Diddy’s three-word message to judge after juror credibility questioned

The jury was shown text messages where Diddy’s right-hand woman Kristina Khorram asks Jonathan Perez if ‘the room is done yet’ in May 2023.

Khorram then asked him to let him know when he was on his way to the ‘sex store,’ Perez said.

Perez said he included Vital Honey in the room’s requirements because ‘it increases a man’s libido.’

He would also bring red lights – ‘but they would change colors.’

Kanye West, wearing an all-white outfit and sunglasses, was seen walking into Manhattan’s federal court on Friday.

The controversial rapper was received warmly by Diddy’s son Christian ‘King’ Combs, 27.

He was also greeted by defense attorney Xavier Donaldson.

When asked if he was in court to support Diddy, Kanye nodded ‘yes.’

People in the courthouse erupted in cheers as Kanye entered and went through security checks.

Kanye apparently went into an overflow room for a few moments with three security guards – before leaving less than an hour after arriving in the courthouse.

It comes after CNN reported the rapper wanted to support Diddy in person on Thursday.

Kanye has loudly supported Diddy throughout the case, describing him as an exemplar father.

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The mogul’s former assistant Jonathan Perez was shown a picture of a Gucci pouch by the prosuction.

He said it belonged to Diddy, and it was his job to make sure the pouch was in the mogul’s backpack before the ‘King Nights’ or freak offs.

Perez told the jury the bag contained cocaine, ketamine, molly, adderall and Xanax.

Other bombshell images from the trial included injuries Cassie says she sustained in their turbulent relationship, and intimate pictures from the first time the couple had sex on ecstasy after her 21st birthday.

Here, DailyMail.com reveals the most scandalous and eye-popping images that lift the lid on Diddy’s alleged life of debauchery.

The court is back from a lunch break after a delay.

The defense and prosecutors are discussing procedural issues before Diddy’s former assistant Jonathan Perez returns to the stand.

Diddy has been sporting a much different look during his trial than he did while he was a free man, sparking speculation that he could be trying ‘the nerd defense.’

His hair and goatee are now nearly all white, as the mogul no longer has access to Just For Men hair dye that was found in his Miami mansion.

He has also been pairing black framed glasses with a white collared short under a neutral toned sweater, as noted by The New York Times.

The ‘nerd defense’ is based on the idea that dressing defendants in glasses has a subliminal effect on the jury, which will see the accused as someone less likely to engage in criminal activity.

The term was actually coined by Harvey Slovis, who represented Diddy during his 1999 trial for gun possession.

Diddy‘s wildest sexual fantasy involved a twisted NBA roleplay – casting himself as Michael Jordan, his ex-girlfriend as Kobe Bryant and the male escort she regularly slept with as Shaquille O’Neal – the ex testified on day two of the fifth week in the disgraced rap mogul’s sex trafficking trial.

‘Jane’, who testified under a pseudonym, said the hip hop mogul’s obsession with ‘cuckold’ scenarios may have been a way to live out his bisexual fantasties without physically engaging with men – because he was ‘too ashamed’ to do so openly.

Jane described the ‘Freak Offs’ she attended during their relationship as filled with extravagant sexual roleplay where participants gave each other nicknames inspired by legendary basketball stars.

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From his wardrobe to his courtroom props and even interactions with witnesses and jurors, the 55-year-old is leaving nothing off the table when it comes to fighting for his freedom.

As the trial’s fifth, long week draws to a close, here’s a look at how he’s tried to sway the case so far.

Diddy’s former assistant will continue his testimony when the break ends at about 1.15pm EST.

‘Mr Combs has been nodding during cross-examination for most recent witnesses… he has done so during Jane’s examination,’ prosecutor Maurene Comey told the court on Friday.

‘I ask that your honor remind Mr Combs that nodding – especially emphatically – is not appropriate.’

Diddy’s lawyer Brian Steel fired back, saying Diddy ‘has been nothing but professional’ during the trial.

‘Since [the judge’s] previous comments, he’s not even looking at the jurors,’ Steel added.

Judge Arun Subramanian last week admonished Diddy for ‘nodding vigurously’ at jurors during testimony. The judge threatened to throw Diddy out of his own trial if he continued the behavior.

But on Friday the judge did not issue another warning and asked prosecutors to inform him about further alleged violations.

Special agent Andre Lamon said five guns, including a shotgun and rifles were found in the security office in Diddy’s LA mansion.

A drum magazine was also found in the office, the jury was told.

The agent said they found ’59 rounds of green tip ammunition. [It is] manufactured to penetrate body armour better than normal ammunition.’

One of the firearms had the serial number scratched off, the agent added.

Jonathan Perez asked for an immunity order before taking the stand on Friday.

He worked for Diddy between 2021 and 2024.

Perez told the court he got the assistant job after being contacted by Diddy’s right-hand woman Kristina Khorram.

Other witnesses, including one of Diddy’s former assistants, have asked for immunity before testifying for the prosecution.

The hip-hop mogul is using his street smarts to help lawyers battle the sex trafficking and racketeering allegations he faces, a source close to the trial claimed.

