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Rex Heuermann admitted Wednesday to murdering eight women during a 17-year killing spree that terrorized Long Island and labeled him the Gilgo Beach serial killer. Several of the victims' relatives sobbed quietly and were seen wiping tears as Heuermann admitted to the rash of killings beginning in 1993 and concluding in 2010. The killings went unsolved for two decades until the Suffolk County dist...

The highly anticipated trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached an end. The jury found Sean Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, the most serious charge. The jury found Combs guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura) and guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend who te...

Darla Miles, Mike Marza, and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd break down Tuesday's deliberations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Marza and Bernarda Villalona ABC News Legal Contributor, recap the jury's first day of deliberations in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial. The jury has concluded their deliberations for the day, the foreperson said in a note. “We will end at 5 p.m. and resume at 9 a.m. tomorrow,” the note said. The jury also sent a separate note regarding how to understand the narcotics distribution allegations Co...

The government rebuttal concluded with prosecutor Maurene Comey imploring jurors to find Sean Combs guilty and lauding his alleged victims for coming forward with “overwhelming evidence.” “The defendant never thought the women he abused would have the courage to speak out loud what he had done with him,” Comey argued. “For 20 years, the defendant got away with his crimes. That ends in this courtro...

The prosecution's nearly five-hour closing argument in the racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs ended with federal prosecutor Christy Slavik imploring the jury to convict the defendant as charged. “Up until today, the defendant was able to get away with his crimes because of his money, power and influence,” Slavik claimed. “It’s time to hold him accountable. It’s time fo...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap a big day in the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Federal prosecutors are no longer including attempted kidnapping and attempted arson as underlying crimes in the alleged racketeering conspiracy charge against Sean Combs. Prosecutors disclosed in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian that they would “no longer proceed on these theories” w...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal contributor Bernarda Villalona recap day 32 of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial. Sean “Diddy” Combs may have made his fortune with lyrics but told a judge Tuesday that he is not taking the stand in his own defense in his sex-trafficking trial, which is expected to conclude this week. Combs’ decision came about an hour after prosecutors rested their lengthy case against Co...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap day 27 of the Sean Diddy Combs trial. With the conclusion of Monday’s testimony, federal prosecutors are expected to rest their case against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday morning.    The defense on Monday notified the court they do not plan to call any witnesses but will present a brief case consisting only of evidence they plan to...

Former assistant Brendan Paul, who worked for Sean Combs from late 2022 until his arrest in 2024, recalled procuring drugs for Combs from drug dealers known as Guido, One Stop, Baby Girl and Ovi. He referred to hard drugs as "Gucci items," which he would put into a Gucci pouch that Combs kept in a backpack or on his person. A sixth week of testimony concluded with a summary witness, HSI special ag...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap day 29 of the Sean Diddy Combs trial. The explicit videos allegedly used to blackmail women came into focus on Tuesday for the Manhattan jury who will decide the fate of Sean “Diddy’ Combs.  Donning headphones and with their video monitors hidden from public view, the jury watched lengthy clips of the drug-fueled sex parties at the center of...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap a busy day in the Sean Diddy Combs trial. At the conclusion of court on Friday, Judge Arun Subramanian dismissed juror #6 over "inconsistencies" in statements he made about where he lived, and he said they raised questions of candor and ability to follow instructions. In an "offhand" remark to court staff, the juror mentioned he ha...

Court will resume on Friday with testimony from a federal agent; from Jonathan Perez, a Combs assistant; and an additional witness. The cross-examination of the former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing as "Jane" is covering her description of an alleged physical assault by Combs in June 2024 that she previously testified left her with welts and a black eye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap what happened on Wednesday in court after Judge Arun Subramanian is monitoring a potential issue with a juror. The former Sean Combs girlfriend testifying under the pseudonym "Jane" became emotional and cried on the witness stand while reading a message she sent to Combs about “her thoughts.”Prosecutor Maurene Comey said the govern...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal analyst Channa Lloyd recap Tuesday's testimony in the Sean Diddy Combs trial. Sean “Diddy” Combs was the Michael Jordan of drug-fueled sex parties – at least, according to himself.    That revelation was included in another day of testimony from Combs’ ex-girlfriend, who alleges she was forced to participate in degrading sex with male prostitutes for Combs’ voyeuristi...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor, Bernarda Villalona, recap Monday's dramatic day of testimony from 'Jane.' The former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing under the pseudonym "Jane" testified that she used makeup to cover her bruises from an alleged earlier physical confrontation with Combs and swept her hair over her black eye, in preparation for an alleged sexual encounter with a male partn...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the second day of testimony from "Jane." The fourth week of testimony in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs concluded with deeply emotional and disturbing testimony from one of rap mogul’s ex-girlfriends, who told jurors she was forced to participate in days-long sexual encounters with male prostitutes as late as Augus...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap what happened in court on Thursday in the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial. During a break and without the jury present, Judge Arun Subramanian threatened to boot Sean Combs from trial if he makes facial expressions during testimony. "I was very clear there were not to be any facial expressions," Subramanian told lead defense counsel M...

Mike Marza and ABC News legal analyst Channa Lloyd recap the 20th day of the Sean Diddy Combs sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. A longtime friend of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified the rap mogul attacked her for no reason in 2016, dangled her from a 17th-floor balcony, and threw her into a coffee table.  “[Combs] came up really close to my face and said something like,...

Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the testimony on Tuesday, June 3rd. A hotel security guard on Tuesday told the jury in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking and racketeering trial that the rap mogul paid him $100,000 in an attempt to secure his silence and bury a video that is now the central piece of evidence in the criminal case that threatens to send him to pris...

Eyewitness News team, and ABC news legal contributor Bernarda Villalona dig deeper into the contentious cross examination of a woman who worked as a personal assistant to Sean Combs. The former assistant concluded three days on the witness stand with attorneys for Combs grilling her so intensely that a prosecutor asked the judge to stop the cross examination, calling it "humiliating” and “harassin...

The Eyewitness News team, and ABC News legal contributor Bernarda Villalona break down the defense's questioning of "Mia" about social media posts in their attempt to undercut her rape allegations.  Digging through years of social media posts, attorney Brian Steel attempted to suggest that the woman – testifying under the pseudonym “Mia” – misrepresented her feelings about working for Combs during...

A former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs told the jury in this sex-trafficking trial that it was impossible to tell the rap mogul “no.” Mia’s emotional testimony punctuated the twelfth day of testimony in the criminal case that has captured headlines and the public’s attention since prospective jurors first walked into the Manhattan courtroom on May 5. Breaking down in tears as she spoke...

Mike Marza and ABC News' Legal Analyst Channa Lloyd recap testimony from Cassie Ventura's former stylist Deonte Nash. Former Cassie Ventura stylist Deonte Nash testified that he saw “a lot” of blood during one instance in which he alleged Sean Combs attacked his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. Nash testified that he, along with Ventura and a Combs employee whom the prosecution identified with the...

Mike Marza and ABC News' legal contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the start of the third week of witness testimony in the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial. Trial resumed on Tuesday with emotional testimony from the rap mogul’s former personal assistant, who testified about the violence and threats she said she witnessed on the job. Crying at points on the witness stand, Capricorn Clark told juro...