Rotten Mango

Rotten Mango

Rotten but still a little sweet! Rotten Mango is a true crime + all things spooky podcast. We love doing deep dives into the darkest crimes and we tend to not leave out any details - which can get a little rotten at times. If you want deep dives in the psychology of killers, no holding back storytelling of crimes, and stories of lesser known criminals from around the world this is the place for you. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Rotten Mango ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Episodes

July 2, 2025 30 mins

Deputy: In the matter of USA v. Combs, how do you find the defendant, Sean Combs, for count one, racketeering conspiracy?

 

Juror 5: Not guilty. 

 

There’s a small gasp from Diddy’s two rows of friends and family. 

 

Deputy: As for sex trafficking of Casandra Ventura, how do you find the defendant?

Juror 5: Not guilty.

 

Someone from the same section of the gallery says “yeah!!” It was quiet but in the tension of the courtroom it is clear t...

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Thursday morning felt like we were seeing something we weren't supposed to be seeing…  

 

Sean Combs is sitting in his normal spot and the entire defense team fall into formation like soldiers at attention. They make a human force field as they huddle around Sean Combs.

 

Is this a pep talk? What's happening?

 

Through the cracks we can see, Sean Combs, absolutely livid. They stay like that until Father Arun, aka Judge Arun calls for a s...

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During a sidebar for the case of USA v. Sean Combs - the judge tells the defense attorneys:

 

“Well, that is victim blaming. That is literally that's like if you had a dictionary that had a term victim blaming, like that would be the explanation that you'd be given, so it can't be that. It has to be something else.”

 

He clarifies that they themselves are not victim blamers; however, some of their questions could not be accepted in ope...

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She is one of Sean Combs’s latest girlfriends. She was dating Sean Combs when Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit went public. She was in the room with him when he found out that CNN had just released the hotel video of him assaulting Cassie. AND - she had plans to visit Sean Combs in New York City, on the very trip that he was arrested on. 

Jane Doe. 

Testifying under a pseudonym. 

There are so many questions that the prosecution, defense, and ...

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A mistrial.

Sean Diddy Comb’s legal team has just filed for another mistrial, alleging that the prosecutors knew that Cassie was lying on the stand and still allowed her to testify.


 

This entire fight centers around a 2016 balcony incident, in which Cassie and her friend Bona allege that Combs dangled Bona off the balcony. The defense argues that this incident never even happened.


 

This makes it sound like the defense is grasping at s...

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“Diddy, they’re laughing at you! This is not a game!”

 

The lady is screaming in the back of the courtroom. Everyone whips their heads around to stare - and there she is. Staring off 3 court officers and threatening them to take out their gun. 

 

“Diddy is walking perfection. Take out your guns!”

 

The woman has been banned from the courthouse, wore a scarf around her head (not for religious reasons), and snuck into the very courtroom wh...

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We have been having a lot of weird encounters during the trial of USA v. Sean Combs. Too many people have been persistently asking the same questions and now it’s starting to just feel weird. 


 

There are people outside the courthouse swinging wooden planks at reporters, spitting on news anchors, and threatening to take someone out with a sock filled with pool balls. 


 

These are all the strange encounters we have had during the Diddy ...

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“Did Diddy try to kill Kid Cudi?”

 

In 2012, only a few gossip pages were wondering this question with the vast majority of readers wondering - “who even comes up with these crazy rumors?”

 

Now, in 2025, it might not just be a rumor.

 

Kid Cudi takes the witness stand to testify against Sean Combs. The man who allegedly broke into Kid Cudi’s house, lit his car on fire, and according to a former assistant - the man who wanted Kid Cudi de...

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Two full days after the start of the “Diddy Trial” - a new lawsuit is filed. A woman is accusing Sean Combs of SA and states that she recalls his private part being an “itty bitty Diddy.” 


 

She includes a photo of a teeny tiny tootsie roll for reference. 


 

This is just one of the many civil lawsuits filed against Sean Combs. Many of the people that have sued him are also showing up to the trial to testify against him. Which begs the ...

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This is the first time they have seen each other since their break up in 2018. Over 6 years. 

