NEW YORK— Sean “Diddy” Combs’ current ex-girlfriend went back to the witness box Friday in his sex trafficking test, after affirming that he pushed her right into drug-fueled sex marathons comparable to those defined by one more previous partner, R&B vocalist Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.
The female utilizing the pseudonym “Jane” is amongst numerous witnesses at the test– currently at the end of its 4th week– that charge Combs of physical violence, consisting of Cassie. Combs, 55, has actually begged blameless to running his service realm as a racketeering business that allowed and hid the misuse of ladies over 20 years. If founded guilty, he encounters 15 years to life.
District attorneys doubted Jane regarding sex-related topics best from the beginning Friday, starting with a 2023 journey to Las Las vega where Jane claimed she and Combs had a “resort evening” with an “artist.”
Assistant United State Lawyer Maurene Comey asked if Combs ever before made use of words “fanatic.” Jane claimed he would certainly claim “he desires his fanatic.” She claimed she recognized that to indicate “he desired me to be wild and sex-related.”
Her summary of “resort evenings” has actually carefully paralleled Cassie’s earlier testament regarding many” freak-offs” she had with male sex employees under Combs’ instructions.
Jane claimed throughout her very first day of testament Thursday that she repetitively informed Combs, personally and in creating, that she really did not wish to make love with various other males. However Combs, that paid her rental fee and regulated various other components of her life, maintained pressing her and she really felt “bound” to participate in the “resort evenings,” she claimed.
Jane claimed Thursday that she was familiar with Combs throughout a “women journey” to Miami in 2020 and dated him from 2021 to 2024. She claimed it started as a caring and enthusiastic connection, yet he quickly started sharing his dreams including her with various other males and function having fun. She claimed she concerned regret it.
After Might 2021, she claimed 90% of the moments she made love throughout her connection with Combs, it was with various other males while he saw. Asked if she intended to make love with various other males, Jane gently claimed, “No … simply Sean.”
Both Jane and Cassie have actually defined attempting to hurry via the experiences simply to obtain them over with. Jane claimed the experiences in some cases lasted over 1 day.
The court has actually taken actions to secure Jane’s privacy, consisting of cautioning onlookers not to explain or illustration her in such a way that would certainly expose her identification. The Associated Press does not recognize individuals that claim they’re sufferers of sexual assault unless they select to make their names public, as Cassie has actually done.
On Thursday, Court Arun Subramanian intimidated to expel Combs from the court if he proceeded “sluggish intensely” at jurors, informing attorneys that there ought to be no efforts by him to have a communication with the court.
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Collins reported from Hartford, Connecticut.
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