Diddy trial thrown into chaos by medical issue: Live updates

Judge Arun Subramanian cancelled testimony on Wednesday over a juror having a vertigo episode on their way to court.

The juror's issue was apparently ‘unexpected and momentary.’

There will also not be testimony Thursday as it is federal holiday Juneteenth.

It means the prosecution's last major witness, Diddy's alleged drug mule Brendan Paul, will take the stand on Friday.

Prosecutors said this week they would rest their case then, but it's unclear how the delay Wednesday will affect their plans.

Diddy's alleged drug mule Brendan Paul arrives to court on Wednesday.

Diddy's mother Janice Combs arrives in court Wednesday.

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From his wardrobe to his courtroom props and even interactions with witnesses and jurors, the 55-year-old is leaving nothing off the table when it comes to fighting for his freedom.

Prosecutors played portions of three sex videos recovered from a Combs-linked account on a cellphone that his former longtime girlfriend Cassie provided to authorities, giving jurors a close-up view of the encounters they’ve heard about repeatedly since testimony began May 12.

Exotic dancer Sharay Hayes, also known by his stage name 'The Punisher', claims he was given $800 to have sex with singer Cassie Ventura while Diddy watched in 2012.

He has now claimed he was unaware he was being recorded, after video of him having sex with Ventura was played to the jury in the disgraced rap mogul's sex trafficking and racketeering trial in New York on Monday.

Judge Arun Subramanian said at the beginning of Diddy's trial that the proceedings should be wrapped by July 4.

His decision to cancel testimony on Wednesday due to a juror's medical incident has put that timeframe into question.

The courthouse will be closed on Thursday for the federal holiday and court will only run until 1pm Friday.

Prosecutors said they would finish presenting their case on Friday, but it's likely they now won't rest until Monday.

After the prosecutuion rests their case, the defense will spend about two days presenting theirs, they said.

Once all sides are done presenting their cases, the jury will hear their closing arguments.

The trial has even inspired deep fake videos that use AI-generated images to falsely claim that certain celebrities, such as Oprah and Jennifer Lawrence, have been mentioned in the mogul's sex-trafficking case.

Here is a list of all the celebrities talked about in the trial so far:

An alternate juror joined the jury on Monday following the dismissal of juror #6 over statements about his place of residency.

The new juror is a white male who walked into court with a book by author David Sedaris under his arm.

The juror, 57, lives in Westchester with his wife and has two kids. He works as a manufacturing architect.

He likes a variety of music but said that his children recently got him into country.

Diddy's lawyers vigorously fought to keep juror #6, a 41-year-old black man who said he loved 90s hip-hop and reggeaton.

Diddy's lawyers on Thursday morning spoke about an event in January 2024 involving Jane in a hotel room in Vegas and how it was important that they be able to use some names that they are prohibited from doing by the anonymity order around the witness.

Doing so would allow members of the public to ‘come forward’ if they had information that might help the case. Agnifilo said that using the names was ‘important’.

Prosecutor Maurene Comey said that doing so would be a ‘pretext to harass and intimidate this witness’ and that enough had been revealed already so that anyone who had information about that event could.

The judge agreed and said he wouldn’t modify the order to allow the names from this episode to be used. The judge said this was a ‘collateral issue’ and not related to the sex trafficking charges.

Once she was back on the stand, Jane explained that in January, 2024, she traveled to Vegas with a famous rapper and his girlfriend on a private plane.

Jane said she saw Anton, one of the male escorts, having sex with someone while the rapper and his girlfriend watched.

Diddy's lawyer said Diddy and the unnamed rapper 'were really close to one another' and he is 'at the top of the music industry.'

Jane said she was aware Anton had a relationship with the rapper and often traveled with the male escort.

Jane said she flirted with the rapper and flashed her breasts at the party and claimed the rapper said he had always had a crush on her.

Jurors looked somber as they were shown around 18 minutes of Freak Off videos to a hushed courtroom on Tuesday.

The panel put on headphones and watched the footage on the monitors in front of them amid silence in court. Diddy, his lawyers and the prosecution listened in on headphones.The videos were not shown to the public.

The 10 clips ranged from around 20 seconds to five minutes long.The jurors had seen clips from the same Freak Offs the day before but they were only 20 or 30 seconds long and totaled two minutes.

A black male juror was seen lifting his eyebrows up and looking away before taking a swig of water.

A black female juror furrowed her brow and put her hand by her face.

Others stared blankly as they watched the footage of Cassandra Ventura with male escorts from October 13th 2012 and an unspecified date in December 2014.

As the jurors filed out for lunch, a white male juror was seen shaking his head in the courtroom, which was hushed as they walked out in silence.Diddy nodded as the audio was played and occasionally looked towards the jury.

The disgraced rap mogul, 55, has been charged with two counts of sex trafficking, two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and one count of racketeering.

According to prosecutors, the rapper used his 'multi-faceted business empire' to carry out a 'criminal enterprise' for years, allegedly coercing victims into sexual 'freak off' marathons and threatening them into silence.

Diddy's lawyers on Tuesday showed the jury various texts from Cassie Ventura about planning Freak Offs which make it seem like she’s into them.

It’s a rehash of her cross examination, where she said that she never wanted to have sex with male escorts but just wanted to keep Diddy happy.

The judge said he believed someone who was at the sealed court hearing violated his secrecy order.

In the future, Subramanian said, he would hold prosecutor Maurene Comey and lead defense attorney Marc Agnifilo responsible for any slipups, and any violations of his orders could result in criminal contempt penalties 'at the most extreme level.'

'This is the only warning I will give,' he said.

Judge Arun Subramanian said on Wednesday morning that a juror had vertigo while on his way to court and had to return home.

'I don't see how we can proceed today,' he added.

The judge said the juror's health issue appears to be ‘unexpected and momentary’ but he will make a decision later about keeping him on the jury.

Kanye West stunned the ongoing trial for Sean 'Diddy' Combs as he showed up to back the disgraced rap mogul, hugging his son in a show of support Friday.

West caused chaos at the trial in Manhattan on Friday as he surprised crowds outside the courthouse.

The artist, who now performs by the name Ye, wore an all-white denim outfit to the trial.

Every day, the rapper, 55, who is currently standing trial in New York on sex trafficking charges, is supported at court by his loyal mother Janice.

Even most of his seven children attended the opening statements as a group, with some of his sons in regular attendance.

Yet if there is one man who haunts the trial, it is his late father, Melvin Combs - who may even explain how Diddy came to land in such hot water.

Prosecutors said on Tuesday morning that they expected to rest their case on Wednesday.

However, by the end of Tuesday they told the Judge they will not be finished by then, as summary witness testimonies took longer than expected.

Prosecutors now expect to rest their case on Friday, as there is not court on Thursday due to the Juneteenth holiday.

Paul was named in a civil lawsuit filed last February by Rodney Jones Jr who accused Diddy of forcing him to hire prostitutes to engage in sex acts.

Jones accused Paul of being Diddy's drug 'mule' who transported drugs for him, as well as guns.

Paul, 25, a former Syracuse University basketball player, was arrested in March last year at Opa-locka airport in Miami.

He was charged with cocaine and marijuana possession but was given a six month drug intervention programme, which he completed and so avoided jail time.

Paul testified in court under an immunity order signed by the judge.