Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial:
'Jane' testifies she felt more love from
'egotistical' Combs after Cassie Ventura filed lawsuit
Combs faces five criminal counts in total, including two of sex trafficking, and has denied all the allegations.
What to know about the sex trafficking trial
A former girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs, identified by the pseudonym "Jane," returns to the stand for her fifth day of testimony.
In cross-examination yesterday, defense attorney Teny Geragos pressed Jane on her relationship with Combs and tried to complicate her allegations of forced sex, physical violence and abuse.
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
1h / 2:22 PM
Adjourned
1h / 2:13 PM
Combs' Agnifilo: May we have a bathroom break?
[Combs is led into the holding cell by Marshals]
AUSA: If we can't resolve the chart, Ms. Sankar can testify Monday. KK is in these charts.
Judge: OK, Monday
Shapiro: Until 8:30 for letter on Juror?
OK
1h / 2:09 PM
AUSA: Although Gina will not be testifying, George Kaplan testified about violence against her. Gina was identified as Victim-3
Judge: I will look back at this. Hopefully this helps with the charts. If you have 2-
AUSA: I apologize but-
Judge: I was still talking
1h / 2:04 PM
Judge: This exhibit, the objection is sustained. If foundation is laid, I'll hear it.
Combs' Driscoll: This next exhibit is about an alleged victim who is not testifying. They just want to portray the defendant as a bad person.
AUSA: Gina was a romantic partner
1h / 1:57 PM
Combs' Driscoll: It's not clear how relevant this case is to this case. The exhibit talks about cash in the safe, it's prejudicial
AUSA: Derek Ferguson spoke of millions. This next exhibit a ledger, it shows drugs and romantic partners
Driscoll: Not authenticated
1h / 1:40 PM
AUSA: There is an item about paying Guido, he was drug dealer. There are other 49 page chats in evidence.
Judge: Who is going to testify about flowers?
AUSA: We have 2 witnesses.
Judge: A-518?
AUSA: D-Roc, Faheem and the defendant, count one million cash by hand
1h / 1:38 PM
Judge: In the back, if people want to leave, they must before we start. If you are here now, you should remain until we are done.
Judge: Can we shorting this exhibit, cut out the flowers?
AUSA: Flowers refers to marijuana
Combs' Driscoll: 1st time we hear that
1h 1:33 PM
AUSA: The messages are within the scope of each employee or agent's authority. This is a chat between the defendant, KK, Faheem and Robyn, his accountant... We will redact the first message about purchase of a Maybach truck
1h / 1:29 PM
Judge: Thank you, Jane.
[Jane leaves]
Judge: Jurors, you may leave
[Jurors leave]
AUSA Slavik: We need rulings to make Ms. Sankar's summary charts
Judge: I have a letter from yesterday
1h / 1:26 PM
Combs' Geragos: No further questions.
Judge: Re-re-direct
AUSA Comey: What violence had Sean done to you before he asked you to pick up Anton?
Combs' Geragos: Objection!
Overuled.
Jane: He slapped me.
Geragos: No further questions
1h / 1:24 PM
Combs' Geragos: How did seeing what Sean wrote to Paul make you feel?
Jane: How would it make you feel?
Geragos: Please answer my question.
Jane: Now that I've seen Sean's message to Paul, probably I did have a hotel night
Geragos: You're changing your testimony?
1h / 1:22 PM
Combs' Geragos: Did you see records of times you did not have hotel night?
Jane: Lucky me.
Geragos: But there were such times?
Jane: Thank God.
1h / 1:19 PM
Combs' Geragos: Sometimes you just watched the videos, no sex with other men?
Jane: All of it was shit.
Geragos: But did you-
Judge: Jane, if you can, just answer the questions
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: What did you see preparing for this?
Jane: My truth
1h / 1:18 PM
Combs' Geragos: Did you tell Cabral that sex with him had been great?
Jane: Yes but
Geragos: You got Mr. Combs a mobile TV to show videos of you having sex with entertainers?
Jane: So I wouldn't have to have sex with other men.
1h / 1:15 PM
Combs' Geragos: You say you said you were hungry to indicate you didn't want sex, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: Didn't Mr. Combs give you food?
Jane: He knew what I meant
Geragos: Did he give you food?
Jane: Yes
1h / 1:14 PM
Combs' Geragos: You believe you are worth more than $150,000?
Jane: Does he?
Geragos: What's the most you've made in a month on OnlyFans?
Jane: $50,000. But it varies
1h / 1:13 PM
Combs' Geragos: You get $5000 a month child support?
Jane: Yes.
Combs' Geragos: Your child's father is a very rich man, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: Didn't Mr. Combs over three years wire you $150,000?
Jane: Is that all three years of mine are worth?
1h / 1:11 PM
Combs' Geragos: Did you refer Cabral to another rapper in January 2024?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You were asked if you would give up money to not have had sex with these men - but you wouldn't give up your home?
Jane: My child and I live there, it's hard
1h / 1:07 PM
Combs' Geragos: You let him in?
Jane: Yes. As requested.
Geragos: You lift heavy weights?
Jane: Yes. But a woman's power does not override a man's.
Geragos: Did you hit Sean's head against the counter?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You'd see the Inter-Continental video?
Yes
1h / 1:03 PM
Combs' Geragos: The only time that nothing sexual happened between you and Anton was January 2024, right?
Jane: Right.
Geragos: Anton drove his car into your compound?
Jane: Yes.
1h / 1:00 PM
AUSA Comey: Why are you here?
