DIDDY AKA “THE BARON OF BABY OIL” FUMES DURING STATE’S CLOSING
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Sean "Diddy" Combs used "violence and fear" to run a criminal enterprise that allowed him to subject two former girlfriends to sex trafficking, a U.S. prosecutor said Thursday during closing arguments at the music mogul's trial. Prosecutor Christy Slavik told jurors that Combs "uses power, violence, and fear to get what he wants," adding, "He thought that his fame, wealth, and power put him above the law."
Slavik cited Ventura Fine’s alleged involvement in several of Combs' so-called "freak offs" as an example of the coercion he used during sexual encounters. Prosecutors argue Combs operated a criminal enterprise under a "climate of fear." The jury is expected to begin deliberations late Friday or Monday.
Some observers say the trial has shifted from a question of whether Combs committed the acts to whether he will be held accountable
Joining Nancy Grace today,
- Joshua Ritter - Criminal Defense Attorney, Former Prosecutor, Host of "Courtroom Confidential" on YouTube; website: joshuaritter.com; Twitter, Instagram & TikTok: @joshuaritteresq, YouTube: CRConfidential
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www.drbethanymarshall.com , Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive
- Joseph Giacalone -) Former NYPD Sergeant SDS, Author: “ The Cold Case Handbook” and “The Criminal Investigative Function: A Guide for New Investigators”, Podcast host of "True Crime with the Sarge", YouTube: Joseph Giacalone, Twitter: @JoeGiacalone, www.josephGiacalone.com
- Lynn Shaw - Founder and Executive Director of Lynn's Warriors - an organization committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation, Host of Lynn's Warriors on YouTube, website: lynnswarrior.org, X: @lynns_warriors, YouTube: @LynnsWarriors
- Tisa Tells - Pop Culture Investigator & Commentator and Host of 'Tisa Tells' on Youtube, Instagram & TikTok: @TisaTellss, Facebook: Tisa.Tells.3
- Lauren Conlin - Podcaster/Reporter/Host- Co-Host of "PopCrimeTV" on YouTube, Website: www.popcrime.tv and primetimecrimeshow.com, X- @Conlin_Lauren, Instagram: @LaurenEmilyConlin, YouTube: @PopCrimeTV
- Sydney Sumner - 'Crime Stories' Investigative Reporter
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:09.8 | We are live at the courthouse, Vegas Odds, even. |
| 0:14.6 | Sean Combs will spend no time behind bars and Sean Combs will spend life behind bars. But guess what? I don't care what |
| 0:23.7 | the bookies say. It's all down to 12 jurors. Good evening. I'm Auntie Grace. This is Crime |
| 0:30.3 | Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. We are headed into a verdict watch. |
| 0:35.6 | Out the blue. The defenses, we rest our case. |
| 0:38.5 | This isn't even a trial of did, did he do it? |
| 0:40.8 | It's just a trial of, will he be held accountable? |
| 0:43.2 | He's selling his freedom as if it is a fragrance. |
| 0:46.6 | He is out there promoting it. |
| 0:48.4 | And I predict Nancy, it's going to work. |
| 0:51.5 | Let's go straight to the courthouse. |
| 0:52.7 | Standing by is Tisa Tells star of Tisa Tels on YouTube. |
| 0:56.8 | Tisa, thank you for being with us. |
| 0:58.4 | It's my understanding that early, early this morning, leading into closing statements, |
| 1:03.9 | Sean Combs looked like he was, quote, walking on air. What? |
| 1:09.6 | The courtroom was shocked. This man came floating in on air, twinkle toes, just dancing into. |
| 1:17.5 | We have never seen this man in a better mood. Everything that's happened, the attempted charges |
| 1:24.1 | that have been dropped from the jury verdict, they have them in the best |
| 1:28.9 | of spirits. This is a man that thinks he's going to walk away. This is a man that thinks his |
| 1:33.4 | $20 million law team did their job. This is a man that thinks he has avoided justice. Teesa |
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