Claire Lampen

Brooklyn

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Freelance Writer and Editor at The Cut

freelance writer + editor | formerly @nymag's @thecut | words @gothamist @voguemagazine @GQMagazine etc.

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What We Learned From Week 3 of Diddy’s Trial

2 weeks ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Illustration: Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS The biggest moment in week three of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial arrived on Thursday when Scott Mescudi — known professionally as Kid Cudi — took the stand. Mescudi briefly dated Combs’s ex-girlfriend the singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in 2011 and believes the mogul blew up his car as payback. In addition to Mescudi, jurors heard from two of Combs’s former employees who spoke to painfully long workdays and their boss’s volatility.
Cassie, Diddy, and the Illusion of Choice

2 weeks ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images One of the most surprising claims to surface in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs came up in its earliest moments.
What We’ve Learned From Diddy’s Sex-Trafficking Trial So Far

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Illustration: Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS As the second week of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial nears its close, his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, has been on the stand for four days, fielding questioning that has been equal parts emotional and tedious. Prosecutors got Ventura to establish a pattern of alleged abuse: She fell in love with Combs as a 19-year-old, but was unprepared for his lifestyle and sexual demands.
Cassie Says Diddy’s ‘Freak Offs Became a Job’

3 weeks ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Photo: Jane Rosenberg/REUTERS On Tuesday, the second day of testimony in the sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, his ex-girlfriend Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura took the stand. The 38-year-old singer spoke to a pattern of physical abuse and recounted her experience with what prosecutors have called “Freak Offs,” the multiday drug-fueled orgies in which Combs allegedly forced multiple partners to participate.
Jury Selection Has Been Delayed in Diddy’s Sex-Trafficking Trial

4 weeks ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Photo: Kristin Callahan/Shutterstock The criminal sex-trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs is officially underway. Jury selection began on May 5 in Manhattan, but we won’t have a full panel until next week — attorneys will seat their 12 jurors on Monday, in line with a decision by the presiding judge in the case.
Where Is Diddy Now? What to Know Before Trial Begins

1 month ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Photo: Prince Williams/WireImage On May 5, Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to stand trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Prosecutors allege that over the course of many years, the rap mogul used his power and influence in the music industry like a cudgel, forcing the women in his orbit into “elaborate and produced sex performances” through violence and intimidation.
What We Know About the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Deportation Fiasco

1 month ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP In mid-March, Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security sent a Maryland father of three to an El Salvadoran super prison — a deportation initially described as an “oversight” that the administration is now calling deliberate. “He was not mistakenly sent to El Salvador,” deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told Fox News on April 14.
Is Everybody Just Living Beyond Their Means?

1 month ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Illustration: Olivier Heiligers When Sarah first entered the workforce at 21, she was already in debt. Her sophomore year of college, one of her parents suddenly lost their job, and because her school used the family’s now-outdated financial information to calculate her “need,” she was denied financial aid.
What We Know About Rumeysa Ozturk, Students Targeted by ICE

2 months ago | thecut.com | Claire Lampen

Photo: Erin Clark/Boston Globe via Getty Images In the early days of his second administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at suppressing criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza. In a purported bid to “combat antisemitism” on college campuses, the order gave the Department of Homeland Security the green light to identify and remove any “alien students” it deems to have engaged in discrimination against their Jewish peers.
Why Tim Walz Has a Bad Case of ‘Main Character’ Syndrome

2 months ago | thedailybeast.com | Chris Cillizza |Claire Lampen |Michael Daly |Brett Bachman

Tim Walz was a dud as vice presidential pick. He added zero to the ticket. In his one big moment—the vice-presidential debate with J.D. Vance—he got beat. Badly. And looked hopelessly out of his depth. None of this is to say that if Kamala Harris had picked someone other than Walz she would be president right now. History tells us that VP picks almost never make any real difference. And I think that’s true this time too. Had Harris picked, say, Josh Shapiro, she still would have lost.

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