Diddy's ex-girlfriend's explosive testimony could have been 'puzzling' to jury: expert

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The 5th week of Sean "Diddy" Combs' enactment trafficking and racketeering lawsuit saw the completion of "Jane's" testimony.

Diddy's ex-girlfriend archetypal took the basal connected June 5, finishing her grounds connected June 13. Testifying nether a pseudonym, Jane told the assemblage astir her narration with Diddy from 2021 until his apprehension successful 2024. She claimed Diddy forced her into participating successful "hotel nights" wherever the "Last Night" rapper expected her to person enactment with a antheral escort portion helium watched.

"Overall, the grounds this week from Jane could person been puzzling to the jury," defence lawyer John W. Day told Fox News Digital. "Did she propulsion unneurotic for jurors the web of Diddy's power and intimidation that builds the instauration for RICO convictions? She did accidental she felt similar a 'sex idiosyncratic successful my ain relationship,' which suggests an constituent of power connected Diddy's part." 

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"The assemblage whitethorn usage her grounds to recognize wherefore idiosyncratic would prosecute successful that benignant of conduct, and yet they inactive whitethorn consciousness conflicted astir her information successful these enactment acts and her narration with Diddy. She testified arsenic a prosecution witness, but did she rise much questions than she answered successful the caput of the jurors astir wherefore she continued to prosecute with Diddy? I judge the grounds from Jane cuts some ways," Day noted.

Sketch of P. Diddy and lawyers successful  court.

Sean "Diddy" Combs confers with his lawyers aft a gathering with the justice during his enactment trafficking proceedings connected June 12. (Jane Rosenberg)

Jane's dayslong testimony "painted a portrait" akin to that of Diddy's ex, Cassie Ventura. However, 1 ineligible adept told Fox News Digital Jane's allegations mightiness not beryllium capable to person a assemblage Diddy's behaviour was criminal.

"Jane’s grounds highlighted the defendant's usage of his wealthiness and resources, factors which were portrayed by the prosecutors arsenic a means to power and unit these women into intersexual situations with paid antheral escorts, or, by the defense, to foster loving consensual relationships that happened to see enactment with antheral prostitutes," John J. Perlstein, a Los Angeles based litigator, told Fox News Digital. "I deliberation the astir absorbing portion is that the defendant’s behaviour isn’t successful quality – it's simply up to the assemblage to determine whether that behaviour was, successful fact, criminal."

A sketch of P. Diddy successful  court.

A sketch portrays a country from national tribunal during the Sean "Diddy" Combs proceedings connected June 13. (Jane Rosenberg)

Here's a look astatine the astir explosive moments from Jane's testimony.

Diddy's alleged absorption to public merchandise of his onslaught connected Cassie Ventura

Jane's grounds gave the assemblage penetration into however Diddy reacted erstwhile surveillance footage of the rapper attacking Cassie Ventura went nationalist successful May 2024. Jane said she was dating Diddy astatine the clip and was astatine his home, wherever she allegedly witnessed his household travel unneurotic to marque a crippled program for his response.

"She said she saw him consult with his squad and spell into harm power mode to antagonistic the antagonistic publicity," Day, proprietor of the Santa Fe, New Mexico-based, instrumentality signifier John Day Law, said.

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Jane aboriginal explained that she ne'er experienced Combs' alleged unit earlier the video came out. It wasn't until June 2024 that Jane alleged Diddy archetypal laid hands connected her.

"So she [allegedly] experienced home unit firsthand successful the relationship," Day explained. "In fact, she said that occurred not agelong aft the video of Cassie being assaulted astatine a edifice showed up connected television. It’s uncommon for a witnesser to supply specified a 360-degree presumption of what relation unit plays successful a defendant’s narration with women."

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Jane's longest ‘hotel night’

At 1 constituent successful Jane's testimony, she claimed the longest "hotel night" she experienced was during New Year's successful 2022. The "hotel night" allegedly lasted 3 days and progressive 3 antithetic men. After the alleged enactment session, Jane confronted Diddy astir a travel helium took different pistillate on.

Jane work her substance connection to Diddy successful court. She wrote, "It's not close however you're treating maine close present and however you're doing me. We had specified an astonishing New Year's Eve week together, and the past happening I would expect from you is coming astatine maine sideways astir a miss you like. To adjacent beryllium speaking to maine astir different female, disquieted astir her to me, is thing I've ne'er seen before. You wholly had your mode and much with New Year's Eve week, conscionable to nonstop maine location to interest astir a doctor's visit, handling entertainment, impeach maine of lying, past instrumentality different miss connected vacation. Ignoring america for days to prioritize that close present shows wherever your attraction is, and it's not for me. Cold. I'd ne'er marque you consciousness similar that. We person been truthful good. You were telling maine you emotion me, I'm your baby, however you're not going to usage me, each to dainty maine similar this. Why? You person maine feeling truthful taken vantage of and regretting everything."

