Hey everyone, I'm Ashley Banfield and this is Drop Dead Serious.

Today was finally the day, the day that the government finally stood up and said enough.

The day prosecutors looked the jury dead in the eye and told them, quote,

it is time to hold Sean Diddy Combs accountable.

And the courtroom was packed. There were three overflow rooms that were shoulder to shoulder and you could feel it in the air, the tension, the pressure, the weight of what was coming. Every row was full, friends,

lawyers, journalists, and for the first time in weeks, Diddy's entire family was there. All of his

children and his mother and his cousins, all of them. There were whispers that the mothers of many of

his children were seated nearby as well. And they all heard them. There were whispers that the mothers of many of his children were seated nearby as well.

And they all heard the same thing. The prosecution outlined step by step how the man sitting at

defense table had for decades used money, power, and fear to get what he wanted. And when he didn't, the prosecutor said,

quote, he wouldn't take no for an answer. And that line, they said it 16 times. The judge was

strict. No one was allowed to move in that courtroom. U.S.

Marshals warned, if you leave, you are not coming back in. No bathroom breaks, no cell phones,

no second chances, because this was closing arguments. This was the government's final summation. And yeah, I know they'll get a

rebuttal after the defense because they have the burden of proof, but you know what I mean.

Like, this is it. And when that now infamous hotel video played yet again in court, the one that

shows Diddy beating the hell out of Cassie Ventura.

The jury didn't flinch, and neither did Diddy's family. But one of Diddy's twin daughters

looked pretty shocked when the prosecutor showed photos of the black escalade, the one linked

to the drive-by at Kid Cuddy's house. And according to reports inside the courtroom,

when the arson photos came up, the charred Porsche, the slashed roof, she looked like she might cry.

Kind of odd considering all of the other evidence in this case. And so much of it summarized today in just under five hours.

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