A jury returns to deliberate for a second day Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs.
On Monday, jurors deliberated over five hours without reaching a verdict after receiving instructions on the law from the trial judge, Arun Subramanian.
They are deciding whether prosecutors have proven racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges during a trial that began in early May.
Prosecutors say Combs for two decades used his fame, fortune, and a roster of employees and associates to help him coerce and force two different girlfriends to repeatedly perform sexually with male sex workers for days at a time while he watched and sometimes filmed the drug-fueled events.
Defense lawyers say prosecutors are unjustly basing federal crimes on what Combs did in the bedroom with his girlfriends as they participated in the swinger lifestyle and on acts of domestic violence involving their client.