Diddy’s six words to his mother as he left court on eve of verdict: Live updates

On Tuesday, as he was led away from the court room, Diddy told his mom: ‘I’ll be all right, love you.’

The 85-year-old has been present for most of the music mogul’s trial in Manhattan.

Diddy’s comment to his mother came after the jury said they were stuck on count one – racketeering conspiracy.

The jury wil continue deliberating on Wednesday after the judge asked them to try to reach a conclusion on count one.

Janice Combs is seen arriving in court on Wednesday morning.

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The jury in Diddy’s trial was deliberating for 12 hours before they sent a note saying they were stuck on count one – racketeering conspiracy.

They started delibarations on Monday morning after closing arguments last week.

On Wednesday, the jury headed straight for the deliberations room as instructed by the judge.

They did not stop in the court room before.

As the world is gripped by Sean Diddy Combs’ criminal trial and wonders what could have possibly led him into such depths of depravity, one man is notably absent.

Every day, the rapper, 55, who is currently standing trial in New York on sex trafficking charges, is supported at court by his loyal mother Janice.

Even most of his seven children attended the opening statements as a group, with some of his sons in regular attendance.

Yet if there is one man who haunts the trial, it is his late father, Melvin Combs – who may even explain how Diddy came to land in such hot water.

Melvin was the original ‘bad boy’, a gangster affiliated with the notorious New York mobster Frank Lucas, who was famously portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie American Gangster.

He died when Diddy was just three, but his ‘hustler’ mentality inspired the music mogul’s pursuit of stardom.

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Contained within hundreds of pages of civil court documents are the horrifying details of his tempestuous relationship with Cassie Ventura – which ultimately led to the floodgates opening.

Among the many allegations contained within the papers are claims that Diddy filmed fellow A-list celebrities taking drugs and having sex with prostitutes. In many cases, the name of the celebrities involved have been kept anonymous by court order.

On Tuesday, the jury asked the court for the transcript of male escort Daniel Phillip’s testimony.

Phillip, 41, took to the stand for an hour as the prosecution’s second witness.

He told the court Combs paid him up to $6,000 each time to take part in orchestrated sexual relations with R&B singer Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura.

Diddy would often direct their encounters, forcing them to engage in awkward ‘role play’ before giving Mr Phillip specific instructions on when and where to orgasm, the male escort alleged.

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian ordered the jury to continue its closed-door discussions for a third day after the panel of eight men and four women said Tuesday that it was unable to reach consensus on the top count: racketeering conspiracy.

The judge agreed with prosecutors and Combs’ defense team that less than 13 hours of deliberations was too soon to give up on reaching a verdict on all counts.

The jury’s decision on the other charges — two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution — remains under wraps for now.

• Count 1: Racketeering conspiracy – up to life in prison.
• Count 2: Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion – pertains to Victim 1 (Cassie Ventura) – minimum of 15 years to a maximum of life in prison.
• Count 3: Transportation to engage in prostitution – pertains to Victim 1 (Cassie Ventura) and commercial sex workers – up to 10 years in prison.
• Count 4: Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion – pertains to Victim 2 (“Jane”) – minimum of 15 years to a maximum of life in prison.
• Count 5: Transportation to engage in prostitution – pertains to Victim 2 (“Jane”) and commercial sex workers – up to 10 years in prison.

The prosecution and defense have both asked judge Arun Subramanian to tell the jury to continue deliberating after they said they can’t agree on count 1- racketeering conspiracy.

The judge said there are three paths to take.

The first is to tell the jury to keep going.

The second is an Allen charge – a supplemental intruction from the court encouraging them to re-evaluate their positions and strive for a unanimous verdict.

The judge the third one will come ‘at some point,’ – when ‘the court should advise the jury of the ability to return a partial verdict.’

The judge said ‘but we are not there yet.’

The jury in Diddy’s trial said they have reached a verdict on all but one of the charges against him after about 12 hours of delibaration on Tuesday.

They say they are unable to reach a verdict on the racketeering charge.

‘We are unable to reach a verdict on count 1 as we have jurors with unpersuadable opinions on both sides,’ the note read.

The announcement came as Diddy was seated surrounded by his eight lawyers, who were talking to him with serious expressions.