Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial live updates: Combs' ex testifies she feared she'd lose her home if she refused sex with strangers
"Jane" testified that she was in a relationship with Combs from 2021 to 2024 and detailed drug-fueled "hotel nights" she said Combs orchestrated.
What to know about the sex trafficking trial
A former girlfriend of Combs', identified by the pseudonym “Jane,” returned to the stand today and broke down in sobs as she described encounters with sex partners during alleged “hotel nights” that she said could go on for multiple “rounds.” The details of the “hotel nights” are nearly identical to what Combs' former girlfriend Cassie Ventura referred to as “freak offs.”
Jane was asked what protection she and entertainers used during “hotel nights” and said they used none because Combs “did not want it.”
Combs faces five criminal counts: one count of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs has vociferously denied the allegations against him.
This live briefing may include graphic descriptions of sexual violence. For resources on sexual assault, call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline.
MATTHEW RUSSELL LEE of I.C.P.
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MIND OF MONKEY STUDIO
3h / 2:09 PM
Adjourned
3h / 2:08 PM
Combs' Angifilo: There are two exhibits that were objected to, notes this victim wrote, calling Mr. Combs a liar. Because he has multiple women. We said that in our opening.
Judge: Put in a letter
3h / 1:58 PM
AUSA Comey: I think this is a good time to break for the day and week.
Judge: Jurors, thanks for staying late. Avoid any coverage about the case. All rise!
Jury leaves
3h / 1:53 PM
[Combs' voice: You need to get on your job]
AUSA Comey: How did you interpret that?
Jane: Making sure he's happy including these nights.
AUSA: How did you respond?
Jane: That he always brought up paying for the house. It felt like, I don't know, this guilt trip
3h / 1:50 PM
AUSA Comey: What did you write?
Jane: I wrote, Why do you talk about the father of my child? All because you don't get your way one night, and bust a nut?
AUSA: What did he says back in this voice message?
[Combs' voice: I don't have time baby girl
3h / 1:46 PM
AUSA Comey: What did you mean, Movie night was not on my mind - what was that?
Jane: We would not have an entertainer, we'd just watch our own movies of the hotel nights - we called it movie night.
3h / 1:40 PM
AUSA Comey: Why did you sent Sean a photo of pink toilet paper?
Jane: To show that my period was about to come down, that I needed the night off, let's postpone.
AUSA: What did he write back?
Jane: You're getting your hair done for nothing. I'm done
3h / 1:34 PM
AUSA Comey: Here Sean writes, Rico is ready - who was that?
Jane: Maybe the man named Michael. Or wait, maybe it was a role play and Sean was Rico
AUSA: You don't know?
Jane: I don't.
3h / 1:31 PM
AUSA Comey: This first text?
Jane: He felt hesitation from my about the All Star party, he asked, Does you p*ssy hurt? You're not being straight with me.
AUSA Comey: The 2d, a minute later?
Jane: He quoted my text asking for help with more furniture for the house
3h / 1:28 PM
Jane: I had promised him an All Star party
AUSA Comey: What's that?
Jane: I'd bring the top three guys all in the same night
AUSA: Why?
Jane: I was with my lover and he liked that. I told him, I have to be awake at 8 am Sunday. I said the last time, I got sick
3h / 1:20 PM
AUSA Comey: What else did Sean pay for?
Jane: My teeth.
AUSA: What do you mean?
Jane: Sean didn't like my teeth. I got new veneers. He also paid to furnish the house. My allowance just didnt' do it. I used three credit cards
3h / 1:18 PM
AUSA Comey: He started paying your rent?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Who is paying your rent now?
Jean: Sean
3h / 1:16 PM
AUSA: Why did you write this way to Sly, and Paul?
Jane: I wanted them to feel good, like they were not being used.
AUSA: Why?
Jane: I just do.
AUSA: What was the love contract, in March 2023?
Jane: He asked, How much did I want per month? I said 15 and he said 10
3h / 1:13 PM
AUSA Comey: What did you write to Sly?
Jane: If he could some to Turks, I told him he'd need a passport and vaccination.
AUSA: What did Sly respond?
Jane: I'm willing. But I don't have a vaccination card.
AUSA: Why did you do this?
Jane: To make it up to Sean
4h / 1:06 PM
Jane: Sean told me to apologize to Paul. I messaged her and said I was sorry how I acted, that I was really glad he'd come out to see me.
AUSA Comey: Who told you to do that?
Jane: Sean.
4h / 1:03 PM
Jane: He said, You can't take any more d*ck. I threw the bracelet and said, You only brought me here to s*ck d*ck for you. I was talking then sat on the steps of a villa
AUSA: Did Sean talk?
Jane: Yes. He said, How can you make me look like that in front of Paul?
4h / 1:01 PM
AUSA Comey: And in Turks?
Jane: Paul came in.
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: I'm back in an outfit. I'm going to try to do another round. It was really painful. I couldn't have sex.
AUSA: Why not?
Jane: I was extremely sore at this point. Sean tried to lube me up
4h / 12:55 PM
AUSA Comey: Then what?
Jane: He took a pill and we went to a hotel. We were watching porn and Sean said, Do you want Don?
AUSA: What did you say?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Why?
Jane: I was just used to it. Then we went to Turks
4h / 12:53 PM
Jane: I said no, we have to reconnected. He said cool.
AUSA Comey: Did that turn out to be true?
Jane: No.
AUSA: What did you do in Miami?
Jane: We bickered about Paris, he said his girl can't just up and leave like that.
AUSA: This photo?
Jane: Our dinner.
4h / 12:51 PM
Jane: He was adamant we should see each other. I missed him too.
AUSA Comey: Why?
Jane: Because I love him. Soon we were planning to go to Turks. I'd go to Miami first.
AUSA: What did Sean write to you?
Jane: He said, A night of debauchery then to the beach.
4h / 12:48 PM
AUSA Comey: When you took a break from Sean, where did you travel?
Jane: France. Sean started texting me again and again, Paris Paris Paris
AUSA: How did it make you feel?
Jane: That he cared. But I knew I had to stay strong. I went away for five days
4h / 12:44 PM
AUSA Comey: Please pull up this exhibit. What is this?
Jane: A note on my Notes.
AUSA: Were you writing what you were feeling at the time?
Jane: Yes. I wrote, You lied straight to my face, to use me for a hotel night before you trip.
4h / 12:41 PM
They've back
Judge Subramanian: All rise!
4h / 12:16 PM
Jane's counsel: If someone published her license, it would violate your order.
Judge: Send me what you can, I'll consider it, even over the break
4h / 12:15 PM
Judge: Do you have evidence if these people are in the courtroom or in the overflow room?
Jane's counsel: If we had found that, we would ask for them to be banned from the courtroom or overflow room
Judge: Make an ex parte filing, I'll ask Marshals to investigate
4h / 12:12 PM
[With jury out]
Counsel to Jane Doe: I want to bring to the court's opinion that there are YouTube accounts that are actively trying to find out Jane's identity. Where we find contact information we reach out. We are recording live streams
4h / 12:08 PM
Break
4h / 12:05 PM
Jane (sobbing) You're the only man in my life. You took someone else to the place I have dreamed out
AUSA: Where?
Jane: Turks.
