The testimony against Sean Combs is shocking and graphic. But is it enough to be a conviction?

Expecting to go to jurors early this week, one of the most sensational celebrity trials in decades, they must decide whether music tycoon Diddy’s comb is responsible for a series of shocking conspiracies suspected of sexual crimes and retrospective plots.

The New York trial was marked by graphic testimony from the internal comb music empire, accusing prosecutors of violence, threats and cover-ups by mob-like criminal businesses.

A key question raised in this case is whether the comb (used over $1 billion) uses his power and money to cover up the so-called crime, usually with the help of his vast organization.

Prosecutors hammered the alleged conspiracy home. Assistant us atty. Christy Slavik told jurors “relying on silence and shame” to make his abuse and prolong his abuse and use “small employees” to hurt and cover up women, according to the Associated Press.

She added that the comb “don’t refuse the answer.”

But legal experts say the case may not be the slam dunk that the tabloid title suggests.

Combs' defense is free to admit that the tycoons are not doing well. However, they claimed the allegations against him were exaggerated, noting that some major witnesses did not report the misconduct of the comb at the time.

“Defensive theories seem to be that Diddy does do something horrible, but they don't fit the elements of the alleged crime,” said Jeff Chemerinsky, a legal expert at the former federal prosecutor.

On Friday, Combs' attorneys marked the case “exaggerated” and beat some of his accusers. Marc Agnifilo claims that the combs enjoy a “slutty certificate” lifestyle and are added to drugs. He admitted that the comb committed domestic violence but defeated rackets and sex trafficking charges.

“He's not a racket,” he said. “He's innocent. He's sitting there innocent.”

There is no doubt that the experiment portrays a portrait of a comb, a hip-hop star who built a vast empire of music, fashion, and lifestyle and mixed with the elite of American society and power. But former Los Angeles County sex crimes prosecutor Dmitry Gorin said jurors must determine whether the huge amount and severity of federal charges matched the evidence. Goering questioned whether federal prosecutors charged fees in high-profile cases.

The federal indictment says comb and his colleagues usually seduce female victims with the pretense of romantic relationships. The comb allegedly used force, threats of force, forced and controlled substances that allowed women to engage in sexual acts with male prostitutes, while he occasionally watched the combs called “freaks.” During the show, the prosecutor said Combs gave women ketamine, ecstasy and GHB to “make them obedient and compliant.”

Comms' “criminal business” threatens and abuses women and uses members of its business to engage in sexual trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation, to engage in prostitution, coercion and temptation for prostitution, crimes of narcotics, kidnapping, kidnapping, harassment, bribery, bribery and obstacles, the judicial justice. In filing the alleged RICO charges, prosecutors said in their opening remarks that the comb was assisted by cadres of company employees, security personnel and assistants. They allegedly helped organize the freak and then covered up the incident.

Combs is charged with a conspiracy of extortion, with a maximum sentence of prison. Two counts of sexual trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, with the maximum sentence being in prison and a minimum sentence of 15 years. and two counts of traffic offences, a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Jurors heard six weeks of cruel and graphic testimony from 34 witnesses.

At the heart of the case are three women who describe graphic sexual assaults, including comb lover Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who the defense acknowledged she was the main witness to the prosecutor.

Cassie Ventura was in court.

(Elizabeth Williams/AP)

It was Ventura, a 2023 lawsuit that sparked the reveal of comb businesses and detailed the sexual, violence and freaks. Witnesses testified that the comb gave women ketamine, ecstasy and GHB to keep them compliant during the show.

His last ex-girlfriend (known only as Jane in court) describes how freaks and compulsive sexual acts continued even after a raid on litigation and homeland security investigations until he was arrested last year. A former employee testified under the pseudonym MIA, who also testified that she had been sexually assaulted.

The federal indictment alleges that Comb and his colleagues seduced two of the women under the pretense of a romantic relationship. The comb allegedly uses force, threats of force, coercion and controlled substances to cause women to engage in sexual acts with male prostitutes.

