Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Defense Depicts Ex-Girlfriend as Willing Sex Partner: Trial Takeaways
Posted on: Jun 11, 2025 03:42 IST | Posted by: Nytimes
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In her fourth day on the stand, the woman who dated Sean Combs until his arrest recalled fond times in their relationship, as well as jealousy and unwanted escorts.
In the 20th day of testimony in Sean Combs’s federal trial, lawyers for the music mogul cross-examined a former girlfriend, highlighting her feelings of affection for him and the agency she had in their relationship in an effort to counter prosecutors’ narrative of a romance curdled by intimidation and coercion.
Mr. Combs, the music producer and impresario also known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. The government has accused him of running a “criminal enterprise” whose objectives included coercing women into sex and covering it up.
The woman, Jane — who is appearing in court under a pseudonym to protect her privacy — is the second person put forth by prosecutors as a victim in the case, after Casandra Ventura, the singer known as Cassie, who testified over four days last month.
Mr. Combs has pleaded not guilty, and the defense has argued that Jane and Ms. Ventura were willing participants in sex acts with the mogul.
Here are takeaways from the day in court.
In her initial, gripping testimony as a government witness, Jane told jurors of being pressured to participate in drug-fueled sex marathons with male prostitutes at Mr. Combs’s direction. She called the sessions “hotel nights” or “debauchery” and said she suffered frequent urinary tract infections as a result. One time, she said, she had even been pressured to have sex after vomiting; she testified that Mr. Combs also used financial leverage against her.
But Teny Geragos, a lawyer for Mr. Combs, focused on the positive side of the couple’s tumultuous three-year relationship and Jane acknowledged cherishing their time cuddling and watching “Dateline” on television. She bathed Mr. Combs and comforted him with foot rubs. “He was my baby,” Jane said.
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