Julia Jacobs

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Culture Reporter at The New York Times

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Former Combs Assistant Says Mogul Told Staff to ‘Move Like SEAL Team 6’

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Julia Jacobs

Jun 13The rapper formerly known as Kanye West, one of the few celebrities to publicly defend Mr. Combs, was denied access to the courtroom and briefly watched on closed-circuit video. At about 11:20 a.m. on Friday, there was a commotion at the entrance to the Federal District courthouse in Lower Manhattan …
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Assistant Says Mogul Told Staff to ‘Move Like SEAL Team 6’

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Julia Jacobs

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Brendan Paul testified that his duties for Sean Combs involved getting drugs, setting up hotel rooms for sexual encounters and handling routine tasks.
The Question for the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Jurors: What Qualifies as Coercion?

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Julia Jacobs

When the jurors deliberate Sean Combs’s fate in the coming weeks, they will confront a vast trove of evidence from two women who say his treatment of them for years swung between tender affection and sexual subjugation. At the core of the panel’s review will be the question of whether the women — both put forward by prosecutors as sex-trafficking victims — were willing participants in sex marathons with male escorts that lie at the center of the federal case against Mr. Combs.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex ‘Jane’ Ends Grueling Testimony With Hugs for Both Sides

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Julia Jacobs

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The woman who dated the mogul until his arrest concluded more than 24 hours on the stand in which she spoke about unwanted sex and an at-times loving relationship.
Ye Arrives at Sean Combs Trial in Support of Music Mogul

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ben Sisario |Julia Jacobs

NowYe, formerly known as Kanye West, showed up to federal court Friday to seemingly support Sean "Diddy" Combs in his federal sex-crimes trial. Dressed in an all-white ensemble, harkening back to Combs' heyday as a host of the infamous star-studded White Parties, Ye was pictured inside the Daniel …
Sean Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Will Return for 22nd Hour of Testimony

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ben Sisario |Julia Jacobs

1 hour agoSean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex-girlfriend admits buying Rhino erection pillsSean ‘Diddy‘ Combs’ ex-girlfriend retook the stand on June 11th as part of the rapper’s sex trafficking trial. During her testimony, the anonymous …1 hour agoDiddy trial updates: Sean Combs' ex Jane testifies on alleged sexual exploitationThis story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing.
Defense to Question Woman About 'Hotel Nights' With Sean 'Diddy' Combs

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ben Sisario |Julia Jacobs

One of the music mogul's ex-girlfriends, who is going by the pseudonym Jane, has spent days testifying that he pressured her to have sex with other men. For more than 13 hours over three days, jurors in the federal trial of Sean Combs have heard gripping testimony from one of his former girlfriends, a witness for the prosecution called Jane. Now it is time for her cross-examination.
Sean Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend to Resume Testimony About Sex Under Duress

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Julia Jacobs |Ben Sisario

1 hour agoWith cameras barred from the courtroom, the world is seeing an embattled Combs through the eyes of three New York women Three women have full control over Sean Combs’s image. At least until the end of his trial. In the front row of the courtroom where Sean “Diddy” Combs is pleading not guilty to …
Sean 'Diddy' Combs's Ex-Girlfriend to Resume Testimony About Sex Under Duress

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Julia Jacobs |Ben Sisario

The woman, known in court as Jane, has testified that she felt obligated to participate in sex marathons with male escorts because the mogul was paying her rent. A former girlfriend of Sean Combs is set to retake the stand on Monday at his federal trial to continue her testimony about a series of sex marathons with male prostitutes, which she said she felt pressured to continue because Mr. Combs was funding her livelihood.
At Combs Trial, ‘Jane,’ an Ex-Girlfriend, to Testify About Sex Abuse

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Julia Jacobs |Ben Sisario

1 day ago"I knew nothing then of the unspoken societal power of celebrity and what it could condone, let alone enable." “Ugh, P. Diddy is such a creep,” my 11-year-old daughter said one evening as we sat down to dinner as a family. My heart sank. Federal authorities had just raided his house, and the items …