Diddy Trial: Day 22 (LIVE UPDATES) Ex-Girlfriend ‘Jane’ Once Again Faces Cross-Examination.

What to know about the sex trafficking trial

• Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former girlfriend, identified in court by the pseudonym “Jane,” returns for her sixth day of testimony today.
• Jane once again faces cross-examination from defense attorney Teny Geragos about her relationship with Combs in an attempt to recast her allegations of forced sex, physical violence and abuse.

‘Jane’ back for sixth day on the stand

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.

Setting ground rules for Jane’s testimony today

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.

‘Jane’ back on the witness stand for more cross-examination

“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.”

‘Jane’ texted Combs in 2023 that she’s ‘processing some sort of trauma’

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.

Defense plays sympathetic voicemail from Combs to ‘Jane’

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?”

Sex worker ‘Anton’ had relationship with another rapper, witness testifies

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.

Combs threw birthday celebration that felt ‘like like prom,’ witness says

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.

‘Jane’ testifies she witnessed positive changes in Combs after Cassie lawsuit

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.

Defense revisits physical fight between ‘Jane’ and Combs

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.

S: NBC News

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