Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs licked his lips after watching Freak Off videos in a side room of the court – and asking for extra time to do so.
The hip hop mogul, 55, made the motion on Tuesday after seeing the clips of Cassandra Ventura having sex with male escorts while he watched.
Diddy had asked to see the videos before testimony began for the day, but when it got to 9am, the start time, he hadn’t come out yet.
The judge told the court that Diddy had asked for ‘10 minutes to review the materials’.
Diddy chose to stay in the side room rather than see one of his former assistants be given an immunity order.
Just before 9.15am Diddy emerged from the side door in the court, licking his lips and rubbing his hands.
Diddy had to watch the clips in the room because they are sealed and his monitor in court is viewable by the public.
Prosecutors presented segments from three explicit videos discovered on a cellphone associated with Combs, which was handed over to authorities by his former longtime girlfriend, Cassie. This provided the jury with a detailed look at the encounters discussed multiple times since the trial began on May 12.
Diddy licked his lips in court on Tuesday after viewing footage from a Freak Off with Cassie
One of the videos dates back to October 14, 2012, a day when prosecutors allege Combs engaged in a “freak-off” in New York City with Cassie and a sex worker named Sharay Hayes, also known as The Punisher.
A black female juror furrowed her brow and winced Monday while watching the first of three clips of the Freak Offs, which ran from 20 or 30 seconds.
Another black female juror moved uncomfortably in her seat and put her head to her head as she watched the footage.
Until Monday, jurors had only seen still images taken from the freak-off videos.
One video dated October 14, 2012, captured the same day prosecutors claim Combs had a “freak-off” in New York City with Cassie and Sharay Hayes, a sex worker referred to as The Punisher.
Before playing the clip, prosecutors showed jurors an invoice for an October 14, 2012, stay at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan that was booked under Combs’ alias, Frank Black. A note on the invoice said the guest requested to have the room at 3 a.m.
Prosecutors also showed jurors text messages in which Cassie, the R&B singer whose real name is Casandra Ventura, arranged the October 14 meetup with Hayes. In one message, she wrote: ‘Can we actually do 3 a.m. at the Trump hotel, Columbus Circle?’
Hayes replied: ‘Great. I’ll text when I’m on my way,’ and told her his fee for the encounter was $200 cash.
Jurors were also shown excerpts of videos taken on October 20, 2012, and December 4, 2014.
Collectively, the clips shown to jurors were several minutes long and although at least one juror winced at a video, their reactions mostly were muted. Defense lawyers have said the videos prove Combs was engaging in consensual sex rather than crimes.
Prosecutors played portions of three sex videos recovered from a Combs-linked account on a cellphone that his former longtime girlfriend Cassie provided to authorities
The videos were the most notable part of an otherwise dry day in court Monday as prosecutors wind down their case with so-called summary witnesses — government agents who are reading aloud heaps of text messages, travel records and other document-based evidence.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges after his September arrest at a New York hotel.
He was denied bail multiple times and has remained incarcerated at a federal lockup in Brooklyn ever since.
