Diddy trial latest updates: Cross-examination of ex-girlfriend Jane set to conclude as judge to rule on removing juror
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-girlfriend “Jane” will return to the witness stand for the conclusion of cross-examination on Thursday, with three more witnesses said to be introduced thereafter, according to the prosecution.
In a surprise move, prosecutors moved to dismiss Juror 6 on Wednesday, arguing that they had behaved with a “lack of candor with the court.” Combs’s team called it a “thinly veiled effort to dismiss a Black juror.”
The defense is now expected to submit a response this morning, before Judge Arun Subramanian rules on the matter.
Jane, who dated Combs from 2021 to 2024 and is testifying under a pseudonym, has testified that she often took part in “hotel nights” or “freak offs” with the music mogul, which involved her having sex with other men while he watched.
On Wednesday, she recalled being hurt by an Instagram post by Combs’s other girlfriend, Gina, in March 2022, which revealed the latter owned a necklace that matched a bracelet he previously bought for her.
Combs is facing sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy charges. He was arrested in September 2024 as federal authorities alleged he threatened, abused and coerced victims “to fulfill his sexual desires” between 2004 and 2024.
The rapper has denied any accusations of wrongdoing.
Judge to rule on prosecution’s call for juror’s dismissal
In a surprise move, prosecutors moved to dismiss Juror 6 on Wednesday, arguing that they had behaved with a “lack of candor with the court.”
Combs’s team called it a “thinly veiled effort to dismiss a Black juror.”
The defense is now expected to submit a response this morning, before Judge Arun Subramanian rules on the matter.
Joe Sommerlad12 June 2025 13:25
Cross-examination of Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Jane expected to conclude
Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-girlfriend “Jane” will return to the witness stand for the conclusion of cross-examination on Thursday, with three more witnesses said to be introduced thereafter, according to the prosecution.
Jane, who dated Combs from 2021 to 2024 and is testifying under a pseudonym, has testified that she often took part in “hotel nights” or “freak offs” with the music mogul, which involved her having sex with other men while he watched.
On Wednesday, she recalled being hurt by an Instagram post by Combs’s other girlfriend, Gina, in March 2022, which revealed the latter owned a necklace that matched a bracelet Combs previously bought for her.
Joe Sommerlad12 June 2025 13:10
Good morning
Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as it resumes in New York on Tuesday.
Combs is facing sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy charges.
He was arrested in September 2024 as federal authorities alleged he threatened, abused and coerced victims “to fulfill his sexual desires” between 2004 and 2024.
Combs has denied any accusations of wrongdoing.
Joe Sommerlad12 June 2025 12:55