Jane: I got a subpoena. And I'm here.
AUSA: No further questions.
Judge: Ms. Geragos? Re-cross.
Combs' Geragos: Did you drive to pick up Anton?
Jane: Yes.
Combs' Geragos: Could you have left?
Jane: Yes.
1h / 12:59 PM
AUSA Comey: When you hid for two hours, could Sean have left safely?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Did you want to have sex with Anton that night?
Jane: No.
AUSA: Who made you?
Jane: Sean.
AUSA: Would you give all the money back, for no sex with other men?
Jane: Yes
1h / 12:57 PM
AUSA Comey: Did he choke you with his hands or his arm?
Jane: Arm.
AUSA: And in the shower, how hard did hit you?
Jane: So, so hard.
AUSA: Then what did he say?
Jane: He said, Get in a f*cking outfit
1h / 12:52 PM
AUSA Comey: When did Sean say when he gave you the Ecstasy pill?
Jane: He said, You're not going to ruin my night. Go s*ck some d*ck. Go f*ck him. Something.
AUS: How long before that he had put you in a chokehold-
Combs' Geragos: Objection!
Judge: Sustained
1h / 12:50 PM
AUSA Comey: That time after you threw up, what did Sean do?
Jane: He told me to go back out there and have sex with another man.
AUSA: Was Sean affectionate with you when Anton was in your home?
Jane: No. Sean was evil.
1h / 12:44 PM
AUSA Comey: In 2023 did you become more vocal about wanting to stop hotel night?
Jane: Yes. He started paying my rent. I had to maintain my livelihood. My partner was in charge now.
AUSA: By the sobriety party, how many times did he threaten your rent?
Many times
1h / 12:42 PM
AUSA Comey: What did you sent Sean?
Jane: A photo of my bloody tampon.
AUSA: What did you write?
Jane: I got childcare and said, You pick, then everything went left. I said, I just got my period. I handled first school week.
1h / 12:39 PM
Jane: I felt it was unfair, all of the pressure.
AUSA Comey: What do you mean?
Jane: Those nights with other men (sobs) I was asking, Why do I have to break my boundaries and still you treat me like this?
AUSA: What's this text?
Jane: The All Star fantasy play
1h / 12:35 PM
AUSA Comey: How did you try to avoid setting up hotel night?
Jane: I'd try to navigate the night to something else.
AUSA Comey: How many times did you have hotel nights in 200 Mapleton?
Jane: Once.
AUSA: Two Star?
Jane: Three times.
AUSA: One Star?
Jane: 1 or 2.
1h / 12:31 PM
AUSA Comey: When did Sean threaten to release video of you?
Jane: December 2023. I called KK.
AUSA: Sean's drug use - how did you send cues you were tired?
Jane: Make little faces, kind of sighs.
AUSA: How did Sean respond?
Jane: Push through. One more round
1h / 12:29 PM
AUSA Comey: But then next time?
Jane: He mocked him
AUSA: Did Sean let you use a condom?
Jane: Yes.
AUSA: Did you ever want to have sex with Cabral?
Jane: No.
AUSA: Did you fake orgasm with entertainers?
Jane: Yes. I was putting on a show for Sean
1h / 12:27 PM
AUSA Comey: Then what?
Jane: The love contract. He's so good to shower me with affection with violating sex exploitation in between. I could compartmentalize the bad stuff.
AUSA: In May of 2021 did you ask for a condom?
Jane: Yes. Sean resisted but then gave in1h / 12:25 PM
AUSA Comey: What did you write to Paul about Turks?
Jane: I'm not a robot, just a mix of tired, hungry, sore.
AUSA: Next?
Jane: To insult me about the bracelet, to make me perform, it crushed me
AUSA: What else did you write?
Jane: In that room, I felt like a 'ho
1h / 12:22 PM
[Jane re-enters; then jurors file in]
AUSA Comey: G-101 page 6 and 7, pull them up. Can we zoom in - what did Sean write to Paul?
Jane: He wrote, I'm gonna need you to persuade you.
AUSA: Had you seen this before?
Jane: No.
1h / 12:14 PM
Combs' Driscoll: She could still file a lawsuit.
Judge: The application to admit the exhibit we have been discussing is denied. The Government has not brought forward any authority on this.
1h / 12:12 PM
[They've back]
Judge: Defense, in what way did Jane's lawsuit constitute the type of influence as in the Tome case
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1h / 12:00 PM
Break
1h / 11:59 AM
Judge: Ms. Comey, how long do you anticipate your re-direct?
AUSA Comey: Half an hour
Judge: Let's take a break first
Combs' Shapiro: Your Honor, may I -
[but judge is gone]
1h / 11:55 AM
AUSA Comey: Jane testified on the stand for days, after getting immunity. She didn't try to get a payday. But they might think she is trying to shade her testimony to please the prosecutors.
Combs' Driscoll: It's hearsay. Theirs is a fringe theory
1h / 11:50 AM
Judge: How does this go to an event months later?
AUSA Comey: It's on their point that Jane is shading her testimony to correspond with the government's theory, that she was coerced.
1h / 11:48 AM
Judge: Jurors, you may have a comfort break and avoid the white noise
[Jurors leaves]
AUSA Comey: The cross argued that this witness had a motive to lie. It opens that door to that one sentence I've been asking for, as a prior consistent statement.
1h / 11:39 AM
Sidebar
1h / 11:38 AM
Combs' Geragos: But it ended on a positive note?
