The jury was told that "Jane" -- the former Sean Combs girlfriend testifying under a pseudonym -- and Combs had spent the week prior to New Year’s Day 2022 together. In a text message shown to the court, she described a sexual encounter with a male prostitute as “one for the books.”

Gene Deal criticized Kanye West’s courthouse appearance at Diddy’s trial as “stupid” and warned it could damage his legal defense.