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The jury has now been dismissed for the day after continued testimony from US special agent Deleassa Penland.

Before proceedings got under way, we were expecting a former employee of Sean "Diddy" Combs, who has been granted immunity, to take the stand at some point. However, Penland's testimony took longer than expected, prosecutor Maurene Comey said at the end of today's session.

The prosecution is now unlikely to rest its case before Friday, she added; questioning of the former employee, Brendan Paul, should now start tomorrow, and there is no court on Thursday as it is the Juneteenth holiday in the US.

Cross-examining Penland about texts and other data she reviewed for the case this afternoon, the defence hoped to show that Combs's former partner and alleged victim Cassie Ventura did not object to her role in his "freak off" sex sessions - and was even an enthusiastic participant.

Combs's lawyer Teny Geragos introduced one text chat in which Cassie wrote "LOL, sure, when", when asked by the rapper to meet him at a hotel in October 2013.

During her own testimony, Cassie told the court she participated in the freak offs to keep Combs happy.

The trial resumes tomorrow afternoon UK time.

We now have some updates from the court today, where testimony has continued from special agent Deleassa Penland.

Jurors are on their lunch break - but just before, they were shown a video blocked from public view. They wore headphones to watch what was likely explicit footage, similar to clips they were shown yesterday.

Before this, Penland answered questions about payments made for hotel rooms and flights - and according to receipts shown in court, Sean "Diddy" Combs's businesses were charged several times for damage to hotel rooms.

The Beverly Hills Hotel billed Combs $500 for damage to drapes and carpets, while the Hermitage Hotel charged $950 for deep cleaning.

But the biggest bill shown in court came from the Intercontinental Hotel - which charged the rapper $46,786 for penthouse damage in October 2012.

Jurors have also heard more about Combs's actions following the hotel incident in 2016 - when he was filmed on CCTV apparently attacking Cassie in a lobby.

"I am about to be arrested," he texted her, before calling her five times in 22 minutes with no answer.

It was not true that officers were on their way to arrest him, the court has previously heard, as no one had called the police.

Cross-examining Penland, Combs's lawyer Teny Geragos presented texts showing the rapper and Cassie arranging dates for "freak offs" - sex sessions with male escorts - trying to show they were consensual.

In one text, Cassie said she would prefer a Friday night so she could have the rest of the weekend to physically recover.

Geragos continued to review texts from Cassie that appeared to be loving or positive about "freak offs", noting their absence from the prosecution's evidence presentation.

Penland told the court her job was not to add anything to the government's presentation but to review what was included.

We'll be back later this evening with an update from the afternoon session.

Good afternoon. It's day 25 of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial, and today the court in Manhattan, New York, is set to hear from Brendan Paul, a former employee of the hip-hop mogul.

Paul has already taken the stand to invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, and will return later to give his testimony.

He has been granted immunity to protect himself from prosecution over his evidence.

Before that, special agent Deleassa Penland, who began testifying yesterday, will return to the witness stand. Penland did not work on the Combs investigation but reviewed evidence in the case.

Yesterday, jurors were shown footage of "freak offs" mentioned in testimony for the first time.

The videos, which involved Combs, his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, and sex workers at a New York City hotel, were from 2012 and 2014, and were shown in short clips. These were shown only to jurors and not to the gallery or the media.

Due to other major news events we won't have continuous live coverage today, but we will bring you an update of the key moments from the courtroom a little later this evening.

A paralegal specialist and a US special agent have given evidence today.

However, the biggest news from day 24 of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial came not from the witness stand, but from the judge before the jury had even entered the courtroom in Manhattan.

After concerns were raised about one of the jurors - Juror 6 - last week - Judge Arun Subramanian confirmed today he was dismissing him from the trial, after five weeks of evidence.