Jane: Yes it did.
Geragos: No further questions.
Judge: Re-direct?
AUSA Comey: Sidebar?
Judge: Yes
1h / 11:37 AM
Combs' Geragos: What do you say?
Jane: I wrote, You are definitely my Michael Jordan and I am Kobe, detox weekend.
Geragos: You say, Good morning handsome and he says, Can you please find a therapist?
Jane: Yes. We loved each other but there was toxic stuff
1h / 11:36 AM
Combs' Geragos: Why did you call yourselves Kobe, Jordan and Shaq? Why are you Kobe?
Jane: Because I'm the best.
Geragos: And why is he Jordan?
Jane: Because he's the best.
Geragos: And this about Pamela Anderson, melons (laughs)
1h / 11:34 AM
Combs' Geragos: On June 1 of this year you had a new memory of Mr. Combs splashing water on you, right?
Jane: If I may explain-
Geragos: Just, did you tell the Government that on June 1?
Jane: Yes.
1h / 11:27 AM
Combs' Geragos: Then you told Mr. Combs that you really missed Paul?
Jane: I had taken Ecstasy. But I did miss Paul.
Geragos: You called Paul and he came in a few days - you were at Two Star?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: And it felt good, a love fest?
Jane: Yes
1h / 11:25 AM
Combs' Geragos: Then you went to Miami and stayed in the Four Seasons - you chose that hotel, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You took drugs and laughed and danced?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You were finally getting the princess treatment you wanted?
Jane: Yes
1h / 11:23 AM
Combs' Geragos: That last part, that's about your child's father?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You wrote, I just wanted to travel with you
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You send the clown emoji and said, If f*cked more I could have gone on trips
1h / 11:21 AM
Combs' Geragos: You wrote, I don't even have anything postable - you meant Instagram?
Jane: I did.
Geragos: You wrote about your child's father... You said, I'm in my late 30s I don't have time - play more video
[no sound]
1h / 11:19 AM
Combs' Geragos: Mr. Combs said, that is my friend, I was OK where we should stop. - Now press play - and stop! [No sound in public gallery]
Geragos: You said, We broke up and I went to one birthday party. Not with the rapper but with my friend.
1h / 11:17 AM
Combs' Geragos: You asked him why he couldn't balance it, hotel nights and private travel?
Jane: Right.
Geragos: You wrote, Did the other girls just pressure you more for trips, and I didn't? I just want to know where I went wrong
1h / 11:14 AM
[Court staffer hands Jane headphones and they restart.
Combs is leaning over listening to the same headphone as Agnifilo]
Combs' Geragos: Pause there. You bring up OnlyFans there- you'd been on it for four or five months, earning well, right?
Jane: Yes.
1h / 11:12 AM
Combs' Geragos: Mr. Combs wrote, Sorry I didn't take yo on trips, I was tripping, the baby-daddy, you and KK would have talked yourself into paranoia - you didn't get along with KK?
Jane: I didn't.
Geragos: Put on the headphones and press play
[We hear nothing]
1h / 11:10 AM
Combs' Geragos: Play a video, not for the public to hear
[They have on headphones, we hear nothing]
Geragos: I will read his response. Mr. Combs says, I'm not going to belittle myself for someone named bear or for my friend- that means the rapper, right?
Jane: Yes
1h / 11:06 AM
Combs' Geragos: You saw him traveling with another woman in Wyoming and it upset you?
Jane: I was at home with a black eye.
Geragos: You hadn't had forced intercourse with Anton?
Jane: It was forced oral sex.
1h / 11:01 AM
Combs' Geragos: He just kept saying, how could you have gone to another rapper's freak off?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: After that you called and texted each other?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You went to see him and broke up?
Jane: We had 8 or 9 hours of break up conversation
1h / 11:00 AM
Combs' Geragos: This was the first time you didn't have an intimate moment with your partner after the entertainer left?
Jane: Yes
Geragos: And he said again, I can't believe you went to another man's freak off?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: Talking about that rapper?
Yes
1h / 10:58 AM
Combs' Geragos: But you didn't have sex with Anton?
Jane: Not that kind of sex.
Geragos: You gave Anton oral sex?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: Then Sean dismissed him, you told Anton you'd send him money later?
Jane: I did.
1h / 10:57 AM
Combs' Geragos: Did Mr. Combs tell at your, How could you go to another man's freak off?
Jane: Yes, he yelled that.
Geragos: Then you say Sean told you, Go out and f*ck him and you said No?
Jane: I said no. Then he pushed a pill in my face.
1h / 10:55 AM
Combs' Geragos: You and Sean go into the bedroom. You told him you went to Vegas?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You told him you flashed your breasts?
Jane: Not then.
Geragos: You told him you'd referred Cabral to the other rapper?
Jane: Not yet
1h / 10:53 AM
Combs' Geragos: How far is it from your home in the gated community to the gate?
Jane: A minute or two
Geragos: So like half a mile?
Jane: Yes. I drove and let Anton in.
Geragos: Champagne and tequila but still no drugs?
Jane: Right.
1h / 10:51 AM
Combs' Geragos: Then he tells you to put on an outfit?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: And he grabs your phone?
Jane: He went into the messages and said hi to Anton, in the text thread
Geragos: It's about the night in January you sent to Las Vegas?
Jane: Yes.
1h / 10:47 AM
Combs' Geragos: Then after you called Jonathan, you were in the shower naked but Mr. Combs was in pants?
Jane: Short.