AUSA: What did he write?
Jane: He wrote, I'm tired of these long texts telling me what I'm doing wrong. I wrote, What am I doing wrong?
4h / 12:02 PM
AUSA: What did he write to you here?
Jane: He wrote, I'm tired of you throwing sex in my face. Let's just be friends.
AUSA: What did you think he meat?
Jane: Anytime I brought up the hotel nights.
AUSA: What did you write?
Jane: Are you really breaking up with me?
4h / 12:00 PM
AUSA Comey: What did he write to you next?
Jane: That it looked like I had a nice birthday dinner with my girlfiends.
AUSA: Who paid for that dinner?
Jane: Sean.
AUSA: But was he there?
Jane: No.
AUSA: And here when you said you were tired?
Jane: After 3 men
4h / 11:55 AM
AUSA Comey: And what was this?
Jane: Right after I sent my birthday having sex with these men in the hotel room, Sean went on a vacation with another girl he was dating
AUSA: How did he respond to your text?
Jane: He wrote, I didn't tell her about your birthday
4h / 11:48 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you sent this to Sean?
Jane: No. I did not have the courage.
AUSA: And this note?
Jane: I wrote, You were partying with another girl. You just want me for debauchery. I'm done being used by you, you trashing my house with dirty debauchery. I'm done
4h / 11:46 AM
AUSA Comey: After your first hotel night in May 2021 with Don, what did you do next?
Jane: Out on a yacht.
AUSA: And later?
Jane: We would just sleep after hotel nights.
AUSA: What did you write in this note?
Jane: I wrote, Why am I just for your freaky desires
4h / 11:40 AM
AUSA Comey: What did you say?
Jane: I see what you are going for her, why do you play me, say she's just a business partner? Then you say she's spending money on you. How would you feel if I said a man was spending money on me?
AUSA: You wrote...
A: I feel cheap
4h / 11:37 AM
AUSA Comey: What happened here?
Jane: I had sex with Leo. I was high. It made my partner happy. I was OK with it.
AUSA: How many phones did Sean use then?
Jane: Two. Sean started dating another woman. He did a big birthday for her.
AUSA: How'd you see it?
Jane: IG
5h / 11:30 AM
AUSA Comey: How often did Sean call you crazy?
Jane: Often. It made me feel confused
AUSA: What did you say?
Jane: That she didn't just come to the gym. I don't even care who you are laying up with. I wanted that time with him. I said, You just want the hotel shit
5h / 11:28 AM
AUSA Comey: Play this exhibit, a voice note.
Combs' voice: She asks me to work out, this is the time you gonna be curse at me. I don't have a bunch of guy friends. Don't matter if I just f*cked her - be sad, go crazy, I don't deserve being honest with someone
5h / 11:26 AM
AUSA Comey: Why did you feel jealous, if you knew he was dating other women?
Jane: I came to do hotel nights, with Don and Sly, then he gives quality time to another woman.
AUSA: This next text?
Jane: I wrote, I need a breather and a break from you.
5h / 11:23 AM
AUSA Comey: What did you see in your text messages?
Jane: That I had been texting it since 2021, how I felt.
AUSA: What's this? [Text exhibit not on screen]
Jane: November 2021, I felt jealous - I saw he was doing things with another woman, on their IG Stories
5h / 11:21 AM
[They've back]
AUSA Comey: Do you have an estimate of how much times you told Sean you didn't want to keep having these hotel nights?
Jane: I don't have an estimate...
AUSA: Did you write?
Jane: Yes. And sometimes I'd have the courage to text it to Sean.
5h / 11:18 AM
Sidebar
5h / 11:17 AM
AUSA: Why did you keep going?
Jane: I'm not sure...
Judge: Sidebar
5h / 11:16 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you back hurt?
Jane: Yes, from bending over so much.
AUSA: Where else did you get sore?
Jane: My vag*na
AUSA: Did you tell Sean?
Jane: No.
AUSA: Why not?
Jane: I just didn't want to indicate any negativity
5h / 11:14 AM
AUSA Comey: Who set up your piercing appointment?
Jane: KK.
AUSA: Then?
Jane: They got caught on my lingerie and my nipples got infected. I took them off.
AUSA: What did Sean say?
Jane: He said, Were are my piercings? This is the last time I see you without them
5h / 11:11 AM
Jane: I wore the stripper shoes on the whole time.
AUSA Comey: What would happen with the baby oil?
Jane: It would drip down in the shoes. I would try to keep my balance.
AUSA: Did Sean ask you to get your nipples pierce?
Jane: Yes. I said it would turn him on
5h / 11:09 AM
AUSA Comey: I am going to show you some exhibits, not on the counsel screens. How is this?
Jane: Me and Don. The next one is me and Sly.
AUSA: This?
Jane: Me and Paul. Then me and Leo. Anton and myself.
AUSA: Was Sean present for all of these?
A: Yes
h / 11:04 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you act like you enjoyed it?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Why?
Jane: I wanted to put on a good show.
AUSA: What fantasy talk did you engage in?
Jane: So much... Role play... A fantasy - I'm sorry, there are just so many memories. He would create characters
5h / 11:02 AM
AUSA Comey: What directions would Sean give?
Jane: To put the baby oil on the man. To touch myself.
AUSA: When you knew the camera was on you, how did you react?
Jane: It was just a part of it.
AUSA: Did Sean ever record you while not on drugs?
Jane: No.
5h / 10:59 AM
AUSA Comey: To whom did Sean hand cash?
Jane: Paul, Don. He'd pay at the end.
AUSA: What would Sean say before he brought out his iPhone to record?
Jane: Nothing. Or, It's just for me.
AUSA: Did Sean sometimes act different?
Jane: Sometimes happy, sometimes not
5h / 10:55 AM
AUSA Comey: You saw cash during these hotel nights, where?
Jane: Drawer, nightstand.
AUSA: When Sean ran out of cash, what did he do?
Jane: He made a phone call to his security or assistants - KK... Cash would appear.
AUSA: How much?
Jane: A good amount.
5h / 10:50 AM
AUSA Comey: Which entertainers did you see most often?
Jane: Paul. Sly.
AUSA: Which ones did you reach out to?
Jane: Them, Anton, Don.
AUSA: Did you ever arranged hotel nights as a surprise for Sean?
Jane: Yes twice. Like Valentine's Day or the return from a trip
5h / 10:48 AM
AUSA Comey: And another?
Jane: A Spanish buff man. He was a bit odd, I felt. He was pulling out this scent to smell during sex, I don't know.
AUSA: In front of Sean?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Another?
Jane: A man who looked more European. At L'Ermitage. We has sex twice
5h / 10:46 AM
Jane: Me and Sean had to go our separate ways but I didn't want Sly to feel we were just leaving him. So cash was bought to the front desk for him by an assistant.
AUSA Comey: Which one?
Jane: Joey.
AUSA: And this man?
Jane: I had sex with him in front of Sean
5h / 10:43 AM
Objection!
Judge: Time frame?
AUSA: Was this after Sean started paying your rent?
Jane: Yes. I called Sly. He was excited. He flew to New York that night, from Atlanta.
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: It was nice. We had sex in front of Sean at the Trump hotel
5h /10:41 AM
AUSA Comey: How did Sean react?
