In November 2023, after Cassie Ventura filed her explosive civil lawsuit against Sean Combs, "Mia" heard from Combs' bodyguard known as D Roc, according to messages read in court.
"DROC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi, hi, hi. How are you. I miss you SO F------ MUCH. Ahhhh!!!" "Mia" wrote in the text messages read for the jury after she said D Roc reached out.
"I'm about to call you," he messaged back.
In the phone call, "Mia" testified that "D Roc first started catching me up on his life, what was going on. It sounded like a normal conversation and then he changed it to, it's crazy what's going on."
In her testimony, "Mia" quoted D Roc saying, "Because, you know, Puff and Cass would just fight like a normal couple."
"Mia" told the court the tone made her skeptical. "That's not how D Roc talks and D Roc was around that a lot," Mia testified. "He had witnessed the violence."
Prosecutor Madison Smyser asked, "Would you say the fights were normal?"
"Absolutely not," "Mia" told the court.
"Mia" testified that D Roc persisted and eventually said Combs was going to call her, which "Mia" testified he did.
"I threw my phone as far as it would go and I ran outside," "Mia" told the court. "It was just so triggering."
Then came a follow-up message from D Roc: "Your boy said to call you. He doesn't want or need you to do anything," the message said.
"Mia" testified she remembered thinking, "Oh my gosh it's not going to stop."
More messages from D Roc followed in February 2024, including one that said "Let me send you something," which "Mia" testified she understood to mean money.
On Feb. 4, 2024 "Mia" received a message from Combs. "Hey 'Mia.' It's Puff. Please let me know when you get 10 min. to talk."
She did not respond, she told the court. "I was terrified," she testified.
Another message followed three days later.
"Hey. I don't want to be blowing up your phone. Just needed to talk to you for 10 minutes. Just need my memory jogged on some things. You were my right hand for years so I just need to speak to you to remember who was even around me. And it would be good to hear your voice," the message read.
"Mia" testified she ignored that message too. Smyser asked why she did not respond when it seemed Combs was being nice. "I knew it was a front," "Mia" testified.
"Mia's" direct testimony ended by her explaining to the jury that she has been unable to hold a job since leaving Combs.
"I haven't been able to do it because I suffer from complex, severe PTSD," she testified. "I would be trigged by really normal situations with like an overwhelming sense of fear of being in trouble."
Smyser asked, "Who was the person who caused these feelings?"
"Mia" testified, "Puff."
Court is in a brief break prior to "Mia's" cross-examination.