Diddy trial drags Madonna, Judd Apatow, Chadwick Boseman into weekslong battle over rapper's sex-trafficking, racketeering charges
Three more celebrity names came up in rapid succession during the testimony of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex-assistant Mia, as her text messages about A-listers were shown to jurors.
Mia — who worked for the Bad Boy Records founder from 2009 to 2017 — texted Combs many times in the years after she stopped working for him.
Mia texted the 'I'll Be Missing You' rapper on March 8, 2019, telling him to watch the Netflix show 'Love' by comedic director Judd Apatow.
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Mia also sent Combs a text on May 14, 2020, about the death of record executive and media mogul Andre Harrell — the man credited with discovering Combs.
'Puff my heart is broken about Dre. I've spent all week crying for you as well,' Mia texted him.
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Later she also texted about actor Chad Boseman's death.
Combs replied: 'How are you? Yeah, life is crazy.'
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