Testimony Wednesday in the sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs was marked by a surprise motion for a mistrial from Combs' defense team. The play, prompted by a reference to destroyed evidence in an arson investigation, was quickly turned back by the judge, who has kept a tight grip on the headline-grabbing trial.

Diddy’s federal sex trafficking trial wrapped its third week on Friday, following a failed mistrial bid and testimony from a former assistant who accused him of rape.

Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, spent four days on the stand in the first week of testimony, saying she “felt trapped” into engaging in orchestrated sexual encounters, known as “freak offs,” with male escorts at hotels and homes — sessions that she said Combs funded.