US judge rejects mistrial request from Combs’ lawyers

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is on trial (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

A US judge has rejected a defence request for a mistrial at the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The music mogul’s lawyers said prosecutors tried to imply to a jury that he interfered with the investigation into rapper Kid Cudi’s firebombed Porsche in 2012.