The fifth week of Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial featured four days of testimony from a former girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym Jane. Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has pleaded not guilty in the trial. Week six kicked off on Monday (June 16), but here’s a refresher of seven notable moments from last week’s proceedings.
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1. Jane Says She Still Loves Diddy
Jane testified for six days about her over three-year relationship with Combs, starting in week four. She said her plans to meet him at a New York hotel last September were interrupted by his arrest. Her testimony continued for four of the week’s five trial days, as she emotionally told about her conflicted feelings toward Combs. She told a prosecutor:
“I just pray for his continued healing, and I pray for peace for him.” And when a defense lawyer asked if she still loved him, she responded: “I do.”
When she finished her testimony, she walked to the prosecutor and hugged her, before doing the same with the defense attorney. The jury was still in the room.
Jane said she resents that she felt forced to have sex with strangers in multiday sex marathons. Meanwhile, the man she longed most to cuddle with filmed and fed her drugs to give her energy to satisfy his sexual fantasies. Her testimony echoed what the jury heard in the trial’s first week when Casandra “Cassie” Ventura testified for four days. She spoke about engaging in hundreds of multiday “freak-offs” while dating Diddy from 2007 to 2018. Cassie testified to having sex with male sex workers in front of Combs, who masturbated, filmed the encounters, and verbalized what he wanted to see sexually.
2. Jane Testifies About A Hotel Night With A Famous Rapper
Jane said she and Sean “Diddy” Combs split from Halloween 2023 until February 2024. During the break, she said, she flew on another famous rapper’s private jet to Las Vegas, joining the celebrity to celebrate his romantic partner’s birthday. The rapper was close friends with Diddy. Their night included dinner, a visit to a strip club, and a hotel room party. Jane testified that the rapper told her he had always wanted to have sex with her. She said she danced in the hotel room, where a male sex worker was having sex with a woman. At some point, Jane also flashed her breasts. She said she referred a male sex worker she knew.
Jane did not name-drop the rapper. However, she agreed that the famous rapper was “an individual at the top of the music industry as well … an icon in the music industry.” Jane also said the rapper and his partner were looking for someone they could add to their sexual experiences who was “in the lifestyle.”
“I believe they were asking me because maybe they just picked up the energy from me or I just maybe assumed that maybe they had already got an inclination that me and Sean had been doing kind of similar things,” she said.
3. Ye (Kanye West) Pops Up At Courthouse
A day after Jane finished testifying, Ye made a surprise appearance at the courthouse, but wasn’t able to get into the courtroom where his good friend Diddy is on trial. Ye, wearing all white, was ushered by courthouse security to an overflow courtroom to watch the trial on a video monitor along with others who were unable to get into the courtroom.
Courthouse security ushered Ye, who was wearing all white, to an overflow courtroom to watch the trial on a video monitor. He lasted only a few minutes there before he left the courthouse. The only thing he said during his visit was that he was there to support Combs.
4. Jury Learns Diddy Likes Crime TV
It turns out that Sean Combs, the subject of several true-crime TV documentaries, is a bit of a true-crime fan himself. Jane revealed in week five that his favorite show is ‘Dateline.’ It’s a magazine-style NBC show that is heavy on murders and mysteries. She told jurors that, in their alone time together, she and Combs would watch ‘Dateline’ for hours, “till we fell asleep.” Jane testified that other activities they did together included hugging, cuddling, bathing, and giving him foot rubs.
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5. Jane Was Planning To Meet Diddy When He Got Arrested
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6. Defense Protests Judge’s Effort To Protect Jane, Others’ Identities
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7. Defense Accuses Prosecutors Of Targeting Black Jurors
