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The jury in Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial heard testimony mentioning a handful of A-list celebrity names from the rapper's former employees during week three.
• The trial so far: Mia is the latest witness to accuse Combs of various forms of abuse during his sex-trafficking trial. Ventura, his former girlfriend, gave nearly 20 hours of often graphic testimony alleging he used violence and blackmail to make her participate in drug-fueled sex parties known as “Freak Offs.”
Steel also questioned "Mia’s" prior testimony that she escaped Combs with Ventura in Turks and Caicos by paddle-boarding out to sea. Steel asked whether there were any text messages, emails or photographs referring to the alleged event. "Mia" testified that there were not.
Combs, 55, faces multiple charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. He has been jailed since September, when he was ordered held without bail. He has pleaded not guilty and at his final pre-trial hearing, rejected a plea deal.
The third week of Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial featured testimony from the second of three women expected to testify that the hip-hop mogul sexually abused them.
Through the course of three weeks of testimony in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, one man has loomed large even as he remains locked up in a prison, more than 2,500 miles away. That man is Marion “Suge” Knight, the rap impresario who was viewed by many as Combs’ chief competitor at the peak of Combs’ prominence atop the hip-hop world.
Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, spent four days on the stand in the first week of testimony, saying she “felt trapped” into engaging in orchestrated sexual encounters, known as “freak offs,” with male escorts at hotels and homes — sessions that she said Combs funded.
The second week of Sean Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial featured a dozen witnesses who described the music mogul's physical attacks on others or who provided testimony addressing the government's charges.