Sick juror derails Diddy trial as rappers drug mule was set to testify

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ bombshell sex-trafficking trial was derailed Wednesday because of a sick juror — as the rapper’s alleged “drug mule” had been poised to begin testifying.Manhattan federal Judge Arun Subramanian informed Combs, his lawyers and prosecutors just after 9:00 a.m.that a juror had been experiencing “vertigo symptoms.”“I don’t see how we can proceed today,” the judge added.Brendan Paul, a former college basketball player who allegedly supplied Combs with drugs — arrived in court Wednesday morning as he was slated to begin testifying as the last major witness in the prosecution’s case against the hip-hop mogul.The closely watched trial will now be on hold until Friday morning because of the Juneteenth federal holiday on Thursday.Paul, 25, was arrested on March 26, 2024, around the same time the feds raided the Bad Boy Records founder’s Miami and Los Angeles homes.Paul was found with cocaine and marijuana candy when he was cuffed just as he was about to board Combs’ plane in Miami.The feds dropped the case against Paul in December after he completed a drug treatment diversion program.

On Tuesday, when the jurors were not in the courtroom, Paul briefly took the witness stand to plead the Fifth and exercise his right not to incriminate himself.However, prosecutors then said they would grant him immunity if he testified truthfully in the case.In a $30 million lawsuit filed by producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones against Combs last year, the hooper-turned-amateur-music-producer was accused of being Combs’ “drug mule” who also supplied him with guns.Paul — an Ohio native — played Division I basketball at Syracuse University from 2018 to 2020 before he transferred to Fairmont State University to play for a Division II team for his last two years.The baller is expected to be the last major witness in prosecutors’ case against the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper.After Paul, only two more law enforcement witnesses are ...