Donald Trump has given a shocking response on if he will pardon disgraced rapper, Sean “Diddy” Combs.
We are currently in the middle of Diddy’s federal court trial in New York.
The 55-year-old faces one count of racketeering, two charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He has denied all claims.
He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
In its third week , the trial has brought up many celebs linked to the rapper, including Kanye West, Michael B. Jordan, Kid Cudi and Mike Myers.
These celebs have not been accused of any illegal activity but were names jurors were cautioned would come up.
West was brought up on May 5 after he released a recorded conversation with Diddy to social media where the disgraced rapper warned West to “be careful” of people attempting to “end” him.
Mike Myers was also brought up as a potential point of interest in the trial but has not been accused of any wrongdoing – his relationship to Diddy is not known at this time.
Michelle Williams was another well-known name mentioned to the jury.
The rapper’s ex-girlfriend of 10 years, Ventura, mentioned multiple celebs.
Michael B. Jordan was brought up – presumably connected to Diddy through Cassie Ventura, whom he dated in 2016.
Diddy shares three children with Kim Porter who sadly died in 2018 from pneumonia – her name was mentioned to jurors along with Drake and French Montana. Ventura claimed to attend the Canadian rapper’s 2013 OVO Festival in Toronto, where she had to style her hair in a particular way to hide an alleged injury delivered by Diddy.
The mother of 2 also mentioned Prince, when she recalled going to his private concert in his Los Angeles home, claiming: “He [Diddy] would have definitely not let me go,”
Ventura alleged to have seen Combs not long after arriving.
She claimed to have “caught a glimpse of him and [she] ran out as fast as [she] could.”
“I knew he was angry at me,” she testified, claiming he went to the hotel where she was staying and be*t her.
She also mentioned Kid Cudi aka Scott Mescudi whom she claimed to meet in December 2011 and had a romantic relationship with.
When Diddy discovered this on her phone, she claimed he threatened her with a wine bottle opener.
Ventura revealed how Britney Spears got dragged into the case. She claimed that Diddy brought Britney Spears to her 21st birthday party in Las Vegas on September 7, 2007.
Diddy and Spears then attended 50 Cents after party at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, that lasted until September 8.
Fans have also just noticed that Spears took to the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 9, giving what some would call the lowest performance of her entire career. She was labelled a ‘train wreck’ with some noting that she appeared ‘spaced out’ and ‘off her game’. In her memoir years later, the singer noted that she ‘hadn’t slept the night before’ and had a panic attack moments before going on stage.
She wrote: ‘I didn’t want to, but my team was pressuring me to get out there and show the world I was fine,’, ‘The only problem with this plan: I was not fine.’
Spears noted that ‘nothing was going right’ for her on that day and it was supposed to be a comeback performance during the promotion of her album Blackout, which arrived in stores the following month.
‘I hadn’t slept the night before,’ she said. ‘I was dizzy. It was less than a year since I’d had my second baby in two years but everyone was acting like my not having six-pack abs was offensive. I couldn’t believe I was going to have to go out onstage feeling the way I felt.
‘I was having a panic attack. I hadn’t rehearsed enough. I hated the way I looked. I knew it was going to be bad.’
She added that she ‘went out there and did the best I could at that moment in time’ which was far from her ‘best.’
‘I could see myself on video throughout the auditorium while I performed; it was like looking at myself in a fun-house mirror,’ Britney said.
The rapper also brought singer Dallas Austin to the 21st party. Ventura had previously shared he had kissed her at this event which had confused her, due to their relationship being platonic at this point and at the time, she was dating Ryan Leslie.
She also shared some horrifying details of their 10-year relationship where she claimed he was violent, controlling and had an obsession with voyeurism.
The jury appeared somber when shown five images of the freak off parties where Ventura was present.
The screens given to the jurors had privacy sheets on top, to stop the public or media being able to see.
One male jurors eyebrows shot up when he was shown the images while one female juror appeared shocked, moving her head from side to side.
Another male juror did a double take of the images while a fourth male juror put his hand over his mouth in shock.
The images and video stills are not being shown to the gallery as it is currently evidence that is under seal.
Ventura appeared to not react to the images shows, speaking in a flat voice when describing the images.
A former male escort, Daniel Phillip, who was paid thousands of dollars to have s*x with Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, Cassandra Ventura (aka Cassie) was the first witness to take the stand.
Now, photos of Donald Trump with Diddy have resurfaced causing the media to question if he would pardon the rapper.
One journalist brought up the fact that Trump called Diddy a friend back in 2012. He said recently: “Nobody’s asked, but I know people are thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking.
“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening, and I haven’t been watching it too closely…I haven’t seen him. I haven’t spoken to him in years.”
“He used to really like me a lot, but I think when I ran for politics, sort of, that relationship busted up from what I read.
“You become a much different person when you run for politics and you do what’s right Our country’s doing really well because of what we’re doing.
“If I think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impact on me.”
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