"'Believe her,' Agnifilo beseeched the jurors in his closing arguments for Combs’s defense. 'When she says to you that domestic violence is the issue, I’m asking you to believe her.'"

"This has been a pillar of the defense’s strategy: that Combs has taken responsibility for domestic violence but is not guilty of the charges he faces."

From "Diddy and Cassie a ‘modern love story,’ defense says in closing arguments/Sean 'Diddy' Combs’s defense team called the sex-trafficking case against him 'badly, badly exaggerated' as the trial nears its conclusion" (WaPo).

While addressing jurors in Manhattan federal court for roughly four hours, lead defense attorney Marc Agnifilo... said his client is “the only man in America” being put on trial for making homemade pornography.

“The crime scene is your private sex life,” the lawyer told the jury, framing Combs’s drug-fueled sex parties — known as “freak-offs” — as consensual encounters. He also suggested Combs’s accusers were driven by regret and greed, seeking money from the wealthy businessman for sexual conduct they had agreed to take part in....