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Sean "Diddy" Combs listens as hotel security guard Eddy Garcia testifies on June 3.

Recap of ‘Diddy’ trial: Hotel security guard says Sean Combs paid $100k in cash for video of assault

By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A former hotel security officer and a financial executive for Bad Boy Entertainment took the stand Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial. The money-focused testimony came as the prosecution sought to prove that Combs created a criminal

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Uppers, downers and Obama-shaped ecstasy: The Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial is a window into drug culture

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared to be living like a “shot-caller” referenced in his 1997 hit “It’s All About the Benjamins” right up until his arrest in September. Attorneys for the entrepreneur and music mogul told CNN at the time that they had been negotiating his voluntary surrender before

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Sean "Diddy" Combs looks on at text message evidence in his sex trafficking trial on June 2.

Recap of ‘Diddy’ trial: Ex-employee concludes emotional testimony after three days on the stand

By Lauren del Valle, Nicki Brown, Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A former employee of Sean “Diddy” Combs concluded her testimony Monday afternoon after three days on the stand at his federal criminal trial, during which she recounted multiple alleged instances of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by Combs. The employee, testifying under the pseudonym

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Patti LuPone is pictured in New York in May 2024. Lupone has issued an apology after making what she now describes as “demeaning and disrespectful” comments about two fellow Broadway stars in an interview with the New Yorker last week.

Patti Lupone apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ comments made about fellow Broadway actors during New Yorker interview

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Patti Lupone has issued an apology after making what she now describes as “demeaning and disrespectful” comments about two fellow Broadway stars in an interview with the New Yorker last week. The “Evita” star’s apology comes after hundreds of performers from the Broadway and theater communities issued an open

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Valerie Mahaffey, ‘Northern Exposure’ Emmy winner, dies after cancer battle, publicist says

By The Associated Press (CNN) — Celebrated actor Valerie Mahaffey, whose stage, film and television work ranged from Shakespeare to the hit 1990s series “Northern Exposure,” died at age 71 after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released Saturday by her publicist. Mahaffey died Friday in Los Angeles, according to publicist Jillian Roscoe,

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