Agnifilo.
It comes after the jury delivered their second note to the judge, requesting two witness testimony transcripts.
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 15:50
Jury ask for witness testimony
We know what was in the note.
According to prosecutor Maurene Comey, the jury is asking for transcripts of two witnesses’ testimony – though it’s unclear who.
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 15:38
Jury sends judge another note
Per CNN, the jury has just sent another note to the judge.
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 15:31
Everyone tense inside the courtroom
The Independent’s Kelly Rissman reports that everyone seems tense inside the courtroom this morning, as deliberations continue for a second day.
The only family member present in the courtroom today is Diddy’s mom.
We’ll bring you any updates as soon as we have them.
Mike Bedigan1 July 2025 15:45
Diddy comforts mom as he heads back to cell: ‘Just relax’
The jury is continuing its second day of deliberations after this morning’s brief court session was adjourned.
Before leaving the courtroom with the marshal, Combs leaned over to his mother in the gallery to alert her he was heading back to his cell.
“Just relax,” Combs told her, according to CNN. “It’s going to be alright.”
Combs also complimented his mother on her green and cream zebra print outfit (picture below).
James Liddell1 July 2025 15:02
