His lawyer revealed during a sex trafficking trial in New York that Sean "Didy" had overdoses of painkillers.

Defense attorney Anna Estevao brought up the incident Thursday afternoon in cross-examination of Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, Combs' ex-girlfriend and the main witness at the trial. Estevao asked Ventura if she recalled the overdose of Combs in February 2012, and Ventura asked, "About Whitney Houston died?"

Ventura tells the story of the day, saying she and Combs attended "Freaks" (one of the drug-powered sex parties at Combs) and went to a sex club in San Bernardino, California together. Combs then held a party at Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles and returned home in Los Angeles with Ventura and Ventura. That night, Combs told Ventura that he had received "very strong opium", so she took him to the hospital where she learned that the comb had been overdose.

Combs and Ventura's drug use were both the main topics she crossed the first day, and Estevao asked Ventura directly, "You are all addicts, are you?" Throughout the trial, Ventura was always open to her previous reliance on opioids and the use of MDMA, ecstasy, ketamine, mushrooms, cocaine, marijuana and other drugs. (Ventura went to recover in 2023 and testified that she has not taken drugs since then.)

Ventura said that in "Freaks", she and the comb both independently carried out large amounts of drugs. She added that the comb doesn't like it when she eats drugs with her friend instead of him, and he gets angry when he finds out. Estevao said Ventura was allegedly hiding some of her medication use, but he could tell her that she used it without him because of her "side effects", such as dissociation from ketamine use. According to Ventura, Combs instructed drug dealers in Los Angeles not to sell drugs to Ventura, but that didn't work.

Estevao began a shaky day, often withdrawing his own questions and introducing multiple exhibitions that have not yet been formally considered evidence, which led to a brief kerfuffle between the parties. Ventura kept calm while wearing a white top under a black blazer, shoulder pads and a lapel of the peak, answering calmly as Estevao skipped her timeline and comb relationship. Many times, Ventura is confused by the timeline of Estevao’s questioning line, who once admitted: “I know I’m everywhere.”

The defense quickly and quickly at the end of the day, trapping Ventura into several small contradictions, such as whether she saw or heard about the so-called violence. After Ventura answered several of her questions, “I don’t remember,” Estevao tried to index witnesses that she didn’t “remember” a lot of time around 2017 because of her massive drug use. (Ventura rejected the assessment.)

The defense's cross-examination relies heavily on text messages between Ventura and the comb, which indicate their 11-year relationship. Combs' text in 2010: "I love you so much, it makes me cry." Ventura's answer: "Who was before I decided to be together? ...I'm glad we fell in love."

In an attempt to use Ventura as a willing participant in comb sexual escape rather than their victim, the defense demonstrated various circumstances in which Ventura initiated the "freak". Ventura’s text in 2009: “I’m ready for f/o.” (Many of the text shown is highly graphical, and Ventura does not need to read aloud.)

Earlier this week, Ventura testified that she participated in “hundreds of” freaks because she likes combs, which makes him happy. She also testified that many times, she showed her comb that she did not want to participate in the "freak", which was a sentiment supported by separate letters between them. Ventura accused the Comb of abuse and violently assaulting her in some of these "freaks", which often involves the Comb watching Ventura have sex with her male escorts. One of the escorts, Daniel Phillip, testified on Monday that he had witnessed a comb hitting Ventura and dragging her to the floor.

Defense attorneys believe that the domestic violence of the comb is the result of a toxic relationship with Ventura, a relationship full of drug use and infidelity. Combs upheld his innocence on allegations of sexual trafficking and extortion. If he is convicted, he faces a possible life sentence in prison.