Mr. Combs’s lead lawyer made a final appeal to the jury, arguing in often sarcastic tones that the government’s evidence contradicted its case against the hip-hop mogul.

The 55-year-old hip-hop mogul is facing five criminal counts, including sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Closing arguments are underway at Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial. Prosecutor Christy Slavik has told a jury that the music mogul used “power, violence and fear” to rule a criminal enterprise for two decades.