Defense lawyer Marc Agnifilo called the tumultuous relationship between Combs and singer Cassie Ventura "a great modern love story," and sought to dismantle the credibility of key witnesses.

The defense also called Combs’ prosecution a “fake trial” and ridiculed the notion that he engaged in racketeering.

For seven weeks, a jury in Manhattan has listened as prosecutors laid out a criminal sex trafficking and racketeering case ...