Ventura, a R&B singer with a long-term relationship with the comb, testified early in the trial.

Ventura told jurors she felt “trapped” in a cycle of physical and sexual abuse, a relationship involving 11 years of assault, sexual blackmail and rape.

She said the comb threatened to leak videos of sexual encounters with numerous male sex workers, while being drugged and covered with baby oil while watching and meticulously planning the freak.

Ventura testified that one of the alleged freaks led to the infamous hotel beating. The March evening video showed the comb slammed and kicked Ventura while on the horns and tried to protect himself in front of the Los Angeles hotel elevator bank. He then dragged her hooded sweatshirt into the hall and headed towards their hotel room.

Another camera captures the comb throws a vase at her from the second angle. Her eyes suffered bruises, and the obesity and bruises displayed by prosecutors are still visible in the film premiere two days later, where she put on sunglasses and heavy makeup on the red carpet.

The prosecutor said it was then covered up. Ventura said police visited her apartment. She answered some of their questions but told the jury that she still wanted to protect the comb at the time.

“I won't say who I'm talking about,” she told the jury. “I didn't want to hurt him in that way at that moment. So much happened. That's a lot.”

InterContinental Hotel security guard Eddie Garcia testified that the comb gave him a brown paper bag containing $100,000 in cash video.

Sean Diddy Combs was in court.

(Elizabeth Williams/AP)

Garcia said he met with the comb, the comb's chief of staff, Kristina Khorram and the bodyguard after his supervisor agreed to sell the video. After Garcia raised concerns about police, he said Combs called Ventura on FaceTime, handed him the phone and told Ventura that she also wanted the video to “disappear”. Afterward, Garcia said he took the money and separated from his colleagues, according to reports inside the court.

Prosecutors claim this shows a conspiracy.

Slavik said in his closing remarks that when someone takes crime as part of a group, the blackmail law applies, and in the case of combs, “the defendant is a powerful man, but because of his inner circle, his business-business-business, he becomes stronger and more dangerous,” she told the jurors.

Under the Organisation of Racket Affected and Corrupted Act, known as RICO, there are 35 specific crimes, including murder, bribery and ransomware, federal prosecutors need to show a pattern involving at least two public conduct as part of a criminal enterprise.

People often think of mobs, street gangs, or drug cartels. But, however, the loose connection of any two or more people is sufficient, such as the comb's entourage.

Rahami said that while the testimony against the comb was graphic and detailed, the defense hoped that the jurors would question why those at the time did not report the behavior to the authorities and remained on the comb track in some cases.

Rahami said she found the control package to be of great part, especially given the complex and serious allegations they made.

“I still think the comb is guilty, but there is a great opportunity for the defense to not secure a guilty sentence, especially in terms of sex trafficking,” she said.

The defense was aggressive in cross-examination, against witnesses who did not report the comb or just left him at that time. They also introduced the so-called post-attack support and love text messages. The defense also focused on the money and other things they got from the comb.

According to the Associated Press, “It's not about crime. It's about money. It's about money.”

However, it is difficult for jurors to ignore the level of graphic testimony.

Ventura's friend Bryana Bongolan testified that Combs hung her on the 17th floor balcony and threw her onto balcony furniture in September 2016.

Former comb assistant, Clark, told jurors that the comb forced her from the apartment at the muzzle to force her to go with him to the home of musician Kid Cudi.

To avoid getting law enforcement involved, Clark testified, Combs ordered her to call Ventura, then Combs' ex-girlfriend, and said they needed to convince Cudi not to treat police thieves. “If you don’t convince him, I’ll kill you all,” Clark said in the comb.

Kudy testified that his Porsche later bombed the driveway with a Molotov cocktail.

Prosecutors got the last sentence before the jury returned home over the weekend, which reminded them of the Cardi car explosion.

“He delegated, his inner circle handled the dirty work for him,” CNN said. “He said he was going to blow up the car, and look, it blow up.

“For 20 years, the defendant escaped his crimes. This ended in this court,” Comey added. “The defendant is not God. He is alone.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.