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Diddy Trial Closing Arguments: Prosecutors Portray Mogul as Mob Boss to Make RICO Charge Stick

The Diddy trial's closing arguments began on Thursday. Here's what prosecutors told the jury to convince them to convict Sean Combs on RICO charges.

She argued that Combs sat atop a large, organized syndicate and described his employees as “loyal lieutenants” and “foot soldiers” — words typically associated with mafia capos who report to gang bosses. Slavik told the jury that while both Ventura and Jane may have agreed to some of the freak-offs — dayslong hotel room parties where Combs would masturbate while watching the women have sex with male escorts — many of these events were obviously coerced. Slavik argued the rapper also plied the women with drugs to make them compliant and manipulated them with money — by paying Jane’s rent and threatening to stop unless she complied, and by controlling Ventura’s music career.

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