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Bad Rap: “Power, Violence and Fear”—The Prosecution’s Closing Argument

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

3.87.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, the government reminded jurors of the complex web of witnesses and evidence it has presented over the past month and a half to try to prove racketeering and sex trafficking charges. The defense team will make its closing arguments Friday.  ABC News legal contributors Channa Lloyd and Bernarda Villalona join Brian Buckmire to break down how prosecutors made their case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Brian Bukmeyer, an ABC News legal contributor and host of Bad Rap, The Case Against Diddy.

0:07.5

You're about to hear our latest episode following everything going on in Sean Combs' trial from the prosecution and the defense.

0:16.1

Remember, to hear all of our updates on this case, follow Bad Rap, the Case Against Diddy.

0:22.2

We're dropping two new episodes every week, including one that's not available anywhere else.

0:28.3

Now here's our episode.

0:30.5

Newport Beach, California sits just south of Los Angeles.

0:34.3

It's 2012, and the owner of a marijuana dispensary has been kidnapped, tortured,

0:39.0

and left for dead in the Mojave Desert. It began a decade-long game of cat and mouse

0:44.5

between investigators and a perpetrator, a mastermind of escape.

0:49.2

It's a psychopath. Oh my God, they let Hannibal Lecter out. Devil in the desert is out now.

1:00.0

28 days of testimony.

1:05.0

34 witnesses for the prosecution, zero witnesses for the defense.

1:10.0

Over a thousand pieces of evidence.

1:12.8

All of it has brought us here, closing arguments, and USA v. Sean Combs.

1:19.1

This is Bad Rap, the case against Diddy.

1:21.6

I'm Brian Buckmeyer, an ABC News legal contributor and practicing attorney.

1:27.2

This episode, Power, violence, and fear.

1:36.5

This is an important part of the trial for both sides. I like to describe closing arguments

1:41.8

as the anchor of a 4x100 sprint.

1:45.0

Yeah, you could trip up in the first leg, maybe not be as fast in the third,

1:51.0

but that anchor, that attorney making closing arguments, they're sprinting to the finish line.

1:58.0

Sprinting to win it all.

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