Author: MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press and

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs “committed crime after crime” but thought his “fame, wealth and power” put him above the law, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday as the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking trial shifted to closing arguments. “That ends now,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik said. “It’s time to find […]

NEW YORK — Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial, taking the witness stand either Wednesday or Thursday to tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie. Cassie testified last week that Combs was enraged when […]

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ‘s lawyers sought Friday to raise doubts about a former model’s allegations that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. As defense lawyer Mike Cibella began what’s likely to be lengthy questioning of Kaja Sokola, he pointed to differences in some details of […]

NEW YORK — A former model tearfully testified Thursday that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that point. Kaja (KEYE’-ah) Sokola, an aspiring actor at the time, told jurors at Weinstein’s #MeToo retrial that the onetime movie honcho put his […]

NEW YORK — Opening statements began Wednesday in Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial, five years after his original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures. Emphasizing the former studio boss’s onetime influence in the movie industry, prosecutor Shannon Lucey said Weinstein used “dream opportunities as weapons” to prey on […]