Diddy Intercourse Trafficking Trial Kicks Off With Jokes From the Choose

The primary day of the federal racketeering and intercourse trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs started this morning with some lighthearted feedback by the choose … who mentions Diddy’s varied nicknames over time, and nods to the scale of the potential jury pool.

As proceedings obtained formally underway, Choose Arun Subramanian made a comment evaluating the size of the listing of potential jurors that each side will query on the stand, to the famously huge “Lord of the Rings” trilogy of novels.

As you already know, there are a lot of challenges on each side for jury choice, which is anticipated to take a number of days.

Diddy himself arrived on the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in Decrease Manhattan carrying a proper go well with and studying glasses … the choose beforehand granted Diddy’s request to put on civilian clothes to the trial, as a substitute of jail scrubs … he was allowed a restricted listing of very particular gadgets to select from, and the famously modern defendant predictably confirmed up in model.

Choose Subramanian additionally referred to the rap mogul’s many monikers … describing the defendant as “also known as Puff Daddy, Diddy, other names … and Love.” (Combs legally modified his center title to “Love” in 2018.) The choose notes Diddy has pleaded not responsible to all fees, and is presumed to be harmless.

Subramanian addressed the protection and the prosecution about potential privateness points in testimony, noting they will be addressed through sidebar conversations. He mentioned he expects the trial to final for about 8 weeks.

Diddy has a crew of 8 attorneys on his facet — we reported on the listing of legal professionals that was simply finalized final week.

Diddy is being tried on three fees — one depend of intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion; one depend of transportation to interact in prostitution; and one depend of racketeering conspiracy. In April 2025, he was hit with two extra fees — one other intercourse trafficking depend, and one other transportation to interact in prostitution cost, bringing the entire quantity to 5.

The choose additionally dropped a fast comparability to the Ghislaine Maxwell case — the previous girlfriend of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein who’s serving 20 years in jail for comparable crimes to what Diddy’s charged with. She’s serving 20 years in jail in Florida.