Kanye “Ye” West made a quick, shock go to to Manhattan federal courtroom on Friday to help Sean “Diddy” Combs within the fallen mogul’s ongoing sex-trafficking trial.
West arrived on the courthouse wearing a white denim jacket and sporting sun shades shortly earlier than 11:30 a.m. native time and spent about 40 minutes within the constructing, however his look immediately created a media frenzy.
West indicated he was there to help Combs, in accordance with CNN and the Related Press, however he didn’t reply when a reporter requested if he’d testify on Combs’ behalf, in accordance with the AP.
The rapper didn’t make it into the courtroom the place Combs’ trial is closing out its fifth week. As a substitute, he was ushered right into a separate overflow room exhibiting the proceedings on closed-circuit TVs, a person contained in the courthouse instructed The Hollywood Reporter; the room was opened for Ye to view the trial alone, the supply stated.
In the meantime, pandemonium unfold contained in the trial’s most important overflow room on the twenty fourth ground, with reporters roaming up stairwells and onto different flooring looking for the rapper.
Because the trial broke for lunch, phrase had unfold among the many media and group of livestreamers protecting the trial that West had exited the courthouse. The gang out entrance regularly thinned as hope that the rapper would return for the trial’s afternoon proceedings petered out.
West didn’t reply any further questions as he left the courthouse.
West, who himself has remained among the many most controversial figures in popular culture over his continued spree of hateful and antisemitic feedback on-line, has voiced his help for Combs prior to now. As TMZ reported, West shook fingers with Combs’ son Christian Combs when he arrived.
Combs’ trial is without doubt one of the most high-profile prison trials in current reminiscence because the music mogul faces allegations of abuse and intercourse trafficking, that includes testimonies from scores of witnesses, together with fellow rapper Child Cudi. Courtroom proceedings started final month, almost 18 months after Combs’ ex-girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, began the avalanche of claims towards Combs after suing him in November of 2023. Ventura settled a day later and testified as a Combs sufferer at his trial that she had settled for $20 million.
This story was first printed on June 13 at 9:36 a.m.