Jane: Agitated. I called another performer
AUSA: Why?
Jane: That's a hard questions... At than point in the relationship I knew that's what my partner would want.
AUSA: Was Sean paying your rent?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Did he mention it?
5h / 10:39 AM
Jane: On the way back to the room Sean gave me a pill
AUSA Comey: What was it is?
Jane: Ecstasy. I took it. The man was in the room. We had small talk. I let the man touch my leg a little bit. I took Sean to the bedroom and told me, I can't do this
5h / 10:37 AM
Jane: I saw the assistants setting up the room with red lights for a hotel night. I took this photograph
[Not shown on gallery screen]
AUSA: What happened next?
Jane: I told Sean, I don't want to do this. He was just like super defensive.
5h / 10:34 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you get wifi on the plane?
Jane: Yes. Sean sent me text, Do you want entertainment tonight?
AUSA: How did you feel?
Jane: Disappointed. My thought of seeing my lover was shot down.
AUSA: Where did you go in New York?
Jane: The Trump hotel
5h / 10:31 AM
Jane: Then another man came...
AUSA Comey: Did Sean talk to you first?
Jane: No.
AUSA: Who's this?
Jane: A man I met in New York. I told him I didn't want to go to New York if it was just to set me up with a man. He said, no, one on one. So I went.
5h / 10:29 AM
AUSA Comey: What do you mean?
Jane: I was repulsed by him. I tried for 30 minutes. Then I told Sean, Can I talk to you in the bedroom. There, I told him, I can't. I tried again, but no. I told Sean, I am sorry.
AUSA: How did Sean respond?
Jane: Agitated
5h / 10:27 AM
All rise!
AUSA Comey: Have you seen this man?
Jane: Sean brought him to our hotel room in LA. I was in a robe and lingerie, the whole wardrobe I usually had
AUSA: What happened in the living room of the suite?
Jane: I knew this was something I could not fake
5h / 10:21 AM
[They've back]
AUSA Comey: This afternoon we'll be showing some explicit exhibits, in binder so not on counsel screens, but counsel can come up and see them.
Judge: OK. Bring in the witness and the jury.
6h / 9:23 AM
Sidebar ends- break
6h / 9:13 AM
Jury leaves, Jane leaves.
Combs' Angifilo: Could we have a quick sidebar with the Government about something I'd like the Court's advice on?
Judge: Yes.
6h / 9:10 AM
AUSA Comey: Then what did Sean say?
Jane: That Don was coming.
AUSA: What did you say?
Jane: Nothing. Like that it was fine.
AUSA: Why?
Jane: I love my partner.
AUSA: What did you do with Don?
Jane: Sex.
AUSA: Let's break for lunch
6h / 9:09 AM
Jane: He had cake there and balloons - then Sly comes.
AUSA Comey: Any talk?
Jane: No. It was just hours & hours of that. Pleasing this guy. Doing so much. Just doing all of it. Foreplay. Things I know my partner wants to see. Going back and forth. It was morning.
6h / 9:07 AM
Jane: Sean gave him a condom, but then walked away. He was so disappointed. The guy finished, I can't remember where.
AUSA Comey: What next?
Jane: The man left. We switched rooms, to a bigger suite.
AUSA: What then?
Jane: Sean was more loving. He was celebratory
6h / 9:05 AM
Jane: I didn't want to sour the mood
AUSA: Why didn't you want to sour the mood?
Jane (cries) I just didn't want my partner uphappy with me.
AUSA: Do you need a break, Jane?
Jane: No, I'm OK.
AUSA: What happened next, if your ready to tell us
6h / 9:04 AM
Jane: I asked Sean for a condom
AUSA Comey: Where was he?
Jane: He was behind this man. He gave me these dirty looks like, You better not ask for a f*cking condom, I could just hear that
AUSA: What else did you hear him say?
Objection!
Overruled
6h / 9:02 AM
AUSA Comey: What do you mean, you turn into another person?
Jane: A person who can just do this
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: I was much quicker with this person. He felt more like a stranger to me than anyone. I don't want to do this on my birthday
6h / 9:01 AM
Jane: I am like a robot. I am getting the guy comfortable (sobs)
AUSA Comey: Do you need a break, Jane? You said you were robotic, what do you mean?
Jane: I have done so many of these, I can just tune out, my partner likes to see. I just turn on this person
6h / 9:00 AM
Jane: We were eating sushi at Nobu in the hotel. Sean said, we have entertainment. I gulped and said, Entertainer?
AUSA Comey: What did he say?
Jane: It's your birthday. I just accepted it.
AUSA: Why?
Jane: I don't know. Upstairs, this man comes in. It was routine
6h / 9:57 AM
Jane: I thought Michael was attractive. He was from a website.
AUSA Comey: Who's this?
Jane: I don't know his name. I met him on my birthday in 2023, one of these nights.
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: Sean told me to come to Miami, we would be alone. He was so sweet
6h / 8:51 AM
AUSA: What's this?
Jane: Photo of a man named Michael. I saw him twice in 2022 or 2023. In The Addition, Los Angeles. Sean said something new was coming. Then, like, just a bit later Sean was having small talk with this guy on the balcony. He invited me out.
6h / 8:50 AM
Jane: I took a liking to Paul. I was more comfortable. I thought he was handsome and nice and he had a warm energy.
AUSA Comey: Did you want to have sex with him?
Jane: No. But if I had to have sex with someone, I guess, it was not so bad with Paul.
6h / 8:48 AM
AUSA Comey: Then what?
Jane: Sean told me to look at the man's private part. But it wasn't happening. Sean told him, no worries. And the man left.
AUSA: Then what?
Jane: Sean told me he had someone else coming. Paul. I was blindfolded. Sean wanted me to touch him
6h / 8:47 AM
AUSA Comey: What was he wearing?
Jane: Nothing. Sean said, Do you want to taste it. I said, I'm not feeling this.
AUSA: What did Sean do?
Jane: He laid me down and started having sex with me.
AUSA: Where was the man?
Jane: Hovering over me. He was sweating on me
6h / 8:46 AM
Jane: He looked sweaty. He didn't look nice. He kind of smelled
AUSA Comey: What did you do?
Jane: I tried to make it work. I tried to seduce him with my body. He just kept sweating so much. I looked at my partner, I'm not feeling this. I was in lingerie and heels
6h / 8:44 AM
AUSA Comey: Where did you see Leo?
Jane: LA.
AUSA: What else did you call him?
Jane: Italian.
AUSA: Who's this?
Jane: A guy Sean brought into a night in 2021.
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: Sean said he had someone coming over. I was repulsed. In L'Ermitage
6h / 8:42 AM
AUSA Comey: How did Paul get there?
Jane: He'd book his own travel or he'd already be there.
AUSA: Who's this?
Jane: A man named Leo. I met him through Sean for one of these nights. I met him on my birthday.
AUSA: Last time?
Jane: 2023.
6h / 8:40 AM
Jane: I only saw Don in Miami.
AUSA Comey: Who's this?
Jane: Paul.
AUSA: When was the last time?
Jane: End of July 2024. Before that very often.
AUSA: What did you think Paul did?