And now they’re going to be on opposite sides of the courtroom - she’s going to be up on the stand testifying against him. 

Detailing all the things she didn’t want to do. The urination. The inflatable pool in the middle of a hotel room filled to the brim with baby oil. The seedy green “adult activity” club in Las Vegas. Even breaking up wit...

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The energy in the courtroom has shifted. Sean Combs no longer looks like a statuesque wax figurine. He is now much more animated, literally jumping out of his seat to look at the evidence screen, there is almost an air of anticipation. 

 

But why?

For the past 2 days Cassie Ventura, a government witness and victim in this case, has been testifying against Sean Combs. Now, the defense will begin their cross examination. 

 

Sean Combs’s a...

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“Mr. Combs came out of the room, and I just saw a liquor bottle fly past her and hit the wall. He grabbed her by her hair, and started dragging her by her hair into her bedroom. And I could hear what sound like him slapping her. She was screaming. Then Mr. Combs was basically saying, b*tch, when I tell you to come here, you come now, not later.”

“Did you intervene?”

“No, I was terrified.”

 

This is Day 2 of Diddy’s trial.

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“The prosecutors already told you about lubricant, and you may know of his love of baby oil. Is that a federal crime? No."

"He uses drugs, he is physical... but is that a federal crime? No."

“We accept full responsibility for the domestic violence present in this case. However, domestic violence does not equate to sex trafficking.”

- Diddy’s Defense Team

 

This is day 1 of Diddy’s trial.

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Some attorneys say the case is decided before opening statements in a trial even begin. They believe the trial begins and ends during jury selection. 

 

Picking 12 people to decide what happens to Sean “Diddy” Combs. 

 

Some potential jurors come in - stating they’ve seen the hotel video of Diddy and Cassie. Others mention that they work at HBO - the same company that released a documentary on Diddy’s case. One juror mentions that they...

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There are only a few ways of getting out of it alive. The one rule - no matter how good it feels - DO NOT let sleep whisk you away.


The only options are as follows:

1. Cover yourself completely in plastic and only stick your head out to breathe when necessarily.

2. Crawl into a cardboard box and try your best to stay awake.

3. Take the frozen goods and stick them into your clothing.


 

That is how you stay alive if you are trapped inside ...

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The hardest part to understand is - you know that they’re dead but you still expect them to start moving around. That’s what the CSI techs say is the strangest part of their jobs. Well - that and the photographs that they have to take.

 

The evidence log for the case is extensive. There are pictures of the green door that leads into the unit. Unit #1707.

 

Pictures of the thick trail of blood leading from the living room couch, into th...

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Where is the first place she goes after being released from prison? The investigators and reports want to know…

They start following her - into the mountains?

 

The first place she visits has an unsettling feeling. It’s in the middle of the mountains and there is a giant stone monument at the entrance that reads - “final resting place for souls.”

 

What is that pink building?

It’s a square baby pink shade colored building with NO doors. ...

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The story starts on TikTok. First, with all the things that don’t make sense. 

 

After Gabby goes missing - the only person that knows where she might be is her fiancé Brian Laundrie. But he’s now missing. 

 

He goes missing for a month straight - before his body is found in a local park in Florida… by his parents. The FBI have been searching for over a month, reportedly spending over a million taxpayer dollars - and his parents find h...

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15 days before the murder. 

 

“Hello, I would like to report a dispute. I saw a gentleman slapping the woman.”

 

The police chase after the van life YouTuber couple in their white, sprinter van. By the end of the hour long investigation of questioning both Gabby and Brian - the two police officers step off to the side to figure out what to do next. One officer tells the other - 

 

“Too many times women who are at risk want to go back to ...

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2 people are rushed into the emergency room. The doctors and nurses don’t ask questions - they have one objective in mind. Save these people. 


 

Both are suffering from stab wounds. Sadly, only 1 of them will make it. 8 year old, Haneul, is deceased from multiple stab wounds to her neck, back, and chest. 


 

The 48 year old woman however, is alive. 


 

The nurses try to piece together what might have happened with the little information th...

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