Diddy has been passing dozens of notes in court each day, grilling his lawyers during breaks and suggesting they bring in different evidence.

Special agent Andre Lamon told the court that 17 retail-sized boxes of Astroglide lubricant were found in the garage of Diddy’s LA mansion in March, 2024.

Agents found about 900 bottles of Astroglide and 200 bottles of baby oil.

During cross-examination Diddy’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo repeated the claim that the mogul ‘liked to buy in bulk.’

‘Buying in bulk, that’s what it looks like to you?’ he asked the special agent on the stand.

‘Sure,’ the agent replied.

In a newly-released voice note from played to the court on Tuesday, Diddy told Jane: ‘Baby [I] had a great time.

‘You are the crack pipe. That’s my new name for you, or shall I call you CP.’

When asked about the comment, Jane said it referenced addiction ‘to her ex.’

In a voice note from Jane to Diddy played to the court, she is heard telling him: ‘Crack pipe is so real for both of us….definitely stay in the light, have a good celebration for you.

‘I had so, so, so much fun with you. Turks was incredible, being close with you. I’m so happy. I’m definitely going to rest up…’

Homeland Security agent Andre Lamon took the stand on Friday to testify about the raid on Diddy’s Los Angeles home in March, 2024.

He told the jury his team led for the execution of the search warrant

Prosecutors asked for one of the jurors in the Diddy case to be dismissed because of ‘inconsistent’ statements about his residency, the trial heard Friday.

The said he was a 41-year-old man who lives in the Bronx and works for the New York City Department of Corrections.

Prosecutor Meredith Foster said: ‘The juror has said multiple things that cannot all be true’. The prosecutor added that this was a ‘serious issue’.

The juror – a black man – had let slip some information to court staff during ‘banter’ which prompted prosecutors to go back and review his statements during Voir Dire.

According to the judge, the juror said he had moved from the Bronx in the last two weeks and that it could have been ‘ambiguous’ where he lived.

Diddy’s lawyer Alexandra Shapiro said that they would gladly waive any appeal in the event of a guilty verdict regarding this juror.

She invited Diddy to briefly address the court to confirm this.

Diddy put his hand up and said: ‘Waived, your honor!’

Marc Agnifilo, another of Diddy’s lawyers, said that the juror’s statements were ‘innocuous, harmless’ and because he wasn’t used to dealing with the court.

Judge Subramanian said he would decide how to move forward at the end of the day.

A sketch of the jury is seen below.

A federal agent, Andre Lamon, and a former assistant to Diddy named Jonathan Perez is expected to take the stand for the prosecution on Friday.

Perez worked for Diddy during his relationship with the previous witness, ‘Jane,’ who testified under a pseudonym.

Judge Arun Subramanian is expected to rule on the prosecution’s request to dismiss a juror from the trial.

Before the jury came in on Tuesday, prosecutors asked the judge to strike juror #6 from the jury.

The judge said an unspecified ‘issue’ had come up for the government.

The motion related to the juror in question is sealed, so no further details were mentioned in court.

On Wednesday, Diddy’s lawyers ‘vigorously’ objected and accused prosecutors of a ‘Thinly veiled effort to dismiss a black juror.’

Prosecutor Maurene Comey replied that they had seen ‘what appeared to be a lack of candor with the court that raises serious issues with us.’

Diddy’s attorney finished her questioning of his ex-girlfriend and accuser Jane on Thursday.

Prosecutors now get to question her again so clarify any loose ends from her testimony during cross-examination.

Jane is the prosecution’s last major witness and they are expected to rest their case soon.

Diddy’s ex-assistant Capricorn Clark exposed the mogul’s list of celebrities enemies and many other A-listers have come up in testimony.

The trial has even inspired deep fake videos that use AI-generated images to falsely claim that certain celebrities, such as Oprah and Jennifer Lawrence, have been mentioned in the mogul’s sex-trafficking case.

Here is a list of all the celebrities talked about in the trial so far:

Testifying under a pseudonym, ‘Jane’ revealed Diddy’s twisted NBA role play where he casted himself as Jordan, her as Kobe Bryant and the male escort she slept with as Shaquille O’Neal.

DEEP DIVE delves into Diddy’s 30-year reign of excess and debauchery in unprecedented detail, starting with his ‘crazy’ fits of rage as a student in the 1980s that earned him the disturbing ‘Puff’ nickname.

Contained within hundreds of pages of civil court documents are the horrifying details of his tempestuous relationship with Cassie Ventura – which ultimately led to the floodgates opening.

Among the many allegations contained within the papers are claims that Diddy filmed fellow A-list celebrities taking drugs and having sex with prostitutes. In many cases, the name of the celebrities involved have been kept anonymous by court order.

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Diddy’s son Christian ‘King’ Combs wore a t-shirt with ‘Free Combs’ on it in court on Thursday.

The shirt has a mesh layer over it that barely disguises the words ‘Free Combs’ in white.

Court attendees are not allowed to have slogans such as this in court.

In fact, people have been told to turn their sweaters inside out if they have them on them, so the mogul’s son appeared to be skirting around the rules.

Diddy was seen mouthing his approval to King on Thursday.