Geragos: And you called him a son of a bitch?
Jane: Just a bitch.
Geragos: OK, just a bitch. Then he slapped you?
Jane: Yes. Hard.
1h / 10:44 AM
Jane: I told her, He's beating my ass. Then Sean hung up the phone. And she called back multiple times. His phone lit up.
Combs' Geragos: Did she call you a b*tch?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: Did you talk about her previous relationships?
Jane: Maybe
1h / 10:43 AM
Combs' Geragos: And you called the woman in Miami?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You ask her, did you go to the Grand Canyon with him? I'm asking you woman to woman.
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: And she said, You're worrying about wrong things. Woman to woman?
Jane: Yes.
1h / 10:41 AM
Combs' Geragos: While you fought, Mr. Combs was yelling, You're trying to get me to never see my kids again, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You said he was dragging you by your hair, right?
Jane: Yes. I was telling him to stop.
Geragos: You got his phone?
Jane: Yes
1h / 10:40 AM
Judge: I understand the Government says we can break earlier tomorrow do. So we don't have to deal with evidentiary issues now - let just finish Jane's testimony. Bring the witness and jury back.
All rise!
1h / 10:27 AM
[They've back - but before arguments before jury comes back in, headphones are being set up in the jury box, defense wants to play them something sealed at the end of their cross examination of June. Combs, sitting, is surrounded by a half dozen of his lawyers
1h / 9:49 AM
Now, break
1h / 9:48 AM
they are back from sidebar
Judge: I'm really just going to break for lunch. There is nothing to put on the record
1h / 9:37 AM
Judge: I'd like lead counsel and counsel to Jane to come to the robing room
Combs' Agnifilo: I'd like to do this in the presence of Mr. Combs.
AUSA Comey: If this is about the issue we discussed in the robing room, we have concerns-
Judge: OK, a sidebar
1h / 9:33 AM
Judge: Break
1h / 9:30 AM
Combs' Geragos: You were angry and screaming, called him a pedophile?
Jane: I called him a monster.
Geragos: But he didn't kick you again?
Jane: He didn't.
Geragos: You punched him the back of the head and he punched you?
Jane: He punched me twice
1h / 9:28 AM
Combs' Geragos: After the altercation and you ran and hid behind the wall - where was your phone?
Jane: Back in the house.
Geragos: When you went back, you saw Mr. Combs?
Jane: He was out on the street.
Geragos: This had been hours?
Jane: It had
1h / 9:27 AM
Combs' Geragos: You take your working out seriously, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: But you did not put on active wear, but rather a dress - why?
Jane: Because I could put it on easily.
1h / 9:22 AM
Combs' Geragos: When you say you locked the door, was it a button?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: So he did not force a physical lock but a button lock?
Jane: Right.
Geragos: What was he saying?
Jane: That I'm crazy... A lot of yelling
Geragos: You go in the closet?
A: Yes
2h / 9:16 AM
Combs' Geragos: And you pushed his head into the counter?
Jane: I did.
Geragos: You had never had a physical altercation with him, right?
Jane: I had not.
Geragos: You pushed medium hard?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: And you threw a candle at him?
Jane: Yes
2h / 9:15 AM
Combs' Geragos: Play the video
[Music and voice of Combs, Championship Boston Celtics]
Geragos: Half an hour later you were fighting, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You testified you called him a pedophile even though you knew she was not underage?
Jane: Right
2h / 9:07 AM
Combs' Geragos: And this is a photo on the patio, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You were drinking champagne?
Jane: Yes
Geragos: Now it's 8:30 pm, already dark outside - tequila shots but no Ecstasy yet, right?
Jane: Right.
Geragos: Jonathan brought the candles?
Yes
2h / 9:04 AM
Combs' Geragos: Fair to see Mr. Combs posted about his road trip with his children on social media?
Jane: Yes
Geragos: This is a photo of how you set up the house - some set up by you, some by Jonathan?
Jane: Yes
Geragos: And this is a big bottle of Clicquot?
Yes.
2h / 9:02 AM
[They've back]
Combs' Geragos: You remained in contact with Mr. Combs after the video
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You stayed in Miami with him for a few days then left?
Jane: I did.
Geragos: He flew to LA in June, with his children?
Jane: Yes
2h / 8:53 AM
Combs' Geragos: When you saw the video of Mr. Combs laying hands on Cassie, you felt sick?
Jane: I did.
Geragos: That was not the man that you knew, right?
Jane: Right....
Now another sidebar
Sidebar
2h / 8:43 AM
Combs' Geragos: You said Sean would write to you, I'm single, I'm polyamorous - and that hurt you?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: After the lawsuit, he went to saying, We are in a relationship, you are my girlfriend - that mean a lot to you?
Jane: It did.
2h / 8:39 AM
Combs' Geragos: This is between you and "Paul Arthur" in which you asked, do you have plans for Valentines Day?
Jane: Right.
Geragos: You said you wanted to see Paul as a person?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You said after Cassie's lawsuit you saw changes in Sean?
A: Yes
2h / 8:35 AM
Combs' Geragos: No Ecstasy at the dinner?
Jane: No, none.
Geragos: Afterward you took a pill and he took a pill and Don came over
Jane: Yes, at One Star.
Geragos: You said you were willing to have sex with Don because of the birthday party?
Jane: Yes it was nice
2h / 8:34 AM
Combs' Geragos: There were candles on the walkway?
Jane: It was very romantic. His heart was beating-
Geragos: Was your heart beating as well?
