Wesley Parnell

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Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ testifies over a ‘love contract’ with Sean Combs, freak-offs and escorts

1 day ago | washingtonpost.com | Anne Branigin |Wesley Parnell |Samantha Chery |Janay Kingsberry |Avi Selk |Carla Spartos

Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ testifies over a ‘love contract’ with Sean Combs, freak-offs and escorts (washingtonpost.com) Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ testifies over a ‘love contract’ with Sean Combs, freak-offs and escorts By Anne Branigin; Wesley Parnell; Samantha Chery; Janay Kingsberry; Avi Selk; Carla Spartos 2025060612043900 More bombshell testimony from an alleged sex-trafficking victim of Sean "Diddy" Combs is expected on Day 18 of the hip-hop mogul's federal...
Diddy trial recap: Judge threatens Sean Combs with removal over interactions with the jury

1 day ago | washingtonpost.com | Anne Branigin |Samantha Chery |Wesley Parnell |Carla Spartos |Avi Selk

Diddy trial recap: Judge threatens Sean Combs with removal over interactions with the jury (washingtonpost.com) Diddy trial recap: Judge threatens Sean Combs with removal over interactions with the jury By Anne Branigin; Samantha Chery; Wesley Parnell; Carla Spartos; Avi Selk 2025060514015600 Judge Arun Subramanian delivered a strong warning to Sean "Diddy" Combs and his lead counsel on Thursday after the hip-hop mogul was twice seen nodding "vigorously" to witness testimony while directly...
Diddy trial recap: Cassie’s friend Bryana Bongolan pressed on alleged balcony incident, Sean Combs’s attack

3 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Anne Branigin |Wesley Parnell |Samantha Chery |Janay Kingsberry |Avi Selk

Diddy trial recap: Cassie’s friend Bryana Bongolan pressed on alleged balcony incident, Sean Combs’s attack (washingtonpost.com) Diddy trial recap: Cassie’s friend Bryana Bongolan pressed on alleged balcony incident, Sean Combs’s attack By Anne Branigin; Wesley Parnell; Samantha Chery; Janay Kingsberry; Avi Selk 2025060411581400 Bryana "Bana" Bongolan testified about a chilling encounter with Sean "Diddy" Combs on Day 16 of his federal sex trafficking trial. The witness, a friend of...
Diddy trial live updates: Ex-Bad Boy executive testifies about Sean Combs's businesses, media empire

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Anne Branigin |Wesley Parnell |Samantha Chery |Janay Kingsberry |Avi Selk |Carla Spartos

Sean “Diddy” Combs paid $100,000 to obtain what he thought was the only copy of a 2016 video showing him beating his girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hotel hallway, according to Eddy Garcia, a hotel security worker who testified on Day 15 of the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial. That video supports the government’s case that Ventura was forced by Combs to have sex with male escorts as part of “freak-offs” held at various hotels.
Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia faced intense questioning after sexual assault claims against Sean Combs

5 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Anne Branigin |Wesley Parnell |Janay Kingsberry |Samantha Chery |Carla Spartos |Avi Selk

Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia faced intense questioning after sexual assault claims against Sean Combs (washingtonpost.com) Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia faced intense questioning after sexual assault claims against Sean Combs By Anne Branigin; Wesley Parnell; Janay Kingsberry; Samantha Chery; Carla Spartos; Avi Selk 2025060212105700 Mia, the former assistant to Sean "Diddy" Combs who accused him of repeated sexual assault while testifying under a pseudonym, will return to the...
Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia testifies about alleged sexual assault by Sean Combs

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Shayna Jacobs |Wesley Parnell |Janay Kingsberry |Anne Branigin |Samantha Chery |Avi Selk | +1 more

Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia testifies about alleged sexual assault by Sean Combs (washingtonpost.com) Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia testifies about alleged sexual assault by Sean Combs By Shayna Jacobs; Wesley Parnell; Janay Kingsberry; Anne Branigin; Samantha Chery; Avi Selk; Carla Spartos 2025053011492300 President Trump said he would look into a possible pardon for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Day 13 of the music mogul's sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Trump was asked about...
The Beaches Are Open in New York City. So Are the Lifeguard Chairs.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Alyce McFadden |Wesley Parnell |Sean Piccoli

Beach season began Saturday with 280 lifeguards, well short of what the city needs, amid a yearslong staffing shortage. But more will come by summer's peak. New York City's 14 miles of public beaches opened for the season on Saturday, moving the city one step closer to the official start of summer. And with the opening of the beaches came the lifeguards. Before 10 a.m., groups of them made their way to posts across the city, from Orchard Beach in the Bronx to Rockaway Beach in Queens.
Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial

3 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Anne Branigin |Janay Kingsberry |Wesley Parnell

NEW YORK - Casandra “Cassie” Ventura wrapped up her fourth and final day of testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial on Friday, as the defense concluded cross-examination of the government’s star witness and prosecutors introduced two more: singer Dawn Richard and Homeland Security agent Yasin Binda. The packed day of testimony revisited accounts of Combs’ alleged abuse and revealed new details about the scene of his arrest in September.
Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean 'Diddy' Combs's trial

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Anne Branigin |Janay Kingsberry |Wesley Parnell

NEW YORK — Casandra “Cassie” Ventura wrapped up her fourth and final day of testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex trafficking trial on Friday, as the defense concluded cross-examination of the government’s star witness and prosecutors introduced two more: singer Dawn Richard and Homeland Security agent Yasin Binda. The packed day of testimony revisited accounts of Combs’s alleged abuse and revealed new details about the scene of his arrest in September.
Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Anne Branigin |Janay Kingsberry |Wesley Parnell

Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial (washingtonpost.com) Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial By Anne Branigin; Janay Kingsberry; Wesley Parnell 2025051623065300 NEW YORK — Casandra "Cassie" Ventura wrapped up her fourth and final day of testimony in Sean "Diddy" Combs's federal sex trafficking trial on Friday, as the defense concluded cross-examination of the government's star witness and prosecutors introduced two...

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11 May 25

RT @bradracino: After a MASSIVE lift poring over thousands of pages of the NYS budget, the team at New York Focus has put together this co…

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Articles

Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ testifies over a ‘love contract’ with Sean Combs, freak-offs and escorts

Diddy trial recap: Judge threatens Sean Combs with removal over interactions with the jury

Diddy trial recap: Cassie’s friend Bryana Bongolan pressed on alleged balcony incident, Sean Combs’s attack

Diddy trial live updates: Ex-Bad Boy executive testifies about Sean Combs's businesses, media empire

Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia faced intense questioning after sexual assault claims against Sean Combs

Diddy trial recap: Ex-assistant Mia testifies about alleged sexual assault by Sean Combs

The Beaches Are Open in New York City. So Are the Lifeguard Chairs.

Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial

Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean 'Diddy' Combs's trial

Cassie Ventura finishes emotional testimony in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s trial

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