Rapper in court: charge: Combs “used power, violence and fear”

According to the final complaint of the public prosecutor in the trial against the former rap superstar Sean “Diddy” Combs, defense will judge their last words to the jury on Friday. For around six weeks, more than 30 witnesses and witnesses to disturb sex details and cruel violence said – and all of this in the glaring spotlight of the world press.

Charge: Combs “leader of a criminal company”

The public prosecutor accused COMBS to lead a “criminal company” on Thursday. “In the past few weeks, you have learned a lot about Sean” Diddy “Combs,” said deputy prosecutor Christy Slavik of the jury in New York, as US media unanimously reported.

“He is the leader of a criminal company. He does not accept a contradiction, and now you know the many crimes that the accused committed with members of his company,” continued Slavik. Combs “used power, violence and fear to get what he wanted.”

After the end of the final schluses – possibly on Monday – the twelve jury withdraw to advice on the judgment. They have as much time as they need – so it could take a few hours or many days to a judgment.

The accusing public prosecutor presented more than 30 witnesses in the proceedings, including former rappers’ employees. Ex-girlfriend and key tool Cassie Ventura, for example, described how Combs forced her to sex with foreign men. She also reported drugs and physical violence.

Other women also accused the rapper of years of sexual abuse and violence. Numerous other witnesses described in detail how to help Combs organize sex events in hotels. The defense, in turn, did not present a single witness. Combs himself, who denies all the allegations and pleads for not guilty, did not say himself.

What a judgment could look like

Combs is charged with sex trade and organized crime. The New York public prosecutor accuses the rapper of having abused, threatened and forced women over the years of fulfilling his sexual wishes. He had a “criminal company” with helpers. In the event of a conviction, Combs – who used the pseudonym “Puff Daddy”, “P. Diddy” and “Diddy” – threatens a lifelong prison sentence.

The jury has to decide on the details of the judgment – it is also possible that Combs will only be spoken guilty.

Charge and defense – two narratives

The defense also did not call on its own witnesses because they argued that in the testimony that had already been carried out, their narrative had come to light: Combs treated many people, especially his ex -girlfriends, sometimes terrible, led toxic relationships – however, they were mutually mutually agreed. An ex-girlfriend reported, for example, that despite everything she always had affection for Combs.

The indictment argues that Combs’ behavior exceeded the threshold for the crime. It even accuses him of organized crime, an indictment point that was originally created for gang crime like that of the mafia. This accusation was successfully used in the trial of singer R. Kelly to disclose a systematic structure of sexual abuse.