Mr. Epstein, the late financier and sex offender, started by putting $40 million into Valar Ventures, a firm backed by Mr. Thiel. Today that investment is worth about $170 million.
Category: Human Trafficking
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Woman Expected to Testify That Sean Combs Held Her Over a Balcony
Bryana Bongolan, a friend of the mogul’s former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, is set to give her account of being dangled from a 17th-floor balcony.
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At Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, ‘Victim-4,’ His Ex-Employee, Set to Talk of Sex Abuse
Prosecutors say the woman, who will testify under the pseudonym “Mia,” was forced into sex when she worked for Sean Combs.
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At Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, Former Employee Expected to Describe Being Kidnapped
Prosecutors are set to present the testimony of a onetime assistant, who they say was twice held against her will. The defense denies she was kidnapped.
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3 Unsettled Questions in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial
The major outlines of the prosecution of the music mogul Sean Combs have taken shape in a Manhattan courtroom. But several issues at the core of the case remain unanswered.
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Kid Cudi Will Soon Take Center Stage at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial
Casandra Ventura had testified that the mogul threatened to have the entertainer’s car blown up after learning about their relationship.
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At the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, Cassie’s Mother and Others to Testify About Abuse
Prosecutors are aiming to fill in the picture of the mogul’s relationship with Casandra Ventura by questioning his former assistant and Ms. Ventura’s mother.
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Up Next at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Dawn Richard and Former Employees
After four days with Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, on the stand, prosecutors will be seeking to corroborate her testimony with additional witnesses.
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Combs Defense Seeks to Undermine Cassie’s Rape Allegation as Testimony Ends
The singer spent four days on the stand recounting what she described as an 11-year relationship in which she came to feel more like a sex worker than a girlfriend.