Former 'Diddy' girlfriend returns to the stand
An ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs, known by the pseudonym "Jane," will retake the witness stand Monday to begin a fifth week of testimony at his federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial.
Jane has been telling the jury about a pattern of degrading, drug-fueled sex with male prostitutes that she said she was afraid to discontinue once Combs started paying her rent and funding her life.
Jane testified that Combs began paying her $10,000 monthly rent in 2023 and still pays it now.
"I felt that at any given opportunity Sean was just hovering the house over my head, like just really always brought it up in so many ways that he was paying for it and it just always felt like he wanted me to know that he was doing this for me all the time," she told the jury.
The testimony of a different witness, Bryana Bongolan, prompted the defense to seek a mistrial.
Defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro argued federal prosecutors knowingly introduced false testimony that Combs dangled Bongolan from a balcony in Los Angeles. She said hotel receipts show Combs was in New York when the alleged incident occurred.
Federal prosecutors planned to respond to the defense motion for a mistrial later Monday. Judge Arun Subramanian said he would take up the motion on Tuesday.
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