Diddy trial live: ‘Drug mule’ Brendan Paul expected to testify after two-day pause

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex trafficking trial will today finally hear from Brendan Paul, a former assistant and alleged “drug mule” to the rapper, after a two-day pause in proceedings.

A juror was taken ill after experiencing vertigo symptoms on the way to court on Wednesday and then the trial was suspended again on Thursday for the Juneteenth holiday.

On Tuesday, the jury saw more footage of “freak offs” as defense attorneys tried to argue that Combs and his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, had a more loving relationship than the prosecution has portrayed.

Special Agent DeLeassa Penland reviewed phone records between Combs and Ventura and testified that the hip-hop mogul incessantly called and texted Ventura after hitting her at a hotel in 2016.

Judge Arun Subramanian also scolded both legal teams after an article was published containing information that was under seal. He warned both sides that they could face consequences if that continued.

Combs is facing charges of sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy. Federal authorities have accused him of threatening, abusing, and coercing victims “to fulfill his sexual desires” between 2004 and 2024. He has denied any wrongdoing.