Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Speaks Out For The First Time In Court

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: Sean "Diddy" Combs attends Sean "Diddy" Combs Fulfills $1 Million Pledge To Howard University At Howard Homecoming – Yardfest at Howard University on October 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs breaks his silence for the first time since his criminal trial began. 

Combs is currently on trial for sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution. While in court on May 20, he shared a particular message before the court had adjourned for the day. He said, “I love you all.” He added, “Yeah, love.” 

Reports also say that the media mogul went to speak to a woman in the gallery and told her to let his son, Justin Combs, know that he is thinking about him. This isn’t the first time that Diddy has been seen declaring his love for everyone publicly. He was seen in courtroom sketches making hand heart gestures from the defense table. 

Diddy has not taken the stand yet, but his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, testified for four days and shared disturbing and graphic details of the things she experienced while in a relationship with Diddy, especially during his “freak-offs.” The singer revealed that she had contracted painful urinary tract infections as a result of participating in the “freak-offs.” 

“I would get sores on my tongue from the freak-offs from taking drugs,” she said. “From oral sex, also from having my mouth on things where there was oil and Astroglide and lubricants.” Diddy and Cassie’s relationship ended in 2018 after dating for a decade. 

“It was always in the back of my mind that I would somehow be hurt by him,” Ventura testified. “Sean is a really polarizing person. He was very charming, it was hard to decide in that moment when he was telling you what he wanted. I just didn’t know what would happen.”

Former Danity Kane and Diddy-Dirty Money member, Dawn Richard, also testified and recounted seeing Diddy physically abuse Cassie and even locking them in the