Sean Combs trial updates: Juror dismissed, Kanye West makes brief court appearance

Kanye West was briefly able to watch his friend Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial from an overflow room.

Arriving in a black Mercedes-Maybach sedan, West entered the public entrance of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse earlier this morning. He wore an all-white outfit and black sunglasses.

Like any other member of the public, he had to take off his belt, empty his pockets, and surrender his electronic devices before going through a metal detector.

"He got treated no different than anybody else," a federal marshal who helped Combs through security said.

As he entered the lobby of the federal courthouse, West ignored most of the questions from reporters, including whether he plans to testify in Combs' defense case.

"Are you here in support of Mr. Combs," ABC News asked.

"Yes," he said while nodding.

West was escorted to an elevator and taken to an empty overflow room on the 23rd floor of the courthouse. West and his entourage were alone in the overflow room with four court officers for approximately ten minutes. He sat in the gallery's front row immediately in front of a monitor displaying a feed of the courtroom.

Charlucci Finney, a music producer and longtime friend of Combs, was also in the overflow room. When Eyewitness News reporter Darla Miles entered the room, Charlucci was pointing out elements of the courtroom setup to West, who watched the screen intently. West watched the beginning of the testimony of Jonathan Perez, a former personal assistant of Combs.

West could not enter the main courtroom where the trial is taking place. At one point during West's visit, a member of Combs' legal team showed up in an overflow room on a different floor, frantically looking for West.

After about thirty minutes, West quietly left the courtroom and exited the courthouse. The flurry of reporters and cameramen who tried to capture his exit interrupted the aftermath of a citizen swearing-in ceremony in the courthouse this morning.

About a dozen newly sworn-in citizens were taking photos outside court when West exited, capturing the flurry of action in the background of their photos.

Kanye West arrived at federal court at 11:20 a.m. in the company of one of Sean Combs' sons.

When asked if he was there in support of Combs, Kanye nodded and said yes.

West told ABC News he was there to support Combs during his trial.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo asked Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Andre Lamon, "How many human smuggling and trafficking investigations that you have been part of have you walked out with boxes of Astroglide?"

Lamon replied on the stand that this was the only one.

"Buy AstroGlide in bulk, that's what it looks like to you?" Agnifilo asked. "Sure," Lamon responded on the stand.

The defense made sure on cross-examination that the jury understood that none of the recovered guns were found lying around Sean Combs' Los Angeles mansion.

"Tell the jury where every single one of the guns were?" Agnifilo asked. "Security room," Lamon testified.

Lamon's testimony has concluded. The next witness is Jonathan Perez, a Combs assistant, who is testifying pursuant to an immunity agreement.

Nine-hundred bottles of AstroGlide lubricant and 200 bottles of baby oil were seized from Sean Combs' Los Angeles home during a search in March 2024, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Andre Lamon testified Friday.

The jury saw photos of 18 boxes of the lube stacked in a garage, as well as bottles of AstroGlide lined up neatly on shelves, in drawers and in a cigar box, interspersed with bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby oil.

The jury also saw photos of guns Lamon testified were recovered at Combs' home, including a bolt-action Ruger rifle, Smith & Wesson M&P AR15-style semi-automatic rifles, a Glock pistol and a Mossberg pump-action shotgun.

Boxes containing the actual firearms were brought into the courtroom for the jury to view. Lamon was provided scissors to open one of the boxes and gloves to handle the gun inside, which he displayed for the jury. He stood to show the jury how the serial number on the rifle was scratched off.

A separate photo showed a 60-round drum magazine loaded with 59 rounds of green tip ammunition, meant to penetrate body armor.

Lamon held up bags of drugs -- which included ketamine and MDMA -- he testified were also seized from Combs' home.