Sean Combs trial updates: 'Jane' testifies on 'hotel nights' with Combs

The hip-hop mogul is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

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Last updated: Friday, June 6, 2025 11:36PM GMT
DIDDY ON TRIAL: 4th week of testimony  ends with disturbing testimony from Comb's ex-girlfriend
Mike Marza and ABC News Legal Contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the second day of testimony from "Jane."

NEW YORK -- Prosecutors allege that Combs, a three-time Grammy winner, used his fame and fortune to create a deviant empire of exploitation, coercing women into abusive sex parties while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and beatings.

Combs' lawyers argue that all the sexual acts were consensual, and although he could be violent, he never veered into sex trafficking and racketeering.

This story may contain accounts and descriptions of actual or alleged events that some readers may find disturbing.

"Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy," a new podcast from "20/20" and ABC Audio, traces how the whispers of abuse came to light and led to the downfall of Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was once among the most influential entertainers and entrepreneurs in hip hop. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and more.

(ABC News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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Jun 06, 2025, 5:21 PM GMT

'Jane' tells court male escorts came to her birthday: 'I didn't expect that'

In her testimony, "Jane" could not recall how many different men she was paired with during her relationship with Sean Combs.

She was shown photos of men she identified as Don, Paul, Leo and Michael.

There was also a photo of a man whose name she could not remember but she did testify, "I was immediately repulsed by him."

She told the court Combs brought the man to L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills.

"I just remember that he was really sweaty and I saw he didn't look nice and kinda smelled. I was just hesitant with him," Jane testified. "I just tried to make it work. I tried to kind of seduce him with my body and try to make some sort of attraction happen and I just remember him sweating so much."

She testified she was "throwing looks at my partner like I wasn't feeling this" but "Sean saying, 'If I want to taste it' and I was trying to move around that subject."

She testified Combs "laid me down and started having sex with me" while the other man was "hovering on top of me by my face."

"He was telling me to look at it. And I just remember this man sweating on me," "Jane" told the court.

She testified Combs stopped having sex with me, excused the man and then told her a different man, Paul, was coming in.

"Jane" testified Paul was Combs' personal trainer. She told the court she remembered participating in "hotel nights" with Paul in Los Angeles, Miami and Turks and Caicos.

The last time she saw him was July 2024, "Jane" told the court, testimony that seems to suggest Combs was engaging in this conduct while he was under federal investigation.

"Jane" gave tearful, anguished testimony about her birthday in 2023 when she testified she was made to have sex with three different men in addition to Combs.

She testified Combs invited her to Miami for her birthday, telling the court "I expected just quality time with my partner."

At dinner at Nobu, she testified Combs brought up entertaining another man.

"I just gulped. I had this gulp moment like something was stuck in my throat because I didn't expect that," "Jane" testified. "He said 'Well it's your birthday. I thought you wanted to have fun. You should try something new for your birthday,'"

"Jane" began to break down on the witness stand as she told the jury, "I just accepted it."

Prosecutor Maurene Comey asked, "Why?" "Jane" told the court, "I don't know," lamenting, "It had become so routine."

"Jane" began sniffling, wiping her nose and eyes as she testified she turned "robotic."

"I just feel like at this point I had done so many of these that I just know how to just tune out and get in a zone. And I just know what my partner likes to see, and I just turn on this person and I just begin," "Jane" told the court.

As she was about to have sex with the male escort, "Jane" testified she asked Combs for a condom.

"He was very upset. Behind this man I remember Sean giving me these really bad looks, these really dirty looks, like 'You better not ask for a f------ condom,'" "Jane" testified. "He hated it. He was walking away, like so disinterested. He just made me feel really, really bad. I just wanted it to be over."

When the sex ended, "Jane" told the court she and Combs moved to a bigger suite.

"I remember Sean was, he shifted his energy, he was celebratory. He had a surprise for me at the table. There was cake, flowers, I think there was another bracelet, balloons. He made that suite look really nice for me. We had that rare bit of alone time," "Jane" testified.

Then another man entered the room, according to her testimony.

She tearfully testified "just doing so much, just going back and forth between the men."

According to testimony, by the time that man left, it was morning and Combs told her, "Don was coming."

She told the jury she reacted like it was nothing but "inside, I hated it."

Comey asked, "Why did you react like it was nothing if you hated it?" "Jane" could not get through her answer.

"Did Don end up coming?" Comey asked.

"Yes," Jane testified. "We had sex."

Comey asked for the lunch break and escorted Jane from the witness box. Combs appeared to glance at her as she walked from the courtroom.

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Jun 06, 2025, 5:21 PM GMT

'Jane' testifies on bringing drugs, male performers to 'hotel nights'

At "various times" during "hotel nights," "Jane" testified she and Sean Combs would run out of drugs.

"Jane" said Combs would call one of his assistants, butlers, security guards or a man named Guido to supply more.

"I just remember we were running out and he called Guido," Jane told the court. "I remember he brought mostly ecstasy, molly and maybe Xanax and coke. It varied."

Twice "Jane" testified she carried drugs for Combs from Los Angeles to Miami.

"He just told me to go to his Beverly Hills residence and pick it up from security," "Jane" testified. She told the court she recalled speaking with Combs' chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, in advance.

