- Ye appeared at Manhattan court to support Sean "Diddy" Combs at his sex-trafficking trial.
- But the rapper was not allowed in the main courtroom where Combs is on trial.
- Combs' trial is in its fifth week, with the prosecution expected to rest next week.
Ye, the embattled rapper formerly known as Kanye West, showed up Friday at Manhattan federal court to support Sean "Diddy" Combs at his criminal sex-trafficking trial.
Ye made the surprise appearance at the courthouse shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday. The "Jesus Walks" rapper, though, never actually made it into the main courtroom where Combs' trial in unfolding.
He instead sat in the front row of an overflow room on the courthouse's 23rd floor after he was denied entry into the main courtroom three floors above, where Combs is on trial, courthouse sources told Business Insider.
One source told BI that Ye was not on Combs' list of approved family members or friends.
"He did not wait in line like everybody else from the public," the court source said. "No one gets special treatment."
Ye, who wore an all-white outfit, listened to about roughly half an hour of testimony before he left.
Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering trial is now in its fifth week.
The prosecution is expected to rest its case next week and then Combs' defense will present his side to the eight-man, four-woman jury.
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