Diddy wears a khaki sweater successful  court

Diddy's ex-girlfriend testified during the 5th week of trial. (Jane Rosenberg)

A ineligible adept explained wherefore Jane's grounds could beryllium seen arsenic harmful to the prosecution.

"The information for the prosecution is that jurors mightiness spot successful this grounds reasons wherefore a idiosyncratic mightiness consciousness scorned by Diddy and present beryllium blessed to question revenge," Day explained. "This benignant of witnesser grounds is relatable to jurors, whether they person idiosyncratic acquisition oregon cognize radical who person gone done a horrendous infinitesimal successful a relationship."

"In the minds of a juror, this could beryllium a peg for questioning the credibility of Jane and her motives present that she is simply a prosecution witness."

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Former national authoritative Neama Rahmani explained to Fox News Digital, "Jane was Combs' astir caller woman up until the clip of his arrest. And determination were substance messages from her to Combs successful which she said she's not a enactment robot, porn prima oregon carnal and that she didn't privation to person enactment with strangers. We heard audio of Jane asking the enactment workers to deterioration a condom and Combs telling them not to. That's grounds of unit and coercion for enactment trafficking."

"We besides heard that 1 of the entertainers sold a enactment portion of a freak disconnected to a large media company," said Rahmani, laminitis of West Coast Trial Lawyers. "That indispensable beryllium the video that 1 of the victim's lawyers said they had seen. An HSI cause testified astir the drugs and guns recovered erstwhile they raided Combs' L.A. location with much than a 1000 bottles of babe lipid and lube."

Diddy is paying for Jane's lawyer, contempt her grounds against him

Jane testified that Diddy was inactive paying for her lawyer and her rent. During cross-examination, the rapper's defence confirmed helium had ne'er interfered with Jane's representation.

"Another portion of Jane’s grounds that astir apt came arsenic a daze to immoderate radical was erstwhile she said that Diddy is inactive paying for her lawyer. But lawyers watching the proceedings recognize this benignant of statement is reasonably common," Day explained. "It may, however, rise questions with jurors astir conflicts of involvement and motivation. Jurors mightiness look astatine this statement arsenic questionable and that would impact their cognition of what Jane has testified to."

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Diddy allegedly became convulsive with Jane successful 2024

Jane testified Thursday astir an alleged convulsive altercation she experienced astatine her location successful June 2024. Jane testified that she called Diddy a "pedophile" portion confronting him astir a younger pistillate and that Combs kicked the doors successful her location "literally disconnected the hinges" portion pursuing her around. Jane said she felt the combat escalated aft she pushed Combs' caput into a marble countertop and threw candles toward the rapper. After the rapper allegedly chased Jane done her home, she claimed she made a tally for the beforehand door.

Damage allegedly done to Jane's maestro  bath  doorway  by Diddy

Photo of Jane's maestro bath doorway showing harm allegedly done by Diddy. (SDNY)

Evidence successful  Diddy's proceedings  shows harm  done to a chamber  door.

The assemblage successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' proceedings was shown grounds of harm done to Jane's maestro chamber door. (SDNY)

"Sean kicked maine from the backmost of my thigh, and past I fell down connected my butt," Jane testified. "And past helium picked maine up successful a chokehold and choked me." Jane claimed she ran astir six blocks distant from the location and waited for astir 2 hours earlier returning. Once home, the combat betwixt her and Combs continued. As the combat turned physical, Jane recalled Combs punching her twice. She ran into the backyard and laid down successful the grass, covering her face, caput and assemblage with her hands. Combs allegedly punched and kicked her "several times" portion successful this presumption earlier helium dragged her backmost into the home.

Jane claimed she "just kept saying, ‘Leave maine the f--- alone. Leave maine the f--- alone. Just leave. Just leave.’" She added, "And I conscionable kept saying that I hated him."

Jane recalled getting into the ablution to cleanable off. At this point, Combs allegedly slapped her until she mislaid her equilibrium and fell over. 

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Jane engaged successful stand-off with Diddy's defense

Jane's cross-examination became heated Tuesday erstwhile defence lawyer Teny Geragos began questioning Diddy's ex-girlfriend astir the wealth helium spent connected her and gifts she received from the rapper.

Sean "Diddy" Combs

Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution successful the indictment unsealed successful September 2024. He has pleaded not guilty. (Jordan Strauss)

Texts to Combs from Jane astir the "Last Night" rapper buying purses for different pistillate were brought up successful court. Geragos commented that Jane besides received a container of her own.

"No, I lone got trauma … aft three-and-a-half years, I truly don’t deliberation I garnered anything," Jane told the court.

Geragos asked, "How overmuch bash Bottega bags cost?" to which Jane replied, "How overmuch does my assemblage cost?" earlier asking the tribunal for a interruption from testimony. When tribunal resumed, Jane apologized to Geragos.

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