Jane: Yes, I was just about to say that. It's all painted pink and silver. A 5 course dinner, what I wanted from my lover
2h / 8:32 AM
Combs' Geragos: How did they know to ask you?
Jane: Maybe they just picked up the energy, or heard that Sean and I were into the lifestyle.
Geragos: You flew to Miami around the time of your birthday?
Jane: Yes
Geragos: He set up a grandiose birthday for you?
Yes
2h / 8:30 AM
Combs' Geragos: How did you bring up Cabral [Sly]?
Jane: They asked if I knew anyone else in the lifestyle. I said yes, at the time I thought Cabral as a safe and confidential person.
Geragos: That was for the rapper and his partner?
Jane: Yes.
2h / 8:28 AM
Combs' Geragos: You flashed your breasts to the room - who asked you to?
Jane: It was just the moment
Geragos: What did the rapper say to you?
Jane: That he had always wanted to blank me
Geragos: So he had crush on you?
Jane: Yes
2h / 8:26 AM
Combs' Geragos: When Anton was having sex with the woman, who many people were in the room?
Jane: Uh, seven or eight. Just watching.
Geragos: The rapper was flirting with you?
Jane: Yes.
2h / 8:24 AM
Combs' Geragos: This rapper, they would record together, he's also an icon in the music industry?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You went to the birthday with the rapper's wife or girlfriend. Did you know Anton traveled with them?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: And Mr. Combs knew
Yes
2h / 8:21 AM
Combs' Geragos: The $9000 from Bear, you had known him from your modeling days?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: Did you have to do any work for the $9000?
Jane: No.
Geragos: The rapper you mentioned, he was close with Mr. Combs?
Jane: Yes.
Video [can't see] without sound
2h / 8:19 AM
Combs' Geragos: You said you didn't have friends at that time-
AUSA Comey: Objection!
Geragos: I can rephrase. You said you talked about your feeling with Sean because you didn't have other people
Jane: OK
Geragos: Sean still paid your rent?
Jane: Yes
2h / 8:16 AM
Combs' Geragos: You wrote that you wanted $100,000 for each wasted here, and more, $450,000, you wrote this, right?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: And you said you were thinking of hurting yourself and he said don't, he cared-
Jane: I don't know about that
2h / 8:15 AM
Combs' Geragos: Did Sean often say to you, I'm a solutions person, I just want solutions?
Jane: Yes.
Geragos: You wrote, I tolerated, I took on a lot in those rooms, please don't discredit me. And he wrote, Never discredit you
Jane: Yes.
2h / 8:12 AM
Combs' Geragos: Let's play the voice note
[Sean Combs voice: I don't want to be in a relationship like this, I don't want to make anyone feel like this, let's end this cycle so you don't feel like I wasted your life]
Geragos: Are there more messages like this?
Yes
2h / 8:08 AM
Combs' Geragos: After Cassie's lawsuit went public, how were things?
Jane: I came to find out that another woman had the same experiences I had. I put out that energy on him, and he was already down. So, resentment. Everything was hard.
Geragos: A hard month?
Yes
3h / 8:01 AM
Combs' Geragos: What you really wanted was the cuddle with Mr. Combs?
Jane: Our intimate time.
Geragos: Tell me about the mobile TV you got him
Jane: It was an LG, cordless, you can move it around
Geragos: And see your movies on it
Jane: Yes
3h / 7:59 AM
Judge: All rise!
Jurors, I apologize how long this took. We did things to save you time. Jane, you are still under oath. Proceed.
Combs' Teny Geragos: Good morning. Let's look at your message where you said, I feel as your lover I wanted to please you, pushed thru
3h / 7:48 AM
AUSA Comey: Their argument to say the name is an attempt to harass
Judge: And this event in the hotel is not one of the alleged acts of sex trafficking, it's just collateral. It's not a real concern.
AUSA Comey: The identity of those there is not a defense
3h / 7:46 AM
Combs' Agnifilo: Part of the public nature of the trial is for the information to reach the public so other witnesses can come forward. I wanted my client to hear this.
Judge: Ms. Comey?
AUSA Comey: As long as you answer remains "No," we are fine
3h / 7:45 AM
Combs' Agnifilo: The events in the hotel room on January 24, 2024 - I appreciate the balancing, but we maintain the Constitutional right to a fully public trial remains. We didn't consent to these events should be not fully public
3h / 7:43 AM
Judge: I can clear this courtroom if we need to-
Combs' Agnifilo: No need, I will conform my comments to an open court. A reason trials and names are public is so people who were there can come forward. We objected to a pseudonym with Mia. Now this
3h / 7:42 AM
Judge: Ms. Geragos, are you ready to proceed?
Combs' Agnifilo: He had this discussion in the back. Mr. Combs was not present. I would like to lodge this objection. We litigated this over pseudonyms-
Judge: Let's take a step back
3h / 7:39 AM
A moment ago, Combs was smiling, even laughing. Now he puts his head in his hands. So, what was on the Post-It note? And when will it be docketed?
3h / 7:30 AM
Now Combs speaking one on one with Nicole Westmoreland, as Driscoll and Xavier Donaldson stand between the tables. This all began before 10 am - more than half an hour now...
3h / 7:11 AM
Now Nicole Westmoreland, too, is back with Combs. He sit, surrounded by five or six lawyers, talking and gesturing with his hands.
3h / 7:08 AM
now Xavier Donaldson goes from middle to back table to talk with Combs. Meanwhile Agnifilo is in the front, talking with AUSA Comey. Jane still not on the witness stand.
