Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Prosecutors Say Key Witness May Not Appear

Prosecutors trying music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs are facing a possible major blow in the high-profile case.

One of Combs’s key accusers may not show up for court to testify against Combs.

According to The New York Post, the woman was “set to testify” that Combs had “coerced her into sexual acts,” but prosecutors told the judge during jury selection that they have been having a hard time contacting the accuser “or her lawyer,” revealing that the unnamed attorney “has been dealing with undisclosed ‘personal issues.”

The woman is only one of the accusers against Combs, however. She is identified in the federal indictment against the rapper as Victim-3, The Post reported.

“We do not know whether she intends to appear, and we are trying very hard to find out because we are having trouble communicating with her counsel,” prosecutor Maurene Comey said on May 7, 2025, The Post reported. According to The Post, three other women are still set to testify against Combs, although two of them will do so by pseudonyms.

The accuser in question “does not live locally” and “may not show up, even if we try to enforce the subpoena and want to call her,” the prosecutor told the judge, according to The Post.

The accuser has not been named publicly.

In 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice issued an indictment against Combs, saying that, “between 2008 and the present, Combs abused, threatened, and coerced women and others, and led a racketeering conspiracy that engaged in sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice, among other crimes.”

Combs has denied the accusations. The first week of his trial has been dominated by jury selection.

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