Combs's defence team, which includes Teny Geragos, has argued that the music star had been known to have violent outbursts, but argued he was not party to sex trafficking. In an opening statement at the Southern District of New York Federal Court,

Former stripper Daniel Phillip—a witness brought by the prosecution in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial—said he was paid to have sex with the rapper's then-girlfriend Cassie.