Jane: A personal trainer for Sean. In LA, Miami, Turks
6h / 8:37 AM
AUSA Comey: In the LA resident you're still living in?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: After February 2024?
Jane: Maybe five times.
AUSA: How many different men?
Jane: I don't know.
AUSA: Let's talk about some. Who's this?
Jane: Don.
AUSA: Last time?
Jane: August 2024 at 2 Star
6h / 8:35 AM
AUSA Comey: Other entertainers?
Jane: Paul and Don. Sean coordinated others.
AUSA: Between May 2021 and October 2023 how often were the hotel nights?
Jane: Often. Every week, every other week.
AUSA: After February 2024, where did this happen?
Jane: Two Star, & LA
6h / 8:33 AM
AUSA Comey: When you received these explicit images, were you alone?
Jane: Yes. I sent a blander message. Then he texted me in April 2022, hello beautiful, how is your day.
AUSA: Why did Jess book the flight?
Jane: I was too high to type. He's be the entertainer
6h / 8:30 AM
AUSA Comey: What did you say?
Jane: I wrote, I'm touching myself. Then, what's your full name and DOB.
AUSA: Why that?
Jane: To book his travel.
AUSA: What did you write?
Jane: She's booking, Jen was. Nov 9, 2021, the flight
6h / 8:28 AM
AUSA Comey: Are these your texts with Sly? Let me show you.
[Texts not shown on exhibit screen in gallery]
Jane: I was asking for explicit photos or videos from him, that's what my partner wanted.
AUSA: What did Sly say?
Jane: He said, I'm down.
6h / 8:26 AM
AUSA Comey: Did Anton or Sly ever send you photos of their genitals when you were not with Sean?
Jane: Yes. I was polite and flirtatious but not as flirtatious as when I was with Sean.
AUSA: Did you ever see Anton or Sly in person without Sean?
Jane: No.
6h / 8:24 AM
Jane: I was doing like sexting Facetime and screen sharing to Sean's TV. I told Sly and Anton I was alone, so they would feel comfortable.
AUSA: Did you ask Sly and Anton to send you pictures of their genitals?
Jane: Yes. Sean wanted them. He would say, Get it
6h / 8:22 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you see Anton again?
Jane: Yes. Sometimes at hotels in LA, sometimes in my apartment.
AUSA: Did you Facetime with Anton and Sly?
Jane: Yes, when Sean and I were alone having sexy times
AUSA: Why would Sean call them?
Jane: He wanted something live
6h / 8:20 AM
Jane: We were watching Anton's films and I was really into him. I messaged him on Instagram. He was in LA. I invited him over.
AUSA: How did Anton respond?
Jane: Positively. We were in my first residence.
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: The same. Sean watched, happy
6h / 8:17 AM
AUSA Comey: Where did the cash to pay Sly come from?
Jane: Sean. From the drawer. Sometimes we used CashApp.
AUSA: Was there a second adult entertainer you reach out to?
Jane: Yes. Anton. I think Anton Harris. It was his stage name. I don't know his real name
6h / 8:14 AM
AUSA Comey: Where else did you meet Sly?
Jane: The Trump hotel
AUSA Comey: The Trump hotel in New York?
Jane: Yes. I would book his flights from Atlanta.
AUSA: And you paid him afterward?
Jane: Yes. Two to four thousand dollars.
AUSA: Where from?
Objection!
6h / 8:12 AM
Jane: It was the routine. The oils would come out. I'd be in a uniform, I'd dance, then sex
AUSA Comey: What was Sean doing?
Jane: Masturbating.
AUSA: Then who invited him the next times?
Jane: I did. I would suggest Sly. He was familiar to me
6h / 8:10 AM
AUSA Comey: What happened?
Jane: He was cute and sweet, he was nervous too. It was my first time.
AUSA: First time what?
Jane: Contacting an adult film star. I had told him it was me and my partner. He said fine.
AUSA: What hotel?
Jane: L'Ermitage, I believe
6h / 8:08 AM
AUSA Comey: He showed you his genitals?
Jane: Yes. And I was casting from my phone to Sean's television.
AUSA: How did you get Sly from Atlanta to LA?
Jane: I told Sean I would arrange his flight. I booked it online, on Expedia. Sean paid me back.
6h / 8:07 AM
Jane: I sent Sly a message over Instagram.
AUSA Comey: Did he respond?
Jane: Yes. I told him I was a fan of his work, maybe we should meet up 1 day. We did a Facetime. Sean was there.
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: It got hot and steamy. I asked him to show me himself
6h / 8:05 AM
AUSA Comey: Who did you choose?
Jane: Sly, Williams, I called him chef. He had a passion for cooking.
AUSA: What were you and Sean doing?
Jane: Having sex on Ecstasy. We started talking about Sly's size. Sean was acting all flirtatious about it.
6h / 8:02 AM
AUSA Comey: Why did you start choosing?
Jane: I didn't want it to just be a stranger. I assessed the dynamic of our relationship. We were walking porn and I saw a performer and said, that one.
AUSA: Why did you want to choose?
Jane: I couldn't get away from this
6h / 8:00 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you move drugs for Sean another time?
Jane: Yes, in my luggage from LA to Miami. There Sean and I used them. They were Ecstasy.
AUSA: Before May and October 2021 who reached out to the entertainers?
Jane: Sean.
AUSA: Then who?
Jane: Me
6h / 7:58 AM
AUSA Comey: Where did you give Sean the package?
Jane: In the bathroom of Two Star. He opened it and then I saw colorful pills. I assumed-
AUSA: I don't want you to assume. Did you take the pills?
Jane: Yes, for a hotel night. It was Ecstasy.
6h / 7:57 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you ever carry drugs for Sean?
Jane: Yes, from LA to Miami. KK told me, I'll have security comes out and give you the package. I asked, is it safe and ok?
AUSA: What did KK tell you?
Jane: She said, It's fine, I do it all the time.
6h / 7:53 AM
AUSA Comey: Who from security did he call for drugs?
Jane: Faheem... Sean called him Fah.
AUSA: Who else brought drugs?
Jane: Guido. He brought mostly Ecstasy, Molly and Xanax ... and coke.
AUSA: Did you take Xanax?
Jane: Yes. After I put Sean to sleep.
6h / 7:48 AM
AUSA Comey: What assistants?
Jane: Brendan... Frank... John/
AUSA: Let me show you a photo of Brendan [not shown on gallery screen - no reason to redact, so why not?]
Jane: That's him. He would bring pill bottles. Then there would be cocaine, weed
6h / 7:46 AM
Judge: Bring back Jane and the jury
All rise!
AUSA Comey: Did Sean ever run out of drugs during a hotel night?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: What happeened?
Jane: He would call one of the assistants or butlers to bring more drugs. Sometimes his security.
6h / 7:37 AM
[During the break, Combs in animated conversation with Agnifilo, Shapiro and Steel, talking with his hands]
6h / 7:23 AM
Break
6h / 7:22 AM
Jane: I was mad I had let myself get into this
AUSA Comey: This would be a good place for a break.
Judge: I agree.
6h / 7:19 AM
Jane: I told Sean I'd just thrown up.
AUSA Comey: What did you say?
Jane: He said, That's good, now you're be ready for the third guy. He's here.
AUSA: How did you feel?
