SEAN "Diddy" Combs looked dispirited as prosecutors hammered their case to the jury and insisted the disgraced music executive was allegedly responsible for rapper Kid Cudi's car bombing.
Federal prosecutors began their hard-hitting closing statements on Thursday by reminding jurors that behind his mogul status, Combs was a "very powerful and dangerous" individual and the head of a criminal enterprise.
"The defendant was at the top of this enterprise," Assistant US Attorney Christy Slavik said during the government's closing statements.
"Remember, it's his kingdom. Everyone was there to serve him."
During the prosecution's direct statements to the jury, Combs looked "defeated" as he sat at the defense table with his head down, according to NBC News.
Combs reportedly appeared "uncomfortable, dejected, and pushed his chair away from the defense table" when prosecutors reminded jurors of the graphic nature of the music mogul's freak-offs with his ex-girlfriends and male escorts.
US Attorney Slavik methodically walked the jury through the racketeering conspiracy predicates, urging them that they only needed to find Combs committed two of the acts to convict him of the charge.
"Distribution of drugs, kidnapping, arson, bribery, facilitating sex trafficking of Cassie and Jane. Forced labor, travel for commercial sex, cover up," Slavik said.
"You only need to find that someone would commit two acts in any of these categories. It could be two acts of drug distribution, one kidnapping, just two.
"You have far more than two."
DIDDY WAS 'BEHIND KID CUDI CAR BOMBING'
Slavik argued that Combs directed someone to throw a Molotov cocktail into the car of Scott Mescudi, better known as rapper Kid Cudi, on January 12, 2012, as retribution for dating Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura.
"We're not suggesting the defendant cut the hole – he didn't even buy his own soap, you heard the voice notes," Slavik told jurors.
"He said he was going to blow up Kid Cudi's car. What are the odds, he says it and it happened to be there a few weeks before.
"Kid Cudi was driving the same Porsche the night of the trespass. What are the odds?
"Of course the defendant was behind this."
Prosecutors have reached the halfway point of their closing arguments, which are expected to take up to four hours.
On the other hand, the defense will begin its closing arguments on Friday morning.
Marc Agnifilo, the lead defense attorney for Combs, 55, will conduct closing statements for the music mogul.
Post a Comment