Usher, Obama name-dropped in Diddy's trial as sex trafficking case heats up

As week 3 of Sean "Diddy" Combs' enactment trafficking and racketeering proceedings begins, aggregate celebrities person already been name-dropped during testimony.

Usher, erstwhile President Barack Obama, Biggie Smalls and Jennifer Lopez are a fewer A-list names that came up during grounds arsenic Diddy's assemblage heard from his erstwhile assistants, ex-associates and his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

Diddy's proceedings began May 5 with assemblage selection. Opening statements were presented connected May 12, and the disgraced euphony mogul appeared successful tribunal to beryllium done grounds from Cassie, her mother, erstwhile Homeland Security Investigations agents, positive singers Dawn Richard and Kid Cudi.

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A tribunal sketch depicts Sean "Diddy" Combs and Cassie Ventura watching the edifice battle video successful court. (JANE ROSENBERG)

Here's a look astatine each the celebrities mentioned truthful far.

Former President Barack Obama

According to grounds successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial, the rapper carried astir ecstasy successful the signifier of erstwhile President Barack Obama's face. Obama has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Sean "Diddy" Combs' erstwhile assistant, David James, testified connected May 20 that the rapper typically carried "25 to 30" undisclosed pill bottles. According to James, immoderate of the pills were ecstasy.

"Can you picture the ecstasy that you saw him taking?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Slavik asked.

"There were assorted pills, but determination was 1 that was successful the signifier of a erstwhile president's face," James explained.

"Which erstwhile president?" the authoritative questioned.

"President Obama," James answered.

Usher

Usher was astatine a meal wherever Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly became carnal with Cassie Ventura, erstwhile Danity Kane vocalist Dawn Richard testified. Usher has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Getty Images)

Former Danity Kane vocalist Dawn Richard testified that Usher was astatine a meal wherever Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly punched Cassie Ventura successful the stomach.

"We were having a backstage conversation, and we were each sitting, eating astatine the tables together," Richard recalled during her testimony. "When I accidental we, I mean immoderate Bad Boy, immoderate of our different label, and adjacent immoderate celebrities were successful the room. And they were secretly arguing, and helium punched her successful the stomach. Sean Combs punched her successful the stomach."

"She instantly bent implicit and past was – helium was – helium told her to permission due to the fact that I could spot him constituent out, and she went retired and near the room," she added.

Richard claimed euphony enforcement Harve Pierre, 2 of Diddy's assistants, the rapper's information and Kaleena Harper were contiguous for the West Hollywood dinner. During cross-examination, it was revealed that Richard hadn't mentioned each of the celebrities astatine the dinner.

"Usher was there, Jimmy Iovine was there, Ne-Yo came through," Richard yet added. "There were a fewer others, too. I don't callback those people, but those are the ones I retrieve talking to."

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Kid Cudi

Kid Cudi testified May 22 successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' enactment trafficking trial. He has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

Kid Cudi was archetypal mentioned successful Cassie Ventura's grounds connected May 14, erstwhile she said Sean "Diddy" Combs had allegedly gone done her telephone astatine a "freak off" and recovered an email correspondence betwixt her and the rapper.

Cassie and Cudi, whose afloat sanction is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, dated successful 2011 erstwhile she was connected a interruption successful her narration with Diddy.

Cudi took the stand May 22 and testified astir an alleged break-in that occurred astatine his location the time Diddy recovered retired the "Pursuit of Happiness" vocalist was dating Cassie Ventura. According to Cudi, his car was acceptable connected occurrence a period later.

"I reached retired to Sean Combs aft my car had caught occurrence and … yet told him that we needed to conscionable up to talk," Cudi testified. "He had been wanting to speech to me. So, aft the fire, I was like, ‘This is getting retired of hand/ I request to speech to him.’" 

"Why was it Mr. Combs you reached retired to aft the fire?" Cudi was asked successful court.

"Because I knew helium had thing to bash with it," Cudi claimed earlier Judge Arun Subramanian sustained an objection from Diddy's defense. The assemblage was past instructed to disregard the musician's past answer.

Diddy was ne'er charged successful the probe into the alleged break-in oregon car fire.

The Notorious B.I.G.

Diddy's erstwhile adjunct mentioned Notorious B.I.G. successful his testimony. The precocious rapper has not been accused of immoderate wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Raymond Boyd)

Biggie Smalls, oregon Christopher George Latore Wallace, has been mentioned a fewer times successful Diddy's enactment trafficking trial. Biggie was killed successful a drive-by shooting astatine property 24 successful 1997.

During the grounds of Diddy's erstwhile assistant, George Kaplan, it was revealed that the euphony mogul utilized the sanction "Frank Black" erstwhile booking his edifice reservations.

James besides revealed that Diddy utilized the sanction "Frank Black" erstwhile booking his edifice reservations. 

"I deliberation it was a notation to Biggie," Kaplan told the assemblage earlier adding, "I deliberation that [Biggie's] nickname was Frank White."

Kaplan besides testified that May 21 was a paid vacation for employees astatine Combs Enterprises due to the fact that it was Biggie's birthday.

Dawn Richard

Dawn Richard arrives astatine national tribunal earlier testifying successful Diddy's case. Richard has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (David 'Dee' Delgado/Reuters)

Former Danity Kane vocalist Dawn Richard testified successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' enactment trafficking trial.

