One of the courtroom sketch artists tasked with covering Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, Christine Cornell, revealed what it’s like to participate in the high-profile legal proceedings.
“You want to have a really accurate drawing that really resembles them, and you want to capture a little bit of the dynamic of the courtroom,” Cornell said on the Thursday, June 5, episode of Dateline’s “True Crime Weekly” podcast. “For the most part, I get a lot of affirmation.”
Cornell, who illustrates approximately three to six drawings each day, even got a subtle stamp of approval from Diddy’s mom, Janice Combs.
“Puffy Combs’ mom is sitting behind me, and she tapped me on the shoulder and gave me a thumbs-up,” Cornell said. “She likes the way I’m drawing her son. I said, ‘Well, ma’am, do you mind if I draw you?’ She, right away, started posing for me.”
Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared before a judge as jury selection for his sex trafficking trial began in New York City on May 5. In courtroom sketches obtained by Us Weekly, Diddy’s hair and beard appear to have gone fully gray, as hair dye is not allowed in the detention center where he’s being held. The rapper, […]
Diddy, 55, is currently on trial for charges pertaining to sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied every allegation against him.
“I was looking at Puffy on the first day [through] my binoculars,” Cornell recalled on Thursday. “I [use them] because I want to see as much as I can see. So, I had my binoculars on him and I see him looking straight at me. It sort of feels like a social faux pas. I put them down comically quickly, and he [started waving at me].”
While drawing Diddy, his mother and the lengthy list of witnesses called — including Cassie, Kid Cudi and the rapper’s past employees — Cornell has made sure to paint an accurate image of what it’s really like inside the courtroom.
Diddy’s mother, Janice Combs, arrives for his trial on Tuesday, June 3. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
“You can’t help but feel there was a tension between P. Diddy and Cassie,” she recalled of the disgraced music mogul and his ex-girlfriend, who took the stand for four days in May. “I could see it on her ’cause she held her own, but she wept a little, and Diddy, of course, is fighting for his life. So, he’s in warrior mode.”
According to Cornell, Diddy had also been through physical changes while behind bars.
Unlike other notable celebrity legal cases over the years — from O.J. Simpson to Gwyneth Paltrow to Johnny Depp — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ New York City sex crimes trial is not being televised or livestreamed. The music mogul, 55, is on trial for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution charges following […]
“I think he’s been working out a ton. He’s got a very broad back [and] he looks solid,” she speculated. “Then, of course, everyone’s fascinated that he can’t get hair dye in jail. He’s salt-and-pepper on the sides, a little whiter on top and his little, tiny goatee is very white.”
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