Sean Combs sex trafficking trial updates: Cassie's testimony ends after days of describing abuse

The prosecution will continue to make its case at the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs on Monday in New York City.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey said as lawyers spoke with the judge after the jury left for the day that the government is on a pace to finish presenting its case within six weeks.

The judge said at the trial's start that it would be finished within two months. The defense has not said how long it will take to present its case.

Comey said the next witness after Richard will be Cassie's longtime friend Kerry Morgan.

Dawn Richard, a member of music groups Diddy Dirty Money and Danity Kane, testified to the jury she "observed Cassie being attacked" by Sean Combs in his Los Angeles hotel in 2009.

"She was attacked by Sean Combs," Richard testified. "He came downstairs screaming, belligerent, asking where his phone was, and proceeded to hit her in the head and beat her on the ground."

Richard testified she was in the residence recording at the time.

"He said 'where the f--- is his eggs,'" Richard testified. "He took the skillet with the eggs" and took a swing at Ventura, Richard alleged.

She testified that Ventura dropped to the ground, "literally trying to hide her face or her head."

Richard has made similar allegations in a civil lawsuit filed against Combs in 2024. Combs has broadly denied the allegations contained in the lawsuit.

The defense objected to many of the questions put to Richard by the prosecution so the judge adjourned the court and instructed the jury to return 8:30 a.m. ET Monday.

Court is scheduled to adjourn each day next week at 3 p.m. ET

The night Sean Combs was arrested in New York he was in possession of illegal drugs kept under an alias, a federal agent testified Friday.

Combs was arrested at the Park Hyatt hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Sept. 16, 2024.

Special Agent Yasin Binda of Homeland Security Investigations, the prosecution's next witness, walked the jury through what she testified was the search of the room at the Park Hyatt, which she said turned up a pill bottle containing clonazepam under the name Frank Black, an alias Cassie Ventura testified Combs used.

There were also glassine bags containing pink powder that tested positive for ketamine and MDMA, the agent testified. The jury was allowed to examine the exhibit.

"This shows five bottles of baby oil that were found in the bathtub," Binda said, showing the jurors an image of the baby oil.

The jury was shown another photo of a Ziploc bag containing bottles of baby oil, and a photo of lubricant she said was found in a nightstand.

Jurors were also shown a photo of a device that Binda testified could be set up for "mood lighting," which Ventura testified were the kind of supplies Combs had in hotel rooms for "freak offs."

Federal agents also seized a small black fanny pack from Combs' hotel room containing $9000 cash, Binda said.

Binda used scissors to cut open an evidence bag, extracted the cash and fanned it for the jury to see.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo has long said Combs had come to New York in September 2024 to negotiate a surrender prior to his arrest.

At the time, as the evidence presented in court shows, Combs was staying in a Midtown hotel room containing $9000 cash, illegal drugs, baby oil, lubricant and a device that the federal agent said could be used for "mood lighting."

Darla Miles has more from Lower Manhattan.

Dawn Richard, a member of Diddy Dirty Money and Danity Kane, told the jury she "observed Cassie being attacked" by Sean Combs in his Los Angeles hotel in 2009.

"She was attacked by Sean Combs," Richard said. "He came downstairs screaming, belligerent, asking where his phone was, and proceeded to hit her in the head and beat her on the ground."