NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury saw footage of the depraved “freak-off” sex sessions central to the case against Sean “Diddy” Combs during trial testimony Monday.

Scenes from the videos featuring Combs’ ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, were played for the jury on individual monitors not visible or audible to members of the press or other courtroom spectators. Manhattan federal court Judge Arun Subramanian previously ruled that public airing of the graphic tapes could retraumatize the women who were allegedly brutalized.

The video excerpts were shot by Combs between 2012 and 2014 and show Ventura, the rap mogul’s ex of 11 years, and male escorts participating in debauched sexual performances. One was located at the Trump International Hotel by Columbus Circle, which prosecutors showed after admitting an invoice for that night’s reservation booked under the pseudonym “Frank Black.”

When she testified, Ventura alleged Combs forced her into “hundreds” of drug-addled sexual performances with men hired from male escort and performer services, some of which were distinguished by Combs assaulting her or directing men to urinate on her. She said the domineering Combs regularly threatened to release footage of the sordid sex parties that lasted for days as blackmail and to cut her off professionally and financially.

Ventura said Combs violently beat her throughout their 11-year relationship that began around 2007 after her signing to Bad Boy Records, with many accounts accompanied by photos of her injuries.

The jury has heard that the “freak-off” events included large quantities of baby oil and that Combs typically directed and filmed while masturbating. Law enforcement witnesses have testified about recovering copious amounts of lubricants and narcotics during seizures at Combs’ residences, in addition to ammunition and semiautomatic weapons with defaced serial numbers.

Combs’ defense team has acknowledged he beat women but maintains the sexual performances involved consent from all participants.

The videos on Monday were shown along with text messages and bank records not yet admitted into evidence during testimony from final summary witnesses, with prosecutors expected to rest their case in the coming days. Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, said the defense planned to call three people to the stand.

Among their final witnesses, the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is slated to call Brendan Paul, Combs’ alleged former drug mule.

The jury is not expected to hear from Combs’ right-hand woman and assistant, Kristina Khorram, who witnesses have accused of keeping tabs on his victims and trying to bury evidence of his crimes, like hotel footage of him beating Ventura. In text messages admitted into evidence Monday, she was seen organizing hotel bookings ahead of “wild king night,” or “freak-off” sessions.

Earlier in the proceedings, Subramanian dismissed a man from the jury for telling the court he lived in the Bronx but told a court security officer that he’d moved in with his girlfriend in New Jersey. Prosecutors notified the court about the inconsistencies last week.

On Friday, Subramanian said the man shaded “answers or (tried) to provide an explanation in an attempt to stay on the jury.” The judge ultimately concluded Monday that no change in circumstances regarding the juror’s “lack of candor” could restore his confidence.

“The juror started by saying that he had moved to New Jersey, moved in with his girlfriend, and that that is where he was staying for the last couple of weeks. And also saying that he stays there most of the time,” Subramanian said Friday.

“After the break, when the parties were discussing what further inquiry was appropriate, the juror said that actually he was spending four to five nights in his New York apartment, mostly during the week.”

The juror was replaced with an alternate, a white man. Combs’ team had argued for keeping them on the case, accusing the prosecution of trying to get him booted from the panel because he was Black. Subramanian did not entertain the argument, saying Friday it had “absolutely zero” basis.

“And so to be perfectly clear, from the outset of this proceeding to the current date, there has been no evidence and no showing of any kind of any biased conduct or biased manner of proceeding from the government,” the judge said.

Combs, 55, could face decades in prison if convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, transporting individuals for prostitution, and related counts. He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Prosecutors say that behind the veil of his larger-than-life public persona, Combs was for years brutalizing vulnerable women with assistance from members of a criminal enterprise, who helped to keep his victims compliant and provoke fear in anyone perceived to threaten his power and control.

The trial continues Tuesday.

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