Jane: I was just disgusted... I was just repulsed... I was just too mad to myself
6h / 7:18 AM
Jane: He said, I'll do thirty days without drugs, but let's have one last sobriety party at the L'Ermitage.
AUSA Comey: How long did it last?
Jane: Too long. 18 hours
AUSA: What happened?
Jane: The first guy... The second guy... I was not feeling well. I threw up
6h / 7:16 AM
AUSA Comey: Why didn't you take drugs that time?
Jane: I didn't want to do that to my body. But it real too real. So I asked Sean for a pill.
AUSA: Did Sean give it to you?
Jane: Yes. I felt better
AUSA: The second time?
Jane: My partner was taking too many pills
6h / 7:14 AM
AUSA Comey: Why did you feel you had to take these drugs?
Jane: Otherwise it would be too real. I wanted to, I don't know, feel like [sobs] it would make things earlier.
AUSA: Did you ever do hotel nights without drugs?
Jane: Twice. Once with Paul
6h / 7:12 AM
AUSA Comey: Did you ever see any of the entertainers taking drugs?
Jane: No. That was my one rule. I told them they couldn't take drugs, I didn't want them to be out of control while they were with me.
AUSA: How did Ecstasy make you feel?
Jane: Sexual energy
6h / 7:11 AM
AUSA Comey: How long had Sean been paying your rent?
Jane: Five months or so.
AUSA: Did you see drugs in the hotel rooms?
Objection!
Overruled.
Jane: Ecstasy, Molly, cocaine, pink powder which I believe is called Tusi
AUSA: Who gave them to you?
Jane: Sean
6h / 7:05 AM
AUSA Comey: What did you write here?
Jane: I'm so much more that being left in the dark of a hotel room. My heart is breaking. I don't want to play this role in your life anymore. I feel it's the only reason you pay for the house. We need to talk like adults
6h / 7:02 AM
AUSA Comey: You don't have to read this, but did you write, I wanna s*ck Paul's d*ck - why did you write that?
Jane: I knew it would turn Sean on.
AUSA: Who is Paul?
Jane: An entertainer.
AUSA: You texted him you wanted to stop having hotel nights?
Jane: Yes
6h / 7:00 AM
AUSA Comey: Did HE tell you what to text?
Jane: Yes. He's asked, What do you want, be explicit.
AUSA: Why did you write thing things?
Jane: I wanted to make my lover happy
AUSA: Look at this one, from Nov 9, 2021. What's you write?
Jane: I wrote, I'm horny for you
6h / 6:58 AM
AUSA Comey: Would he text him?
Jane: To say I love you.
AUSA: Did you text that you wanted to have sex?
Jane: Yes, with him.
AUSA: Did you text him you wanted to have sex with others?
Jane: Yes. It was his fantasy.
AUSA: Did you tell you want to text?
Jane: Yes.
6h / 6:56 AM
[They're back]
AUSA Comey: How did you feel?
Jane: I'd want to be with Sean at the end
AUSA: Where would you go?
Jane: To his residence.
AUSA: Was there any part of these hotel nights you enjoyed?
Jane: Being with Sean.
6h / 6:51 AM
Sidebar
6h / 6:50 AM
AUSA: May of 2021 to October of 2023... What would Sean say?
Jane: He's say, I'm not ready to see that yet.
AUSA: How would you feel?
Defense: Sidebar?
Judge: Sure.
6h / 6:49 AM
AUSA Comey: What did you do to try to speed things up?
Jane: I'd do foreplay and bring them into the room. Sean would say, slow it down, more foreplay.
AUSA: What words would he use?
Objection! Time frame!
Judge: That fair.
AUSA: May to October 2023
6h / 6:48 AM
AUSA Comey: Paul?
Jane: One of the entertainers.
AUSA: Were these hotel nights work for you?
Objection!
Overruled!
Jane: It was work from start to finish.
AUSA: What did you do to try to get them to end sooner?
Jane: I'd try to have sex with the entertainers fast
6h / 6:46 AM
AUSA Comey: And the second time?
Jane: I was in the shower after one of these nights. I...
AUSA: Is your memory spotty? What do you remember?
Jane: I was so high, I was having sex with Paul, then I was in the shower with Sean, he said, stop it, I'm too high, stop
6h / 6:44 AM
Jane: He said, Are you crying? Like looking disgusted. Then he just sat there listening to music. I was clinging to him. He said he could move things around with him family and I could go home with him. I just wanted to be in his arms, after all that
6h / 6:43 AM
Jane: And after 18 hours and three rounds with the entertainer Sean said he had to leave. I started crying
AUSA Comey: Were you with someone else?
Jane: I was with Sean. It was in the Waldorf in Beverly Hills, early in our relationship.
AUSA: What did Sean say?
6h / 6:41 AM
Jane: Ecstasy.
AUSA Comey: Did you ever cry after one of these hotel nights?
Jane: Twice.
AUSA: Tell us about the first.
Jane: I thought it was a date night, one on one, but he said there would be an entertainer but just a quick one. I hung onto that but 18 hours
6h / 6:40 AM
Jane: I'd sent him subtle cues.
AUSA Comey: What would he say?
Jane: He's say, You're not getting tired on me, are you? Let's go out on a high note. Let's finish strong. (sobs)
AUSA: What would Sean give you to keep you awake and having sex with the entertainers?
6h / 6:38 AM
AUSA Comey: Would decided if you could stop when you were tired?
Jane: Sean (sobs)
AUSA: Do you need a moment?
Jane (sobs) I'm sorry, what was your question?
AUSA: How did you say you wanted to stop?
Jane: I'd say like, I'm hungry, make little faces
6h / 6:37 AM
AUSA Comey: Why not?
Jane: Sean liked it. To play around with it.
AUSA: Then what?
Jane: I'd take a shower and get ready for the next one.
AUSA: Typically, how many rounds?
Objection!
Overruled.
Jane: Every entertainer was different. Some three.
6h / 6:35 AM
[They've back]
AUSA Comey: Why did you not say no?
Jane: He'd get agitated.
AUSA: How would intercourse with an entertainer end?
Jane: He'd finish on me.
AUSA: Then what with Sean?
Jane: We've have sex.
AUSA: Would you clean up the ejaculate?
Jane: No.
6h / 6:30 AM
Sidebar
6h / 6:29 AM
Jane: That we already had intercourse
AUSA Comey: And when he said, If you don't touch yourself right now, what was he saying?
Jane: To just move on.
AUSA: Why did you think you needed permission from Sean for the man having sex with your body wear a condom?
Combs' lawyer: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
AUSA: Sidebar?
Judge: Sure
6h / 6:27 AM
[Scratchy audio played]
AUSA Comey: Let's start at 8 minutes and 20 seconds.... When you said I think they've in the chair what were you referring to?
Jane: Condoms.
AUSA: What did you understand what Sean mean when he said, You were just taking that d*ck?
6h / 6:23 AM
AUSA Comey: I'd like to call up this exhibit, with an aid - did you listen to this?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: And did you read the transcript that's up on the screen?
Jane: Yes [screen not visible to the gallery]
6h / 6:21 AM
Jane: He did not want to see a rubber.
AUSA Comey: Did you raise it ever when sober and not in a hotel room?
