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(NewsNation) — A national cause who helped program the raid connected Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Miami spot past twelvemonth volition beryllium called backmost Wednesday to resume grounds successful the euphony producer's transgression trial.
Special Agent Gerard Gannon, of Homeland Security Investigations, was successful complaint of readying the raid connected Combs’ mansion connected Star Island successful Miami past year.
Two of his properties, 1 successful Miami and 1 successful Los Angeles, were searched by investigators successful the pb to this September 2024 arrest.
Gannon said that agents who had a hunt warrant to participate Combs' spot successful March 2024 utilized an armored conveyance to get done the mogul’s information gate, and determination were teams connected boats.
Parts of 2 AR-15 rifles recovered connected the spot were shown to the jury.
Gannon testified Tuesday that the agents discovered lingerie, lubricant, condoms, enactment toys, babe lipid and level precocious heels arsenic good arsenic weapons.
Several different witnesses besides took the basal this week, including Combs’ erstwhile idiosyncratic adjunct and Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s mother.
David James, who worked for Combs from 2007 to 2009, gave affectional testimony, saying 1 of Combs’ unit members pointed to a photograph of Combs connected the partition and told him, “This is Mr. Combs’ kingdom. We’re each present to service him.”
During the people of his time, James said helium arranged edifice rooms for "Freak Offs" and was tasked with keeping a container filled with thousands successful currency and undisclosed pills..
He besides said Combs kept an embarrassing video of him arsenic collateral against him, ostensibly successful an effort to exert control.
Cassie Ventura's mother, Regina Ventura, took the basal Tuesday and told jurors Combs demanded $20,000 to halt him from releasing enactment tapes of her daughter.
Regina Ventura testified that Combs demanded $20,000 successful bid “to recoup wealth helium had spent connected (Cassie) due to the fact that helium was unhappy she was successful a narration with Kid Cudi.”
In bid to travel up with the hefty sum, Regina Ventura took retired a location equity indebtedness due to the fact that she was “scared for my daughter’s safety.”
The wealth was returned little than a week later, and Combs and Cassie Ventura reconciled.
