The Manhattan federal judge overseeing the racketeering and sex trafficking trial against Sean "Diddy" Combs said that he would consider banning the rap mogul from the courtroom after seeing him nodding to the jury during cross-examination of a witness.

U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian halted testimony on Thursday after pointed questioning of the prosecution's witness Bryana "Bana" Bongolan, a friend of Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura, by defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland.

The judge said he saw the hip-hop entrepreneur twice nodding toward the jurors.

"There should be no efforts whatsoever to have interaction with this jury," the judge told Combs’ defense team.

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