They are tasked with examining seven weeks of intense and sometimes graphic testimony regarding the rap mogul’s inclination toward violence and his sexual behaviors, which include drug-induced sessions referred to as “freak-offs” or “hotel nights.”

A total of 34 witnesses presented their accounts, with significant testimony coming from Combs’ past partners, Cassie, the R&B artist whose real name is Casandra Ventura, and a woman known only as “Jane” for anonymity.

Both women said he often was violent toward them. Cassie said he forced her into hundreds of sexual encounters with paid male sex workers while Jane recounted numerous “hotel nights”.

Jurors also saw now-infamous security camera video of Combs beating, kicking and dragging Cassie at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 and clips from videos of sexual encounters.

Combs chose not to testify, and his lawyers didn’t call any witnesses in their defence case. His attorneys elected instead to challenge the accusers’ credibility during lengthy cross-examination questioning.

The defence has acknowledged that Combs veered into violence, but his lawyers maintain that the sex acts were consensual. They contend that prosecutors are intruding in Combs’ personal life and that he’s done nothing to warrant the charges against him.