Diddy Trial Highlights From 24th Day of Testimony

Prosecutors are getting closer to resting their case in Diddy's criminal trial and on the 24th day of witness testimony they finally showed jurors what they've been waiting for ... videos from the alleged freak-offs with Diddy and Cassie.

After some drama with the jury -- one juror was dismissed and another was on the hot seat after seemingly blabbing about the cases -- prosecutors showed members of the jury snippets of some sexual encounters between Diddy, Cassie and a hired male escort.

The jury had seen still images earlier in the trial, but prosecutors waited until they got towards the end of their case to break out the actual video footage ... presumably for dramatic effect.

Jurors also were shown texts between Diddy and Cassie ... including one exchange where they were setting up a freak-off in early January 2013, which Diddy told Cassie would be a belated Christmas celebration.

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R. Kelly Overdoses, Rushed to Hospital in Alleged Plot to Kill Him

R. Kelly is doubling down on his claim that his life is in grave danger in prison ... now alleging Bureau of Prisons staff at his federal center in North Carolina purposefully gave him too much medication -- causing an overdose that left him in the hospital.

A court filing submitted by his attorney, Beau B. Brindley, Monday claims R. Kelly was left bedridden in a hospital after a solitary confinement staff member instructed him to take additional medication the night of June 12.

The next morning, the Pied Piper allegedly awakened feeling faint and dizzy, and when he attempted to get up, he fell on the floor, "crawled to the door of the cell and lost consciousness."

He was subsequently taken to Duke University Hospital, and during the ride there, he claims he heard a prison officer begrudge ... "This is going to open a whole new can of worms."

During his two-day stay at the hospital, Kelly says he learned he was given an amount of his prescribed medication that could have ended his life.

Furthermore, Kelly claims in his Monday filing prison staff took him off necessary blood-thinner medication and is now refusing to allow him a doctor-recommended surgery to clear blood clots in his legs and lungs that are putting his life in danger.

Instead, they have him locked up in solitary confinement, where Kelly has expressed to his lawyer he is convinced he will be killed or left to die.

Therefore, the disgraced music mogul is asking for temporary release to home confinement -- for the third time -- arguing his life depends on it.

Prosecutors swiftly filed a response to Kelly's request -- alleging he continuously paints himself as the victim, adding ... "This is the behavior of an abuser and a master manipulator on display."

The response also claims Kelly knowingly submitted an action to a court that has no jurisdiction over his case ... accusing him of instead choosing to "write to let this Court know that he is 'cold' in prison, and to criticize the medical care that he is receiving" in order to turn his situation "into a grocery
Kelly's latest filing comes just a week after his legal team sought his immediate release due to an alleged foiled murder-for-hire plot against him. His team submitted a sworn statement from another inmate, an Aryan Brotherhood gang leader named Mikeal Glenn Stine, who claimed authorities offered him release from the clink if he murdered the singer.

Stine was in on the plan at first ... but changed his mind and spilled the beans to Kelly, according to the filing. However, Kelly alleges a different member of the Aryan Brotherhood has been asked to take out both himself and Stine.

As you know ... Kelly is serving a 3-decade prison sentence for his 2021 racketeering and sex trafficking convictions.

He's only been in jail for a handful of years -- but according to him, they're doing quite a number on him ... and not the musical kind.

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Drake Presses Politician to Apologize After He's Seen at Kendrick Show 

Drake was none too happy after Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh was spotted at Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 2nd Toronto tour date, and Drake blasted him with a diss ... whose side are you on, you "goof"???

The diss came via Instagram DM and was made public after Drake posted it to his stories ... the two Canucks followed each other back in 2019, but had limited interactions over the years.

Singh, the city's former New Democratic Party leader, quickly apologized -- and threw the Compton visitor under the bus ... "I went for SZA, not Kendrick. I was born in this city. I love this city. But real talk, I get it, I shouldn’t have gone at all. OVO and Drake have lifted up this city ... For me, it’ll always be Drake over Kendrick.”