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A judge rejected Sean “Diddy” Combs’s effort to exclude a video CNN published in May 2024 of the rapper beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel at a hearing Friday, while a prosecutor revealed Combs had rejected a plea deal, less than two weeks before his trial begins. (Here is a complete list of the allegations against Combs.) April 25, 2025At a pre-trial hearing in New York court, federal judge Arun Subramanian said the defense failed to prove a video of Combs beating Cassie in a hotel in 2016 is inadmissible, stating there’s no “unfair prejudice to Mr. Combs,” after Combs’s lawyers argued the footage was manipulated. At the hearing, federal prosecutor Madison Smyser said Combs had rejected a plea offer, though details of the deal were not disclosed, while Combs’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo told the judge Combs took part in the “lifestyle” of a “swinger” and argued his sexual encounters were consensual, a possible hint at Combs’s defense for the trial. April 19, 2025U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian rejected Combs’ request to delay his trial start date by two months so his legal team could have additional time to prepare a defense against new charges filed just two weeks prior, telling the rap mogul he made the request too late, leaving less than three weeks before Combs stands trial on his criminal charges. April 14, 2025Combs, who has been in jail for seven months, pleaded not guilty to new charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, meaning he has pleaded not guilty to all five of his federal charges. April 4, 2025Prosecutors filed another superseding indictment against Combs in New York federal court, adding two charges to bring his total to five—with new counts including an additional charge of sex trafficking and another…

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