Latest news and live updates on the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial as testimony continues in the artist's federal sex trafficking case in New York.

Regina Venture told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday she took out a home-equity loan to pay off the rapper after he threatened to release sex tapes of her daughter.

Negotiations for Combs to voluntarily surrender had been ongoing, a source told CNN after his arrest. On Friday, what investigators discovered inside Combs’ room at the Park Hyatt became public in testimony at his criminal trial. He appeared to be living without the concern his personal items would be searched or seized in an arrest.