Richard told the assemblage Diddy threatened her to stay quiescent astir the alleged maltreatment of his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. Richard told the tribunal that 1 time aft an alleged altercation successful which she "observed Cassie being attacked," the "Missing You" rapper told her it was par for the people successful a mean relationship.

Diddy and Richard were successful the signaling workplace erstwhile helium allegedly said that what was witnessed the time earlier was "passion" and what radical successful relationships do. He claimed Cassie was OK and that it was champion if they didn't accidental anything.

The rapper allegedly said that wherever he's from, radical spell missing. She testified that she heard his words to mean that radical extremity up dead.

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Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez

Cassie Ventura's erstwhile constitution creator testified she besides worked for Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez. The 2 person not been accused of immoderate wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Eric Charbonnuea/Getty Images for Twentieth Century Fox)

Cassie Ventura's erstwhile constitution creator testified she besides worked for Rihanna and Jennifer Lopez. Mylah Morales claimed she worked for Sean "Diddy" Combs from 2000 until 2005. 

"After you stopped moving for Mr. Combs, who is the adjacent creator that you worked with?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey asked successful tribunal Thursday.

According to Morales, she worked with Rihanna for 13 years on with Jennifer Lopez.

"Are determination others that you're not remembering close now?" Comey asked.

"Yeah, there's truthful many," Morales responded. "It's similar a agelong database of names."

Michael B. Jordan

Sean "Diddy" Combs erstwhile suspected Cassie Ventura was seeing Michael B. Jordan. The histrion has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Getty Images)

At 1 point, Sean "Diddy" Combs suspected Cassie was successful a narration with histrion Michael B. Jordan.

Cassie testified that she broke up with Diddy successful 2015 portion successful South Africa for a movie. She told Diddy’s defence lawyer during cross-examination that idiosyncratic had reached retired to her astir being astatine an event, but Cassie wasn't really there. She testified that she eventually learned Combs was at the event with Gina, different pistillate helium had been seeing. Cassie admitted to being aggravated due to the fact that she thought Gina was nary longer successful the picture.

Cassie explained she chopped disconnected interaction with Combs, blocked him and focused connected the movie.

Diddy began to fishy she was successful a narration with Jordan, but Cassie testified she didn't retrieve his reaction.

On May 19, Cassie's erstwhile friend, Kerry Morgan, testified to the singer's transportation with Jordan.

Morgan testified that she did not cognize much, conscionable that they were speaking astatine the time. She emphasized that Cassie was not with Diddy astatine this time, but the rapper was allegedly jealous.

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Suge Knight

Suge Knight was mentioned successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial. He has not been accused of immoderate wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Getty Images)

David James, Sean "Diddy" Combs’ erstwhile idiosyncratic assistant, testified astir a run-in with Suge Knight during his grounds Tuesday. James recalled driving with Diddy's information defender to Mel's Diner to get nutrient aft a precocious nighttime astatine the workplace erstwhile they ran into the Death Row Records chair. The 2 allegedly near aft 4 achromatic SUVs pulled into the parking batch and idiosyncratic gave Knight a gun.

James said helium drove D-Roc, Diddy's information guard, and the rapper backmost to the diner, per Diddy's request. Combs was allegedly successful the backmost spot with 3 handguns successful his lap. However, they did not spot Knight astatine the diner and Combs allegedly told James to thrust astir the block.

The erstwhile idiosyncratic adjunct testified helium was "really shook up by it" and that it was the archetypal clip moving for Diddy wherever helium thought his beingness was successful danger. They went backmost to New York and James gave his six months notice.

Britney Spears

Sean "Diddy" Combs brought Britney Spears to Cassie's 21st day party. Britney Spears has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Getty Images)

Sean "Diddy" Combs’ defence squad revealed during grounds connected May 15 that the rapper brought Britney Spears to Cassie Ventura’s 21st day party.

Diddy’s defence lawyer, Anna Estevao, took Cassie backmost to the opening of the erstwhile couple’s narration during her cross-examination. At Cassie’s 21st day party, Combs brought Dallas Austin and Britney Spears. Cassie and Diddy had seemingly conscionable begun seeing each different romantically.

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Prince

Cassie's erstwhile constitution creator testified astir attending a enactment astatine Prince's location successful 2010. Prince has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (Greg Helgeson)

Cassie’s erstwhile constitution creator testified that she archetypal saw injuries connected the singer’s look successful 2010 during Grammys weekend.

Mylah Morales told the assemblage she saw Cassie had injuries to her look aft an alleged carnal altercation betwixt the vocalist and Sean "Diddy" Combs. She claimed determination had been a enactment astatine Prince’s home. Morales claimed she noticed the wounded precocious astatine nighttime oregon aboriginal successful the morning.

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Bruce Willis

Cassie Ventura brought up Bruce Willis successful texts to Sean "Diddy" Combs. Willis has not been accused of wrongdoing successful transportation to Diddy. (TOLGA AKMEN/AFP )

Bruce Willis was brought up during Cassie's grounds successful Diddy's trial. Cassie told Diddy she was "at the borderline of tears" successful an affectional substance speech shown successful tribunal astir his backstage household life.

Cassie wrote, "As overmuch arsenic you deliberation you're Bruce Willis, you aren't. He's joined and earlier helium was married, the household arsenic a full went connected trips together, oregon conscionable with him and his woman. Eddie Murphy and Paige took his kids distant connected their own."

"He didn't spell with his ex due to the fact that that's not who he's successful emotion with. I've been astatine the borderline of tears this full week. I don't deliberation that you sympathize with my feelings."

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Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright contributed to this report.