4h / 7:05 AM
counsel are back from the robing room; now Agnifilo, Shapiro and Steel huddle around Combs, talking with him. A decision to be made?
4h / 7:01 AM
Counsel - including to Jane - are still in the robing room with Judge Subramanian. Sean Combs has been taken by Marshals back into the holding cell. Bathroom break? And on what topic would witness Jane's counsel be getting so play, as jury waits?
4h / 6:54 AM
they are still in the robing room
4h / 6:35 AM
Judge: Let's have a brief discussion in the robing room with Jane and Jane's counsel
Combs' Teny Geragos: Can I come to?
Judge: Of course.
4h / 6:34 AM
Judge: I'm going to reserve. Now can we bring in Jane-
AUSA Comey: Your Honor, we made an application through your Deputy -
Judge: I think it is reflected on this Post-It note
4h / 6:27 AM
AUSA Comey: I know we are delayed in bringing the jury in so I don't want to push about getting this in-
Judge: Go ahead and push. It's just that the Government already put in a lot of messages on this.
AUSA Comey: We want in her "I felt obligated 98% of the time"
4h / 6:15 AM
Judge: Once there is a motive to fabricate, the statements cannot come in as a prior consistent statement. This fact pattern does not appear to have previously arisen: two time periods. Defense argues it would be improper, they postdate the lawsuit
4h / 6:11 AM
Judge: So I agree with the Government on those portion of the voice notes, and order them excluded. Some questions will be permitted. If you feel there become a basis for introduction, you can call for a sidebar.
Now, the US wants more of Jane's notes or diary
4h / 6:10 AM
AUSA Comey: If the defendant wants to take the stand and subject himself to cross examination, then fine.
Judge: The questions without the voice note would not be for the truth [of the matter asserted]
AUSA Comey: This would be a backdoor way to get this in
4h / 6:08 AM
Judge: What about Ms. Geragos questioning Jane about this, without introducing the voice note?
AUSA Comey: That too might confuse the jury. The defendant was trying to feed Jane a narrative throughout their relationship. The hearsay rule precludes this
4h / 6:06 AM
AUSA Comey: On direct, we elicited testimony about the end of the relationship in 2024. There were no texts, but oral communications. This self-serving voice note by the defendant should not come in. By December 2023 he was trying to make a record for litigation
4h / 6:04 AM
[before jury is brought in]
Judge: The messages at issue that the defense wants to get it, can't you redact them?
Combs' Teny Geragos: We shouldn't have it. It's consistent with our theory. They opened-
Judge: They didn't open the door.
4h / 6:02 AM
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2h ago / 1:30 PM PDT
Jury dismissed until tomorrow morning
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
Judge Subramanian thanked the jury and dismissed them for the day, reminding them that they'll be back at court tomorrow at 9 a.m. ET.
2h ago / 1:29 PM PDT
'Jane' excused from the witness stand
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
Jane's marathon testimony finally came to an end, with her leaving the witness stand after answering a prosecutor's question about the violence she endured.
"He slapped me and punched me," she said.
2h ago / 1:17 PM PDT
Defense asks 'Jane' if she was willing to give up her home
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
Defense attorney Teny Geragos returned to question "Jane" once again, asking her about a prior question she had been asked about if she was willing to give up everything to stop doing "hotel nights."
Geragos asked Jane if she was willing to give up her home, which she lives in with her child and was paid for by Combs. Jane responded that it was a hard question for her.
The defense attorney then pointed to Jane's financial capabilities, including $150,000 Combs had wired her over their relationship and the sometimes $10,000 a month she receives from her Only Fans content.
2h ago / 1:07 PM PDT
'Jane' says she had no choice but to testify
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The witness said she's not getting paid and has no choice but to testify.
When Comey inquired if she's receiving any monetary compensation, she said, "No." And when asked her motive to take the stand, Jane said, "Because I was subpoenaed."
Earlier in the day, the defense had argued Jane's testimony was tainted because she could, in theory, make money on a civil action against Combs.
2h ago / 12:54 PM PDT
Did the rent pay for 'hotel nights?'
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The witness said she objected to Combs' need for her to perform sex acts with other men — but felt she was obligated to perform.
Once Combs started paying her rent in 2023, Jane said, "I felt I had to do hotel nights to maintain emotional stability."
When the prosecutor Comey asked if Combs ever threatened to stop paying rent if she didn't want to perform "hotel nights," Jane said "multiple times."
2h ago / 12:48 PM PDT
'Jane' breaks down in tears over pressure to sleep with other men
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
There was another emotional moment of testimony from "Jane" as she explained her jealousy of other women in Combs' life, crying as she described the pressure to perform for him.
Jane told the court that she felt it was unfair that other women in Combs' life appeared to get more from their relationships with him than she was, despite the pressure she felt to sleep with other men during "hotel nights."
She brought up the nights with Combs because she was frustrated at being forced to compromise herself and the treatment she got from him, she testified.
2h ago / 12:41 PM PDT
'Jane' testifies she wishes she could forget 'hotel nights'
Adam Reiss and Katherine Koretski
Prosecutor Maurene Comey asked "Jane" whether she wanted to remember every one of her "hotel nights" with Combs.
Jane wishes she could forget them, she told the court.
2h ago / 12:36 PM PDT
'Jane' testifies nonstop performances took their toll physically
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The constant need to have sex for Combs' entertainment made "Jane" "sore, tired, exhausted and overwhelmed," the witness said.