Jane: Yes
AUSA: Was this ever recorded?
Jane: Yes. One that I am aware of. I am trying to ask the entertainer if he can wear a condom, he's looking for it
6h / 6:19 AM
Jane: Yes. That first time with Don, and another. Sean guilty-tripped me out of. It was not something he wanted to see.
AUSA Comey: What was his tone?
Jane: Condescending.
AUSA: Did he say why he did not want the entertainer to wear a condom?
6h / 6:17 AM
AUSA Comey: What do you mean?
Jane: An entertained. We had sex.
AUSA: What did going off the grid mean?
Jane: Getting free.
Did Sean call you a freak?
Jane: Yes. He wanted me to be wild and sexual.
AUSA: Did you ask Sean if the entertainers could wear condoms?
6h / 6:16 AM
Judge: Bring in the jury, and the witness.
AUSA Comey: Good morning. How many times did you travel to Las Vegas?
Jane: Once, on Sean's plane. He was hosting an event. Then he wanted entertainment for the night. We had that
6h / 6:14 AM
Combs' Driscoll: The Government sent us six years of text messages. Then they somewhat reduced them. We stand by our objections. The foundation has not been laid.
Judge: The Government should lay the foundation.
AUSA Johnson: We have laid it
6h / 6:04 AM
AUSA: In their opening they attacked Jane's credibility, called it all consensual. As you heard yesterday, Jane felt coerced. They have opened the door.
Judge: They are admissible to rebut the defense's opening. So it is appropriate to introduce those statements
7h / 5:59 AM
Combs' lawyer [ Driscoll]: These texts, You have thousands of videos of my performing every weekend on you phone - they are backward looking and hearsay. We argue that Mr. Combs was upfront about the non monogamous nature of the relation, as Jane said
7h / 5:55 AM
AUSA: My error was only look at the first message, I apologize.
Judge: You may like screenshots, as opposed to the texts-
AUSA: We-
Judge: I'm not done
AUSA: I'm sorry for interrupting you
Judge: I understand, I'm just not sure this is the hill you want to die on
7h / 5:53 AM
[Before the jury in]
Judge: What about the screen shot of the texts between Ms. Ventura and Ms. Khorram?
Combs' Alexandra Shapiro: Only the text should be admitted, not the photo
AUSA: The jurors should know it's a screenshot not the text
7h / 5:48 AM
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3h ago / 2:03 PM PDT
Court adjourned for the day
Mirna Alsharif and Adam Reiss
Court has been adjourned for the day.
"Jane" will retake the stand on Monday. The prosecution says the rest of their questioning will take most, if not all, of Monday.
3h ago / 2:02 PM PDT
Combs told 'Jane' she would have a 'rude awakening' if she didn't comply, witness testifies
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
In an audio message from Combs to "Jane" played in court, he warned she was "going to have a rude awakening, you will have silence" if she did not participate in "hotel nights" with him.
"I'm not going to be playing these games with you at all," he said in the message.
He then told her, "You got me on my job, it will never work like that over here, you need to get on your job," meaning his job of supporting her financially, and her job of taking care of him and making sure he's happy.
"[You] have left me no choice, you have me treating you," he said. "I am trying to be clear, I am going to disappear on you."
3h ago / 1:58 PM PDT
Combs was upset at 'Jane' for postponing 'hotel night' when she was unwell, texts show
Adam Reiss and Mirna Alsharif
Texts shown in court and read by "Jane" show that Combs became irritated at her when she postponed an all-star "hotel night" because she was on her period and felling unwell.
An all-star "hotel night" involves more than one entertainer at one time, Jane explained.
She said she texted Combs that her body "hit a wall," and that she did not want to do drugs, to which he responded to "drink champagne" instead.
When she told him she got her period and shared a picture with him proving she was menstruating, Combs accused her of acting "weird as f---" and playing him.
"F--- you for real, leave me alone," Combs texted her.
"Jane" texted back that she'd been giving him hotel nights for two-and-a-half years, and that she's not a liar, cheater or a sex robot.
"We just need to have a serious talk about everything," she wrote.
Combs did not respond to her for three weeks, she said.
3h ago / 1:30 PM PDT
'Jane' testifies Combs is still paying her rent
Adam Reiss and Mirna Alsharif
"Jane" said that Combs is still paying her rent.
In March 2023, she said she and Combs made an agreement that he would pay her a monthly allowance.
"I said 15,000 and he said 10,000," Jane said about the allowance."I started looking for new places and moved into a new home and used that budget. I wanted something big and spacious for my child and I to enjoy. A place I could go home to and enjoy, some sense of balance in the relationship. I had been giving him all my love and this was him giving me something."
When asked by the prosecution what she would have to do as a part of the agreement, she said she could "get money for everything without pressure for two years."
In August 2023, "Jane" said Combs texted her asking, "Are we getting freaky tonight?" It isn't clear what she responded, but Combs texted back, "Well get over it please, look at the roof over your head."
Combs was paying her rent then and is still paying her rent now, she disclosed.
She said the allowance was not enough to furnish her new place, adding that she opened three credit cards and went into debt in order to buy furniture.
4h ago / 12:33 PM PDT
Attorney for 'Jane' says media outlets are trying to expose her identity
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Mirna Alsharif
An attorney for "Jane," an ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs who is speaking in court on the condition of anonymity, says media outlets are trying to expose her identity.
The attorney accused the outlets of livestreaming and posting articles, actively attempting to uncover her client's identity, and asked the court to "stop these attempts to violate the court's order."
Judge Arun Subramanian said members of the public are doing their own investigations and are "making attempts to discern her identity." Subramanian told the attorney to identify who is trying to do this and make a submission, adding that he will consider issuing "a gag order to the media" if someone is found to have violated the rules.
4h ago / 12:22 PM PDT
'Jane' says she felt used after finding out Diddy was taking another woman on trips
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Mirna Alsharif
"Jane" told the court that Combs went on a trip with another woman after a "hotel night" they had on her birthday in 2023.
She found out about it when she saw that the other woman had posted a private jet decorated for her birthday on Instagram, adding that they went to Turks and Caicos, a destination she'd asked Combs to take her to many times.
"It made me feel absolutely terrible," she said. "I just finished my birthday with him. It broke my heart because I just finished spending my birthday with all these guys having sex with me, and then he would leave and do such a romantic gesture for someone else."
When Jane confronted him, Combs said he didn't feel like telling her what he was doing with someone else. In a text to Combs shown in court, she said she didn't want to do a "hotel night" on her birthday, and that she was "frustrated and feeling used."
Combs responded by accusing Jane of "throwing sex in my face," and saying "let's just be friends."
"I don't throw sex in your face constantly, but these nights require everything out of me for 30-40 hours straight," she responded via text. "I figure on my birthday you would switch it up on me…you’re making me feel used right now and now you’re breaking up with me?"
Combs eventually texted her that he missed her and asked to make it up to her. Jane told the court that she didn't respond for 13 days.
5h ago / 12:09 PM PDT
‘Jane’ wrote note saying she was ‘done’ in 2022
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
In a Dec. 12, 2022 note, "Jane" wrote that she was done being used by Combs.
"You are hurtful and damaging to me," she wrote. "I have to go away from you because you have crossed too many lines."