If you're just checking in, here's a round-up of all today's key updates:

• At the start of the court day, Judge Subramanian confirmed he was dismissing Juror 6 and replacing him with one of the alternates;
• This came after it emerged the juror, a black male, had given inconsistent answers about where he lives;
• The judge said he had "concerns over his candour" and that it could mean he had a reason to want to be on the panel;
• He rejected arguments from the defence that this disrupted the diversity of the jury, as the juror was replaced by a white male;
• "The court should not, indeed cannot, let race factor into the decision of what happens," the judge said;
• After this, the prosecution called two summary witnesses - witnesses who were not involved in the investigation into Combs but are in court to summarise text conversations and other data, and provide context to previous evidence and how it relates to the charges;
• During testimony from a paralegal specialist, messages apparently relating to "freak offs" were presented in court;
• These included messages from March 2016, when Combs's then chief of staff Kristina Khorram appeared to ask for a hotel room to be set up, with items requested including Gatorade, water and chicken noodle soup;
• In another text, Khorram asked workers to fetch $4,000 in cash and to ensure a male escort was given access to a hotel room;
• The court also heard about messages sent around the time of the bombshell civil lawsuit filed against Combs by Cassie in November 2023 - which was settled within 24 hours for a then undisclosed sum, revealed to be $20m during the trial;
• According to an audio file of a conversation, alleged victim "Jane", who was seeing Combs at this point, told him after finding out about the lawsuit: "This is so word for word, it is crazy and it just feels sick to my stomach";
• The following month, Jane told Khorram in a message that Combs had threatened to "expose" her and release videos, according to messages presented in court;
• Jurors were also shown "sealed" video clips - which means they were not presented to members of the public in court;
• The fate of another juror, who was discussed at the start of the hearing over concerns he may have spoken improperly about the case with a former colleague, was left unresolved at the end of today's session - this issue may be addressed by the judge tomorrow.

That's all for our coverage today - the trial resumes at 2pm UK time on Tuesday.

Judge Arun Subramanian has now ended today's court session and dismissed the jury.

He has reminded them to return again for another day of testimony starting at 2pm UK time tomorrow.

Stay with us this evening - we'll be back shortly with a round-up of the key moments from court today.

Videos entered into evidence under seal are now being played by the prosecution.

This means the jury and lawyers can see and hear what is happening, but members of the public in court cannot.

The court now hears about a bill for the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York for a night in October 2012.

Text messages showed Cassie was in contact with a male escort and told him to come the room of "Frank Black" - a code name used by Sean "Diddy" Combs, the trial has previously heard.

Combs and Ventura ran up a $795.63 bill at the hotel, according to evidence shown in court. This included $34.95 for a film, $67.24 for breakfast, and another $100.33 for refreshments.

Emily Johnson is now asking questions for the prosecution as testimony from special agent Deleassa Penland continues.

She is asked to confirm separate flight itineraries for Cassie Ventura and a male sex worker between Los Angeles and New York in December 2009, as well as American Express statements showing they were paid for by Sean "Diddy" Combs's account.

The credit card statement also shows a payment for the London Hotel in New York.

Jurors are back from their lunch break and special agent Deleassa Penland has returned to the stand to continue her testimony.

During the break, prosecutors told Judge Arun Subramanian that Penland's testimony is expected to take the rest of the day.

Special agent Deleassa Penland is answering questions about travel records showing the dates, locations and attendees at "meetings".

Prosecutor Emily Johnson asks Penland to review flight records of a male escort the court has previously heard was hired to engage in "freak offs" with Sean "Diddy" Combs and Cassie Ventura, as well as text messages between him and Combs from December 2009.

These appear to show Combs making plans for him to travel between New York and Los Angeles to "party" for a weekend, and the special agent confirms a meeting took place at the London Hotel in LA between 11 and 14 December 2009.

This questioning appears to relate to the two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution that Combs is facing.

Penland is not on the stand for very long before today's lunch break is called.

The hearing resumes at 6.30pm UK time - we'll be back with updates then.