"I felt like a whore, I’m not a trained actress," Jane said during redirect testimony.
"What do you expect from a woman after 24 hours of drugs and nonstop performance."
2h ago / 12:23 PM PDT
Prosecution questioning 'Jane' again on redirect
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
"Jane" could be reaching the end of her time on the witness stand as Comey started the government's redirect examination.
Jane reiterated how much Combs pushed her for "hotel nights" even after telling him she didn't want to do it.
"All the time," Jane said.
2h ago / 12:23 PM PDT
Judge denies evidence for the defense in yet another vague courtroom discussion
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian denied the admission of evidence for the defense, but it's unclear what the evidence was, as the courtroom was filled with another opaque conversation.
It appears that Combs' attorneys wanted to show the court something that they believed would show "Jane" colored her testimony after reading the Cassie Ventura lawsuit.
Subramanian didn't seem to agree with Combs' attorneys on its relevance, saying that another person's lawsuit would not constitute an improper motive for testifying.
2h ago / 12:01 PM PDT
Prosecution takes issue with defense implications that 'Jane' is lying
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
Federal prosecutor Maurene Comey took issue with the defense's cross-examination of "Jane," which has been led by attorney Teny Geragos.
She told the judge that the crux of Geragos' cross was the implication that Jane tried to tailor her testimony to please prosecutors. Comey pointed out there were four incidents in which Geragos tried to shade Jane's testimony and imply that she was lying about being coerced by Combs.
2h ago / 11:58 AM PDT
Combs in tears: Emotion or allergies?
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
During a break, Combs grabbed a handful of tissues and dabbed an eye before walking out of the room.
It wasn't immediately clear if the defendant was briefly overcome by courtroom drama or a more natural irritant.
2h ago / 11:36 AM PDT
Combs, lawyer sharing a headset
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The defendant was having problems with the headset, leading him to first try the listening device of defense lawyer Brian Steel.
And when that didn't appear to work, Combs shared a headset with Agnifilo, both of them leaning in to hear one side of the headphone pair.
They were listening to audio evidence only being shared with the witness, jurors, the judge, lawyers and Combs.
2h ago / 11:25 AM PDT
Wyoming trip prompts Combs apology, witness testifies
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
Combs apologized to Jane after she saw pictures of him appearing to be on a vacation to Wyoming with another woman.
In a text exchange introduced during Jane's cross-examination, Combs wrote that, "I just want to be friends" and that he's sorry for "anytime I hurt you."
2h ago / 11:14 AM PDT
'Jane' testifies Combs was upset she attended another man’s 'freak off'
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
Combs' defense went into an argument between "Jane" and Combs over her being in Vegas with another rapper, which led to an instance of sexual voyeurism.
Jane testified earlier today that she was in Las Vegas with another rapper and his wife, who had a relationship with the same sex worker that Combs and Jane often employed. She said a group of people watched the sex worker, Anton, have sex with a woman in a hotel room during that trip.
Teny Geragos, Comb’s attorney, questioned her about a disagreement she had with Combs over the matter, with Combs apparently upset that Jane attended another man's "freak off." The defense seemed to emphasize that Jane left the argument unharmed.
3h ago / 10:40 AM PDT
Court returns from lunch; headphones distributed for the jury
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
Court is back in session after lunch and "Jane" has returned to the witness stand.
Headphones have been given to the jury, indicating some upcoming evidence that may be played is not for the public's consumption.
2h ago / 9:40 AM PDT
Court takes lunch break, but less so for lawyers
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
Judge Subramanian dismissed jurors for the lunch break, asking them to return to court before 1:15 p.m.
As jurors filed out, Subramanian asked prosecutors, Combs' legal team and a lawyer for "Jane" to meet him behind closed doors.
This day of testimony got off to a late start with lawyers debating the scope of questioning for this witness.
2h ago / 9:31 AM PDT
Defense revisits physical fight between 'Jane' and Combs
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
Defense attorney Teny Geragos revisited a physical fight between "Jane" and Combs at her residence in Los Angeles in 2024, which Jane described to the court under her direct testimony.
Jane testified that the drawn-out and violent incident began when she pushed Combs' head into a marble countertop. She said the incident was sparked by her feelings of anger over suspicion he was on a family trip in Turks and Caicos with another woman.
Geragos is revisiting details of the fight, including what Jane said and did. She asked about Jane throwing a candle and glass before locking herself in a bedroom. During her direct testimony, Jane said she locked herself into a closet where she changed clothes.
She alleged that Combs began his own assault on her in the hallway after she exited the closet, and that she ran away and hid behind a wall outside for two hours.
2h ago / 8:49 AM PDT
'Jane' testifies she witnessed positive changes in Combs after Cassie lawsuit
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
There were a number of positive changes in Combs after Cassie Ventura filed her lawsuit alleging he abused her in November 2023, according to "Jane."
Under cross-examination, Jane confirmed to Combs' defense attorney that she felt closer to Combs after the suit was filed. She affirmed the characterizations that she felt much more love from Combs after the suit, whereas before he was often cold and egotistical.
Attorney Teny Geragos asked Jane to confirm that Combs became more apologetic, a better listener and that he spent more quality time with her in that time.
Jane agreed that Combs had done all those things and that she felt she could assert herself more in 2024 than she had in the relationship previously.
2h ago / 8:46 AM PDT
Combs threw birthday celebration that felt 'like like prom,' witness says
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The witness fondly recalled Combs throwing her a birthday celebration that "felt like prom" in Miami in March last year.
