The testimony emerged as prosecutors build their case against Combs, who faces serious federal charges that could result in decades of imprisonment. Cudi’s willingness to speak publicly about these incidents marks a significant development in understanding the alleged culture of fear and control that prosecutors claim Combs maintained within his inner circle.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex-trafficking trial continues on Day 7, with former assistant David James, a personal chef and a male escort, among testimonies.

A new development has emerged in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial. A witness has claimed that he was paid to do gruesome acts in the rapper’s presence.

He has pleaded not guilty. By Ben Sisario and Julia Jacobs A series of government witnesses have testified at Sean Combs’s sex-trafficking and racketeering trial about what they had seen of his ...