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Live updates: Jury set to begin deliberations in the Sean ‘Diddy' Combs trial
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Date: 5 min ago
Title: Catch up on the charges and evidence presented to the jury in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial
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It's been more than six weeks since testimony began in the federal criminal trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
As the case heads to the jury today, CNN's Laura Coates recaps the five counts faced by the music mogul — and the key evidence jurors will consider:
CNN's Laura Coates goes over the five counts hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is charged with, the key evidence and testimony presented to jurors, and how the defense disputes the allegations. #cnn #diddy #seancombstrial
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Date: 5 min ago
Title: How media coverage of major trials has evolved in the post-OJ Simpson era
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Salacious details, discussion of domestic violence and a Black male celebrity who for decades had a strong base of supporters: While the alleged crimes are not the same, some of the cultural issues involved could describe both the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs in 2025 and that of OJ Simpson in 1995.
Simpson's case sparked an era of 'trialtainment,' with an abundance of viewers and readers following an exhaustive round-the-clock news cycle, absorbing every detail of the bombshell murder case.
Thirty years later, as the world awaits a verdict in Combs' federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, interest in celebrity court cases remains high, but public discourse around race and intimate partner violence has changed.
'I think a lot of women have evolved in terms of taking a stance that we can speak up. We are now just being comfortable with speaking up, and this is as a result of the #MeToo movement,' legal analyst and entertainment law expert Lisa Bonner, who is not connected to either case, told CNN.
Simpson, who died in April 2024 at the age of 76 following a battle with cancer, was accused of fatally stabbing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. The star football player and actor was acquitted in 1995.
Combs is facing allegations of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. The mogul and music artist has pleaded not guilty.
Read more here about how the coverage of the two cases reflects an evolution in 'trialtainment.'