The party included a five-course dinner and music, as "Jane" called it "really sweet."
The celebration was so moving, Jane said, that she was OK with hooking up with sex worker "Don" at Combs' direction due to his generosity with the party.
2h ago / 8:36 AM PDT
Sex worker 'Anton' had relationship with another rapper, witness testifies
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
A sex worker whose name has come up often in this trial, "Anton," was known to have a "relationship" with another rapper and his wife, "Jane" said.
Both Jane and Combs had known in early 2024 that Anton was part of a "relationship" with this other, unnamed artist, the witness said in cross-examination by defense lawyer Teny Geragos.
3h ago / 8:22 AM PDT
Defense plays sympathetic voicemail from Combs to 'Jane'
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The defense played a voicemail that Combs left for the witness, appearing to show the music mogul was sympathetic to her feelings after Ventura's bombshell lawsuit.
Combs said he hoped they could mend their relationship "so you can move on with your life, so you don't feel like I wasted your life," according to the message.
He asked Jane, "what will make you feel better?"
3h ago / 8:09 AM PDT
'Jane' texted Combs in 2023 that she's 'processing some sort of trauma'
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and Doha Madani
The defense is going back to messages "Jane" sent Combs in October 2023 where she wrote to him that she was "processing some sort of trauma" and needed time to herself.
She wrote that she wanted to please Combs though deep down she wanted the "night" to end.
Combs' attorney, Teny Geragos, pointed to another message and asked Jane to confirm that she wrote she knew she was consenting verbally. Geragos also pointed to the fact that Jane wrote Combs never knew she was uncomfortable.
Jane confirmed that she did send those messages.
3h ago / 7:56 AM PDT
'Jane' back on the witness stand for more cross-examination
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
"Jane" took the witness stand following this lengthy, closed-door delay to hash out ground rules of her ongoing cross-examination.
Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo, without revealing the specific nature of his side's disagreement with Judge Subramanian's evidentiary ruling, said he fears Combs could be denied his rights to a "totally public trial."
In very cryptic arguments, Agnifilo appeared to say his side needs to delve deeper into an event that only Combs and Jane were party to and thus the defense wants others to corroborate.
In equally cryptic words, Comey argued that getting into more detail would be needless: "Anyone who has witnessed these events can come forward, the suggestion that they need to say the names to get information from the public is nothing more than a pretense to intimidate the witness."
4h ago / 6:50 AM PDT
Setting ground rules for Jane's testimony today
Adam Reiss, Katherine Koretski and David K. Li
The government wants to bar or limit the number of text messages that Combs sent to "Jane" in late 2023 and 2024, saying he knew he was in legal jeopardy in the wake of Cassie Ventura’s lawsuit.
Combs wanted to make self-serving statements — that “hotel nights” and “freak offs” were completely consensual events — as pre-emptive legal strikes, Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey said.
The defense has attacked Jane “up and down” by trying to show that she agreed to these sex acts, using these Combs messages as the alleged proof, Comey said.
U.S. District Court Judge Arun Subramanian appears to be leaning toward prosecutors, ruling against the introduction of at least one allegedly self-serving Combs voicemail.
The judge, both sets of lawyer and an attorney for Jane left the courtroom to discuss, away from the juror’s ears, her upcoming testimony.
5h ago / 5:44 AM PDT
Combs back in court
Adam Reiss and Katherine Koretski
Combs is back in the courtroom this morning, wearing the same orange sweater and khaki pants from yesterday.
When he walked into the courtroom, he hugged members of his defense team.
6h ago / 4:42 AM PDT
Here's what 'Jane' said yesterday
Marlene Lenthang, Adam Reiss and Katherine Koretski
"Jane" testified for her fifth day on the stand yesterday.
In forceful cross-examination, Combs’ lawyers sought to recast "freak offs" as consensual trysts, citing times when Jane texted Combs that she was having fun, and an instance when she initiated hotel nights.
"Yes, that was my suggestion, Combs was excited about that," Jane said in court.
At one point, she broke down in tears as loving messages between her and Combs were read in court.
"I resent him for how much I loved him and couldn’t say no to him," she testified.
She also testified that she was upset Combs spent time with rapper Yung Miami in Turks and Caicos. Seeing photos of them together was a "painful experience," especially given how she had tried to satisfy him with the hotel nights.
7h ago / 4:00 AM PDT
Prosecutors want a juror removed, citing 'lack of candor'
Adam Reiss and Chloe Melas
Yesterday, prosecutors sought to remove one of the jurors — Juror No. 6 — who Combs' defense lawyers claim is among the panel’s Black members. It’s not exactly clear what’s behind the prosecution’s request, though it has cited a "lack of candor."
"We were very reluctant to put in this letter. It appeared to be a lack of candor with the court that raises serious issues with us," Maurene Comey, one of the prosecutors, said yesterday. "We did not want to do this. We were compelled to do that."
7h ago / 4:00 AM PDT
'Jane' back for sixth day on the stand
Adam Reiss and Pilar Melendez
A former girlfriend of Combs’ identified by the pseudonym "Jane" will return for her sixth day on the stand.
Yesterday, Combs' defense team said they would be done with cross-examination in the morning. Prosecutors told U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian that the government would rest its case no later than a week from Friday and perhaps as early as Wednesday next week.
One of the prosecutors, Maurene Comey, also said the government is condensing its case and will soon inform the court and defense which witnesses will be removed from earlier plans.
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