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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend took the stand Monday and testified for the third day within the rapper’s federal trial for intercourse crimes.
His ex, who testified underneath the pseudonym “Jane,” instructed prosecutors that there have been occasions she felt coerced into lodge nights with Diddy and that the Unhealthy Boy Information founder nonetheless pays for each her authorized charges and hire.
Jane recalled alleged cases of abuse whereas courting Diddy on and off for 3 years and up till the week earlier than he was arrested in New York Metropolis on federal costs.
JENTIFER RELEASE, a former assistant U.S. Lawyer within the Southern District of New York who now practices at Dykema, instructed Fox Information Digital that Jane’s testimony could also be “highly effective” to the jury.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend took the stand Monday and testified for the third day within the rapper’s federal trial for intercourse crimes. (Jane Rosenberg)
“Jane Doe commented on the consistency between her expertise and that of Cassie Ventura after she learn Ventura’s civil lawsuit,” Beidel stated. “If the jury additionally finds the 2 ladies’s experiences comparable, Jane Doe’s testimony turns into highly effective corroboration of Ventura’s testimony. Including within the voice memos might lend much more credence to the 2 ladies’s accounts, as these voice memos are proof of Mr. Combs’ views on the time in his personal phrases.”
Jane instructed the court docket that Diddy requested her about coercion after he allegedly compelled her to take medication earlier than having intercourse with a male escort. She testified about Diddy’s alleged violent habits and stated he as soon as put her in a chokehold after kicking and punching her. The jury was proven video proof of Jane’s accidents, which included a bruised eye and welts on her brow.
Texts proven in federal court docket on Monday between Diddy and Jane revealed that she felt manipulated and needed financial revenue.
The rapper allegedly texted Jane again, “F— you.” Jane allegedly instructed Diddy, “You are the one opportunist … you had three years of enjoyable with my physique … you had been a full time job and consumed my life.” The “Final Night time” rapper allegedly texted again that he was blocking Jane’s quantity and in addition calling the police.
“You conned me into sucking d— for you,” Jane allegedly texted. After a number of texts, she wrote, “I’ll kill myself.”
Diddy listened to testimony from an ex-girlfriend, who testified underneath the nickname “Jane.” (Jane Rosenberg)
“Early within the trial, the prosecutors launched intensive proof to help their principle that Combs used violence and threats of violence to coerce Ventura into partaking in sexual exercise,” former federal prosecutor Mark Chutkow instructed Fox Information Digital. “Nonetheless, the prosecution’s proof of Jane Doe’s alleged coercion facilities extra on emotional manipulation than violence. That might show to be a weak spot for the prosecution case as a result of Jane’s proof was launched later within the trial, nearer to when the jurors will deliberate.”
Mark Chuktow, who now practices at Dykema, added, “Consequently, it’d dilute the impression of Ventura’s earlier testimony as a result of Jane’s proof is much less clear-cut relating to whether or not Combs coerced her to have interaction in sexual exercise. To counter this, the prosecutors would possibly put extra weight in closing arguments on the proof that Combs blackmailed each ladies into complying together with his sexual calls for by threats of destroying their reputations and careers by publicly exposing the video recordings of their participation within the freak-offs.
“Blackmail like this would possibly resonate extra with the jury than Combs’ emotional manipulation of Jane when deciding whether or not or not the victims consented to the sexual exercise.”
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Cassie Ventura beforehand supplied testimony about her at-times unstable relationship with Diddy. (Amanda Edwards)
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In court docket, Jane testified that after fleeing from the “All Concerning the Benjamins” rapper throughout an alleged violent encounter, she returned to the house and claimed she was on the patio when she allegedly punched Diddy round his temple on his brow. He allegedly retaliated by punching Jane within the head twice within the brow and eye space.
She instructed the court docket she retreated to a deep a part of the yard, fell and curled up in a ball to cowl her head and face whereas Diddy allegedly continued to punch and kick her. He allegedly stated Jane was attempting to take him away from his children and household.
Sean “Diddy” Combs talks together with his legal professionals on the seventeenth day of testimony in his federal trial. (Jane Rosenberg)
Diddy then allegedly grabbed Jane by the hair and her arm and dragged her again into the home, saying she was “f—ing loopy.” She claimed to maintain asking him to go away.
“Jane’s testimony is extra of the identical regarding the defendant’s conduct, and it definitely doesn’t paint a superb image of Mr. Combs,” Los Angeles litigator John J. Perlstein instructed Fox Information Digital. “It’s exhausting to say whether or not or not the jury is numb to all of it. Nonetheless, they’re unlikely to be shocked by Jane’s testimony given what everybody else has stated so far.
“This trial is a prolonged course of for jurors, and recordings and movies of the testimonies sometimes fare higher than readings.”
Jane additionally testified to being with Diddy when she noticed the video of the rapper assaulting Cassie Ventura on the InterContinental Lodge in 2016. Diddy was together with his family and friends in Could 2024 when she was invited to a “huddle,” the place she remembered the group attempting to give you a type of a honest apology submit relating to the video.
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She instructed the court docket that she by no means heard the “Victory” rapper deny he was the one within the video assaulting Cassie. Jane testified that Diddy confirmed her a remaining draft of what he would say, and she or he understood he would submit it on social media. She stated she thought the message was heartfelt.
Jane claimed they finally talked concerning the video in June or July 2024. Diddy allegedly instructed her that was the one time he and Cassie had bodily violence. Diddy allegedly instructed Jane that Cassie “was a hitter.”
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Lawyer Christopher Melche instructed Fox Information Digital, “Jane testified about horrific acts of abuse within the relationship just like what Cassie skilled, however what was distinctive about her testimony at present is that Jane remains to be having her hire paid for by Diddy to this very day, and so they continued their relationship proper as much as the time that he was arrested, so I am unsure how the jury goes to reconcile all of those horrible issues that occurred to her and the way her hire is being paid and accepted proper ’til now.”
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In a federal indictment unsealed on Sept. 17, Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy (RICO); intercourse trafficking by pressure, fraud or coercion; and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. If discovered responsible, he faces a minimal of 15 years behind bars or a most sentence of life in jail.
He has maintained his innocence all through the trial, the place witnesses have testified to alleged rape, sexual assault, extreme bodily abuse, compelled labor and drug trafficking. The trial is predicted to wrap up by July 4.
Tracy Wright is an leisure reporter for Fox Information Digital. Ship story tricks to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
