Ye, the rapper previously often known as Kanye West, briefly confirmed as much as the New York intercourse trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday to help the hip-hop mogul, a longtime good friend.
Ye, wearing white, arrived at Manhattan federal court docket earlier than midday whereas the trial was on a break and spent about 40 minutes within the constructing. He did not get into the primary courtroom and as an alternative noticed testimony on a closed-circuit monitor in an overflow room.
Asked if he was on the courthouse to help Combs, he responded “yes” and nodded. He then hustled to an elevator and didn’t seem to reply when a reporter requested if he may testify on Combs’ behalf when the protection begins presenting its case as early as subsequent week.
Ye did not reply additional questions as he left the courthouse, strolling previous reporters and TV cameras, and ducked right into a ready black Mercedes sedan.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy costs alleging that he used his fame, fortune and violence to commit crimes over a 20-year interval.
Ye’s look on the courthouse got here a day after a lady recognized in court docket solely by the pseudonym “Jane” completed six days of testimony.
She testified that in a relationship with Combs that stretched from 2021 till his arrest final September at a Manhattan resort, she felt coerced into having intercourse with male intercourse employees whereas Combs watched.
Defense attorneys have argued that Combs dedicated no crimes and that federal prosecutors had been attempting to police consensual intercourse that occurred between adults.
On Thursday, Jane testified that in a three-month break in her relationship with Combs, she flew to Las Vegas in January 2023 with a well-known rapper who was shut buddies with Combs.
Prior to Jane’s testimony on the topic, legal professionals and the decide performed a prolonged listening to out of public view to debate what could possibly be divulged concerning the January journey.
Jane was requested if the rapper she accompanied together with the rapper’s girlfriend was “an individual at the top of the music industry as well … an icon in the music industry.”
“Yes,” Jane replied.
Once in Las Vegas, Jane testified, she went with a gaggle together with the rapper to dinner, a strip membership and a resort room celebration, the place a intercourse employee had intercourse with a lady whereas a half-dozen others watched.
She mentioned there was dancing and the rapper mentioned, “hey beautiful,” and advised her he’d all the time wished to have intercourse together with her in crude phrases. Jane mentioned she didn’t recall precisely when, however she flashed her breasts whereas dancing.
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