The note, shown in court, continued: "I am done being used by you. You leave to me to clean up and recover on my own."
5h ago / 11:36 AM PDT
Diddy said he did not know how 'Jane' felt about 'hotel nights' despite her telling him often, witness testifies
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Mirna Alsharif
"Jane" said Combs told her toward the end of their relationship that he did not know how she felt about "hotel nights" despite her saying she told him multiple times in text and in person.
She testified she believed him at the time, but has reviewed their text messages with each other and that she "had been telling him the same thing over and over again" since 2021.
Jane said that when she'd tell him how she felt about "hotel nights" during their relationship, "he was upset, dismissive, belittling."
5h ago / 11:24 AM PDT
'Jane' says she got UTIs 'almost every week'
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
Amid the "hotel nights," "Jane" said she got urinary tract and yeast infections "almost every week" and that she had to take antibiotics for constant pain.
It would take her between a week and a half and a couple of weeks to recover, she said, and sometimes she couldn't recover fully before another "hotel night."
She said she used to get soreness in her vagina and pelvic area every night, but that she never told Combs that. She also said she didn't stop when she got sore, but she's not sure why.
5h ago / 11:21 AM PDT
'Jane' says Combs asked her to get nipples pierced, describes preparations for 'hotel nights'
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Mirna Alsharif
"Jane" said that Combs asked her to get her nipples pierced while she was in a relationship with him.
"He said it would turn him on and that's what he wanted from his girl," she testified.
She said Combs recommended a place to get the piercings and his former chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, helped her set up the appointment.
"It felt like something bit them," she said, adding that she took them off after a year because they bled and got infected.
"Sean would say things like, 'Where are my piercings,' 'This is the last time I see you where you don’t have piercings on,'" she said. "He was agitated."
Jane also described to the courtroom what she'd do to prepare for "hotel nights" with Combs.
"I would always been on point, I would have my nails, hair and tan," she said. "I would have outfits and shoes ready, same type of shoes every night, high heels, stripper heels. I had them on the entire time of the night. It was a lot. The baby oil would make my feet sticky and oily."
2h ago / 11:00 AM PDT
'Jane' says she would surprise Combs with 'hotel nights' because it was 'expected'
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Mirna Alsharif
"Jane" said in court that she booked entertainers for "hotel nights" twice as a surprise to Combs because she knew "it was to be expected."
"I could read between the lines, he didn't have to tell me to do things," she said. "He would say 'I can't wait to see what you have for me.' I knew the task was to set up a 'hotel night' for him."
Jane said she surprised Combs for a celebration for him coming home from a long trip.
When asked how she felt about Combs, she said she "loved him very deeply."
"Told him every day," she said.
2h ago / 10:49 AM PDT
'Jane' testifies being told she didn't have to do 'hotel nights' anymore, just for Combs to go back on his word
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Rebecca Cohen
Before a trip to New York together, "Jane" recalled making clear to Combs that she did not want to participate in a "hotel night" even though Combs kept asking if she wanted to.
When they got to the Trump hotel, she said his assistants were setting up their room for a "hotel night" and she remembers "bickering" with Combs because she said she didn't want to participate. In response, Combs was very defensive, she said.
She recalled him saying, she didn't have to participate in the sexual encouters anymore, "but in my heart I knew he didn’t mean that, because it still happened that night."
Combs made Jane take ecstasy, she testified, and put her in an outfit before a man came in.
"I took Sean to the bedroom and told him I couldn’t do this and he was agitated," she said, and he asked her what surprises she had for him. She said she "wanted to make it up for him since he wasn't going to have the night she envisioned," so she messaged another entertainer she had worked with before because "I knew that would make him happy and wanted to have an upbeat night with him."
2h ago / 10:22 AM PDT
'Jane' returns to the stand
Rebecca Ritzel, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
The prosecution will continue its testimony of "Jane" this afternoon now that the lunch break has concluded.
3h ago / 9:21 AM PDT
Lunch break
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
"Jane" will pause testimony during lunch, which will last until 1:15 p.m.
3h ago / 9:20 AM PDT
'Jane' says Combs surprised her with entertainer for her birthday, against her wishes
Marlene Lenthang, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
“Jane” testified that despite telling Combs she didn’t want to do “hotel nights,” he surprised her with an entertainer for her birthday in 2023.
For her birthday, Combs told her to go to Miami and have a birthday party with just him. She expected quality time, dinner and sex with just Combs, she said.
Once at dinner, she said she was dressed up and “really happy to be around my lover.” Then, she said, he sprung on her: “I’m so excited to see the entertainer tonight.”
“I had this gulp, I did not expect that,” she said. Combs told her, “It’s your birthday and let’s have fun.”
“I just accepted it,” she recalled.
She said she didn’t know the entertainer and didn’t want to have sex with him, but didn’t want Combs to be unhappy with her either.
Jane tearfully testified that after sex with that entertainer, two more came afterward. She said she was having sex as Combs watched until the morning hours.
4h ago / 9:10 AM PDT
A look inside the courtroom
Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
Combs is sitting with his hands clasped in front of him, watching "Jane" testify. All of the attorneys, from both the prosecution and the defense, appear riveted by Jane's testimony today.
4h ago / 9:01 AM PDT
'Jane' testifies she was 'repulsed' by two men who participated in a 'hotel night'
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
"Jane" said one of the men who was included in a 2021 "hotel night" with Combs "repulsed" her, saying he was sweaty, smelly and "didn't look nice."
"I just remember I was hesitant," the witness said of the encounter with the man at the Hermitage hotel.
"I tried to make it work. I tried to kind of seduce him with my body and, I don't know, make some sort of attraction happen," she said, but he was so sweaty that she was trying to give Combs looks to show she "wasn't feeling this."
While wearing high heels and lingerie, she tried to dodge Combs' suggestions to perform oral sex on the man, repeatedly telling him she wasn't feeling it, she said.
Then, she said, Combs started having sex with her "and I just remember this man sweating on me." Combs then dismissed the man, Jane recalled.
In another instance, Jane said she was repulsed by a man Combs invited to a "hotel night" in 2023. She talked to Combs in a separate room and told him that she was not attracted to him, to which Combs asked "are you sure?" she said.
Jane said she again tried to make it work before letting Combs know that she "can't do it."
"His demeanor was agitated but he said ok, alright," she said in court, adding that another entertainer came after the first one left.
4h ago / 8:55 AM PDT
'Jane' says she only had sex with entertainers to 'impress my lover'
Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Marlene Lenthang
“Jane” was asked about entertainers she met with.
One man, who went by the nickname “Chef,” was chosen when Jane and Combs were watching some of his videos, taking drugs and having sex, she said. She said she got in touch with Chef after Combs “encouraged” her to.
She and Chef would have sexual FaceTime calls and she’d mirror the video call on the TV, for Combs to watch, she said.
The prosecution asked Jane if she wanted to have sex with the entertainers she ended up picking, and Jane reiterated “no.” She said she did it because “I wanted to impress my lover.” She said she didn’t see two of the entertainers in person without Combs and he’d encourage her to ask for explicit photos and videos.
