Jury Reaches Partial Verdict in Diddy Trial

The Bad Boy Records founder is accused of leading a criminal enterprise for two decades that allegedly plotted to commit arson, kidnapping, sex-trafficking and other offenses.

Other portions of Ventura’s testimony the jurors requested included her recalling a 2013 incident where Combs accused her of taking drugs and booted her from a yacht at the Cannes Film Festival, and later threatening to release videos of her having sex with male escorts during “freak-offs.”

The case largely centers around the testimony of Ventura, who claimed Combs repeatedly beat her up and forced her to partake in “freak-offs” — days-long sex-sessions with male prostitutes that he recorded.

Another of Combs’ former gal pals, “Jane,” testified anonymously that she was also forced into the degrading sex-marathons and that he threatened to stop supporting her financially if she didn’t keep participating in the frequent romps.

A conviction on the racketeering count requires the jury to find that Combs carried out at least two underlying crimes with the help of his employees and others in his inner circle.

Jurors can pick any two underlying offenses including, arson, bribery, witness tampering, kidnapping, sex-trafficking, forced labor and drugs and prostitution related crimes.

The defense showed jurors hundreds of messages the two women sent to Combs, with some showing their love and devotion to him and others appearing to show their eagerness to take part in more of the “freak-offs.”

But prosecutors argued the frequent physical abuse by Combs, coupled with his threats to release videos of the “freak-offs” and to stop paying the rent on Ventura and Jane’s homes, showed a pattern of coercion.

Over the course of seven weeks of testimony, the jury heard from a total of 34 witnesses including some of the male escorts paid by Combs for the “freak-offs.”

Combs, 55, has been locked up since his September arrest and he faces up to life in prison if convicted on the sex-trafficking or RICO charges.