"I remember she was saying, like, 'Hey just call and I'll have security come out and give it to you,'" "Jane" testified. "I just asked her if this was safe and ok."

She told the court about Khorram's response, "She said it's fine I do it all the time. Just put it in your check-in luggage."

The package contained ecstasy that she later took during a hotel night in Miami, "Jane" testified.

At some point, "Jane" testified she began scheduling male escorts for "hotel nights" herself.

"I said if we're going to be doing this I should just choose, choose who was going to be doing that to my body," "Jane" told the court. "I felt like I couldn't get away from this dynamic that was happening and I at least had to make it better for myself."

She testified that she selected a particular performer from pornography videos.

"We watched a few of his videos back-to-back and we talked about his size and everything," Jane told the court.

The performer lived in Atlanta, according to her testimony.

"Jane" testified that either she or a woman named Jess, Combs' travel agent, would book the man's travel to Los Angeles, Miami or New York.

She testified Combs would reimburse her for the flights, a key element of the transportation for the purposes of prostitution charge that Combs faces. He has pleaded not guilty.

"Jane" testified it was the first time "to contact an adult star and meet them in person"

Prosecutor Maurene Comey asked, "Did you want to have sex with him?"

Jane told the court, "No." She added, "He felt like the safe option for me."

The performer was paid $4,000 cash for each hotel night, according to testimony.

Another adult film performer, Anton, became part of "Jane" and Combs' "hotel nights."

"Did you want to have sex with him?" Comey asked.

"No," Jane testified, saying she agreed, "to impress my partner."

She testified Combs "watched and he was happy."

Anton joined "hotel nights" a "good amount of times," "Jane" told the court.

"Jane" testified she asked the men over text to send explicit photos or to FaceTime while Combs secretly watched.

"I wanted to receive these images and videos because my partner wanted to see them and I wanted to turn my partner on," Jane testified.

When sober, or alone, Jane testified "it was not something I would like to see."

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Jun 06, 2025, 5:21 PM GMT

'Jane' testifies about harrowing 'hotel nights': 'So mad at myself'

"Jane" is sobbing through much of her testimony as she told the court the longest "hotel night" occurred on New Year's Eve 2022. She told the court it "lasted three or three and a half days."

"Did you ever get to sleep during a hotel night?" prosecutor Maurene Comey asked.

"No," "Jane" testified. "I would take ecstasy. I would drink caffeine. I would drink water. I would order myself smoothies or protein shakes."

She told the court the ecstasy helped. "I didn't want it to feel like it was too real," "Jane" testified, beginning to sob. "Make things easier."

Twice, she testified she tried to make it through a hotel night without drugs. "I was just tired of doing that to my body," Jane told the court. "I didn't like it. The fantasy of it wasn't there. It wasn't easy. It was just too real that it was happening."

She testified she ended up asking Combs for a pill, which he allegedly provided.

The second time, in October 2023, "Jane" said she was hoping to help Combs get sober.

"I just cared so much about Sean's health and I could just see he was excessively partying on top of all the pills that he takes. I just wanted him to get clean," Jane testified. "He said, 'Okay I'm going to do 30 days without anything.'" She told the court Combs asked for "one last sobriety party."

Asked how long the party lasted, Jane immediately testified, "Too long."

It took place at L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills and lasted 12 to 18 hours, "Jane" testified. After having sex with two male escorts she threw up, according to her testimony.

"Sean came in and I told him that I had just thrown up and he was like, 'That's good you'll feel better now that you've thrown up so let's go' because the third guy was here," Jane testified. "I was just so mad at myself for doing that. I deeply regretted that."

"Did you have sex with a third entertainer after you threw up?" Comey asked. "Yes," Jane testified.

Court then took a brief recess.

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Jun 06, 2025, 5:21 PM GMT

'Jane' reads text from Combs in response to her expressing displeasure with 'hotel nights'

After "hotel nights," "Jane" said she would text Combs, "probably just to say I love him."

Some of the messages were sexually explicit as "Jane" told the court she was playing into his fantasy, "like me saying that I wanted a guy and just to kinda play up on that."

"When you sent these text messages did you want to be having sex with other men?" prosecutor Maurene Comey asked.

"No," "Jane" testified, but continued, "I wanted to turn my lover on."

The jury saw one message from "Jane" in which she wrote she was "horny" for Combs "because that's how I was feeling for him."

Combs responded to the message, "Be explicit," which Jane said she understood to mean "play on the fantasy talk."

She responded, fulfilling Combs' wish, describing desires for sexual interactions with other men and Combs.

Comey asked, "Did you want to do this?"

"Jane" testified, "No."

The jury saw a text message from later in the relationship in which "Jane" tried to communicate her true feelings about "hotel nights."

She testified that she sent it because "I didn't like them and I was realizing this was becoming the dynamic of what we were" and she was, according to her testimony, "getting scared with how often it was starting to become."

Jane read her message: "I wish we could jump this back to when we first started dating...ever since I opened Pandora's box I've never been able to close it...it's hurting me because I'm so much more than being left in the dark in hotel rooms...I don't want to play this role in your life anymore. It's dark, sleazy and it makes me feel disgusted...I don't want to play this role out of fear of losing the roof over my head."

Comey asked her to read Combs' response. "He said, 'Girl stop.'"