5h ago / 8:08 AM PDT
Witness testifies she at first had no say in how sex partners were selected
Marlene Lenthang, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
At first, Combs chose the entertainers who joined “hotel nights,” but later, “Jane” started to pick them, she said, explaining, “I didn’t like to be surprised by a stranger.”
She said she and Combs watched pornography and from there she had the idea to choose the entertainer she liked from it.
All the men involved were strangers. She started to pick the entertainers in late 2021, early 2022.
“I hated it,” Jane said. “If I am going to be doing this, I should choose who’s going to be on my body.”
5h ago / 7:30 AM PDT
'Jane' testifies she threw up during a 'sobriety party'
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
Despite calling it a "sobriety party," "Jane" said Combs used ecstasy and cocaine that night in Beverly Hills.
She said the party lasted "too long, hours" during which she went through the "typical routine." She said she was in an outfit with Combs, then went two rounds with two different men.
After that, Jane said she went to the bathroom because she wasn't feeling well and she threw up.
"Sean came in and he was like, 'That’s good, you’ll feel better. Let’s go, the third guy is here,'" she recalled him saying.
She said she hated doing the sobriety party without drugs, adding she was "repulsed" and "so mad at myself for doing that."
5h ago / 7:27 AM PDT
The longest 'hotel night' lasted 3.5 days over New Years 2022, witness testifies
Marlene Lenthang, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
“Jane” said the longest “hotel night” was 3 to 3.5 days over New Year’s in 2022.
She said she did not sleep at all and stayed awake with ecstasy. The shortest “hotel night” was 12 hours long.
When asked how she stayed awake, she answered that it was through the use of ecstasy, caffeine, water and protein shakes.
5h ago / 7:26 AM PDT
Witness testifies she needed drugs to get through 'hotel nights'
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
"Jane" said she felt like she "had to" take drugs during "hotel nights" with Combs because "when I wouldn’t, it would just feel too real," something she said she didn't want to experience.
"I just wanted to kind of just feel like it would … it would just make things easier," she said, again breaking down in tears.
She said she attempted two "hotel nights" without drugs. The first, she said she "didn't like it, the fantasy wasn't there, it was too real, it wasn't easy." She said she ultimately asked for a pill, after which she "felt much better."
The second time, she said she wanted Combs to get sober because she cared about him so much. He agreed to take 30 days off from drugs, but said, "Let’s just have one more sobriety party," Jane recalled.
5h ago / 7:15 AM PDT
'Jane' testifies she felt 'obligated' to participate in 'hotel nights'
Rebecca Cohen, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
In court, "Jane" said she felt "obligated" to participate in Combs' "hotel nights" because she felt if she did not, he would take her house away from her, which he was paying for.
"I wish we could take this back to when we first started dating," Jane wrote in a text to Combs displayed in court. "Ever since I opened Pandora’s box, I haven’t been able to close it."
She said "one night of fun just turned into the entirety of our relationship," adding that she felt "disgusted with myself" and was "confusing your lust for me as love," causing her heart to break.
She told Combs in the text she didn't "want to play this role in your life anymore."
"It’s dark, sleazy and makes me feel disgusted with myself. It's the only reason you have me around and why you pay for my house," she continued. "I don't want to feel obligated to perform and fear losing you. I don't want to feel like that anymore, I just want to talk like adults and figure where we go from here."
6h ago / 7:00 AM PDT
Combs directed 'hotel nights,' witness testifies
Marlene Lenthang, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
“Jane” told the jury that she tried to get “hotel nights” over with as soon as she could.
“[Combs] didn’t like that, he asked me to slow things down and do more foreplay,” she explained. When she tried to speed things up, Combs would allegedly say “not yet.”
6h ago / 6:47 AM PDT
'Jane' sobs as she describes encounters with sex partners during 'hotel nights'
Rebecca Cohen and Adam Reiss
"Jane" broke down in sobs as she described encounters with sex partners during alleged "hotel nights" that she said could go on for multiple "rounds."
When she wanted to stop for the time, she said she would tell Combs she was tired, to which he would respond, "You’re not getting tired on me are you? Let's finish strong."
She said, through tears, that she didn't know why she didn't outright tell Combs she wanted to stop, and that he would give her "multiple doses" of ecstasy per night in order to keep her awake.
6h ago / 6:31 AM PDT
Combs didn’t want to use protection, his former girlfriend testifies
Marlene Lenthang, Adam Reiss and Jing Feng
“Jane” was asked what protection she and entertainers used during “hotel nights,” and said they used none because Combs "did not want it."
Jane said she asked Combs at least twice if the entertainer could wear condoms. The second time she asked was at a Miami hotel, she said, and he responded “almost incensed” and “guilt tripped” her. “He said he didn’t want to see a rubber while he was watching,” she said.
7h ago / 6:12 AM PDT
'Jane' returns to the witness stand for Day 2 of testimony
Rebecca Cohen and Adam Reiss
"Jane," a former girlfriend of Combs', is back on the stand for another day of testimony. The prosecution will continue direct questioning of what is supposedly their last witness in the trial.
7h ago / 5:30 AM PDT
Combs' former girlfriend detailed 'freak offs'
Erik Ortiz and Adam Reiss
Yesterday, "Jane," Combs' former girlfriend, testified that she and Combs shared a loving relationship beginning in 2021. After her first "freak off," however, she said it became a "Pandora’s box" situation in which she felt she had no choice but to oblige.
The sex sessions could last between 24 and 30 hours with no sleep, Jane said. As a single mother who came to depend on Diddy, "I felt an obligation because I knew he was paying my rent," she testified.
8h ago / 4:44 AM PDT
Yesterday’s witnesses
Marlene Lenthang, Erik Ortiz and Adam Reiss
Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Cassie Ventura's, testified yesterday about an incident where Combs allegedly dangled her over a 17th-floor balcony in Los Angeles in 2016.
The defense accused her of lying, showing a hotel receipt that appeared to show Combs was at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan around the time of the alleged incident. Combs’ attorney, Westmoreland, asked Bongolan: "You came in here and lied to the jury, isn’t that true?" Bongolan replied: "I can’t agree with you."
Enrique Santos, an investigative analyst for the U.S. attorney’s office, also briefly testified about extracting data from cellphones, including deleted messages. One such message from Cassie Ventura’s phone showed her informing Combs Enterprises' chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, about the alleged 2016 balcony dangling incident.
9h ago / 4:00 AM PDT
Courtroom eyes will be on 'Jane' — and Combs today
David K. Li
Combs was warned yesterday to steer clear of any looks toward the jury.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said it was "absolutely unacceptable" that Combs would try to interact with the jury panel during testimony. Subramanian told defense attorney Marc Agnifilo that if Combs doesn’t comply, "I will give an instruction to the jury, or it could result in the exclusion of your client from the courtroom."
So the court will surely be casting more than a passing glance at Combs today to make sure he’s not trying to make any eye contact with panelists.
9h ago / 4:00 AM PDT
Combs' former girlfriend will return to the stand today
David K. Li
Combs’ former girlfriend, using the pseudonym "Jane," should be back on the witness stand this morning to continue what could be a marathon stint of testimony.
Her direct examination should go until Monday, lead prosecutor Maurene Ryan Comey has said.
The goal is to have her excused by Thursday next week, when she’s booked to fly home.
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