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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs accused of ‘stealing' phones and using ‘tracking devices'

Sean ‘Diddy' Combs accused of ‘stealing' phones and using ‘tracking devices'

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs would "steal" the phones of his assistant and girlfriend and used "tracking devices" to monitor them, a court has heard. The claims have been made in 55-year-old Combs's ongoing sex trafficking case which has now entered its fourth week. A former personal assistant under the alias of 'Mia' has been testifying against the music mogul and returned to court in New York on Monday to answer further questions after previously giving evidence last Thursday and Friday.

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