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Diddy Trial Closing Arguments Round 2: Defense Says He Was a ‘Swinger,’ Not a Sex-Trafficker

During the Diddy trial's second day of closing arguments, the defense called the disgraced rap mogul a swinger, not a sex trafficker.

Prosecutors had already given their closing argument the previous day, seeking a conviction based on charges that Combs used violence, money and blackmail to force his girlfriends to have sex with escorts during dayslong hotel parties he called “freak-offs.” While acknowledging that there was some domestic violence in Combs and Ventura’s relationship (a now-infamous hotel surveillance video from 2016 makes it difficult for the defense to escape that fact), Agnifilo said the pair shared “a great modern love story.” In addition to sex trafficking, Combs is charged with using his music empire to operate a criminal syndicate as defined by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — the federal “RICO” statute often deployed against mobsters and cartels.

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