Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Gerard Gannon holds up bullets in an evidence bag during questioning by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mitzi Steiner at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, May 21, 2025 in this courtroom sketch. Jane Rosenberg/Reuters
Across two weeks of testimony in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial, federal prosecutors called 16 witnesses, attempting to prove the rap mogul embraced violence and threats to coerce women into sex and protect his music empire.
In addition to hearing four days of testimony from star witness Cassie Ventura – who alleged that Combs subjected her to a decade of abuse – the jury has heard from five witnesses who testified they saw Combs be violent toward Ventura, two of Combs' employees