It’s the trial the world has been watching: the federal sex trafficking case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. Combs – best known by his rap name P. Diddy – is facing federal charges related to sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, after he was arrested in September last year. Combs has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing, saying his sexual relationships were consensual.

The trial started with testimony from his ex-partner of 11 years, singer Cassie Ventura. In November 2024, she sued the rapper for sexual assault and abuse – and the lawsuit was settled for $20million.

Since then more shocking allegations and testimony has been heard by the court. Here are some of the biggest bombshells from the trial so far, which could last up to 10 weeks. If Combs is found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Diddy allegedly set fire to Kid Cudi’s car

When taking the stand, Kid Cudi alleged Combs blew up his car, after finding out about his short-lived romance with Combs’ former partner Cassie Ventura in 2011. Cudi – real name Scott Mescudi – says he believed Ventura and Combs were no longer dating.
But he testified that after Combs found out about the relationship, he broke into his house, and then, two weeks later set fire to his Porshe. (Ventura also claimed in her testimony that Combs had firebombed Cudi’s car.)

Cudi compared Combs to a ‘Marvel supervillain’ when they met at Soho House to discuss the incident, as he was staring out the window with his hands behind his back. Cudi also said Combs claimed he didn’t know anything about the car: ‘He looked right back at me, very cold stare, and said “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”’

‘Where’s my f*cking egg?’

Throughout the trial there have been allegations Combs would become violent towards Ventura over trivial matters. When singer Dawn Richard testified at the trial, she alleged that Combs beat Ventura when she took too long to cook dinner in 2009 – with Combs shouting: ‘Where’s my fucking egg?’

‘He took the skillet with the eggs in it and tried to hit her in the head, and she fell to the ground,’ she alleged. Richards claims that Combs then dragged Ventura upstairs by her hair, and that she later heard breaking glass and screaming. ‘I was scared if I intervened, it might get worse,’ Richards added in her testimony.

What was in Diddy’s hotel room?

Special Agent Yasin Binda testified about the items she found in Combs’ Manhattan hotel room at the time of his arrest in September 2024, images of which were released to NBC News, which have since been widely circulated.

Binda testified that she found numerous bottles of baby oil and lubricant, two bags of a pink drug as well as a bag with $9,000 inside. The bags of drugs later tested positive for ketamine and a mix of ketamine and MDMA. Binda also said she found a light which she would describe ‘as potentially mood lighting’. (Ventura had earlier testified similar lights were used during ‘freak-offs’.)

‘All I wanted to do was have a great job in the entertainment industry’

A former assistant to Combs said he did not intervene when Ventura was allegedly beaten by Combs on his private jet. Former personal assistant George Kaplan claims Combs attacked Ventura on a flight to Las Vegas in 2015, and that he heard screams and the sounds of shattering glass coming from the bedroom on the jet. Explaining why he didn’t act, Kaplan said: ‘I was 23 years old. All I wanted to do was have a great job in the entertainment industry.’ He later quit his role as Combs’ assistant.

Cassie’s testimony about the ‘freak-offs’

Ventura says that – initially – she consented to drug-fuelled ‘freak-offs’. She said Combs first suggested ‘this sexual encounter that he called voyeurism, where he would watch me have a sexual encounter with a third man’ in 2007. She told the jury she first agreed, as she was ‘in love and wanted to make him happy’. ‘I didn’t want to upset him if I said it scared me or if I said anything aside from, “OK, let’s try it,”’ she added in her testimony.

Ventura also claimed that it became her responsibility to find male escorts online, from websites like Craigslist and Cowboys for Angels, and that Combs would allegedly have to approve each escort.

She testified that Combs, and male escorts, would urinate on her – which she called ‘too much’ and ‘disgusting’. ‘I choked,’ she told the jury.

Ventura cried on the stand, claiming Combs hit her during freak-offs, saying she felt like ‘dirt’. She said she was worried Combs wouldn’t love her anymore. She also claimed she was scared he would release footage from the encounters, and that she was worried for her safety and career.

The trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs continues and is expected to last eight weeks.