Diddy trial latest: Anonymous ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs giving evidence - after judge threatens to throw rapper out of court

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2 days ago

19:23:35
Third alleged victim 'Jane' begins her testimony
The government calls "Jane" to the stand.
Jane, who is giving evidence under a pseudonym, is a former girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs.
After Cassie Ventura and "Mia", a former personal assistant to the hip-hop mogul, she is the third alleged victim to give evidence during this trial.
Jane was allegedly engaged in commercial sex acts "as a result of force, fraud or coercion" by Combs.
"The defendant used lies, drugs, threats, and violence to force and coerce, first, Cassie, and later Jane, to have sex with him in front of male escorts," prosecutors said in their opening statement at the beginning of the trial.
Judge Arun Subramanian tells the court her real name will not be mentioned in court. Evidence monitors have been switched off in overflow rooms.
19:18:03
Investigative analyst answers questions on Cassie's mobile phones
Enrique Santos tells the court he is an investigative analyst for the US attorney's office for the Southern District of New York.
His duties include forensic examination of mobile phones, tablets and other devices with GPS technology, the jury is told.
Santos says he has carried out close to 3,000 mobile phone "extractions", which means preserving and analysing electronic data, during his career, and tells the court about the methods and tools he uses for his work.
He says he was asked to extract three iPhones for this case and later found out they belonged to Cassie Ventura. They were generally in good shape, he says.
Santos says investigators recovered several deleted records from the devices.
After a few questions from both the prosecution and the defence, he finishes his evidence.
18:57:20
Court back in session
Jurors are now coming back into the courtroom in Manhattan, New York, following the lunch break.
The government calls investigative analyst Enrique Santos as the next witness.
18:32:13
Judge threatens to remove Diddy from court for nodding at jurors
Before proceedings get under way again, we have an update from court during the break.
Judge Arun Subramanian has threatened to remove Sean "Diddy" Combs from the courtroom, telling lawyers he has been "clear" there should be no facial expressions to the jury.
During one line of questioning today, the rapper was "nodding" and looking at jurors, the judge said. "That is absolutely unacceptable."
Defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo tells the judge this will not happen again.
"If it happens again, I will give an instruction to the jury or it could result in the exclusion of your client from the courtroom," the judge said.
Court artist Jane Rosenberg, who has been watching Combs in court for the past months, told Sky News's US partner NBC News that he has been making facial expressions at jurors since the start of the trial.
Combs has been attempting to interact with various members of the jury, both affirmatively and negatively depending on the testimony, she said. Several NBC reporters and producers have witnessed the same.
17:57:50
Court breaks for lunch
Bryana Bongolan's evidence has finished and Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed the jury for lunch.
Proceedings continue at 1.30pm New York time - so 6.30pm here in the UK.
We'll be back then with live updates from court.
17:50:56
Witness says she was 'terrified' and will 'never forget' allegedly being held over balcony
Madison Smyser asks redirect questions for the prosecution after Bryana Bongolan's cross-examination by the defence.
She asks Bongolan if she has any doubt that Sean "Diddy" Combs held her over the balcony.
"I have no doubt," she replies.
She tells the court she is not receiving any money for appearing in court, but is giving evidence "to seek justice".
"Did you remember every single detail?" Smyster asks.
"No," Bongolan replies.
Smyser: "Are there things you will never forget?"
Bongolan: "Absolutely, I will never forget him holding me on that balcony."
Smyser: "How did you feel?"
Bongolan: "Terrified."
17:45:56
'One person cannot be in California and New York at the same time'
The court hears about events in New York that Sean "Diddy" Combs attended around 26 September 2016, and bills from the Trump International Hotel on that date.
This is also when the balcony-dangling incident at Cassie's apartment in Los Angeles is alleged to have happened.
Defence lawyer Nicole Westmoreland says it can't be true that Combs injured Bryana Bongolan on that date as "one person cannot be in California and New York at the same time".
Bongolan says she can't remember about the date. During her earlier testimony, the court heard of a photo of a bruise on her leg that she said was taken a few hours after the incident.
Metadata from this photo shows it was taken on 26 September 2016, the court hears.
Asked if she has lied to the jury, Bongolan says she "can't agree".
17:25:32
'I don't want any problems,' witness says she told Diddy
The court now hears Bryana Bongolan returned to Cassie Ventura's LA apartment within a fortnight of Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly dangling her over the edge of a balcony on the 17th floor.
Ventura invited Bongolan to stay over for a night of drinking, smoking and cooking, text messages showed.
Asked if she returned to the same place less than two weeks after Combs "caused you significant injuries and terror", she says she did.
Bongolan says she was "trying to be cool" with Combs and that she had told him, "I don't want any problems".
17:14:59
Witness went to Diddy concert after alleged balcony incident
Returning to the alleged balcony dangling incident, defence attorney Nicole Westmoreland asks witness Bryana Bongolan if she was screaming.
"Yes, I was screaming," she replies.
Asked if anyone else called the police, she says she has no idea.
As the defence has done with other witnesses, Westmoreland points out that Bongolan kept socialising with Sean "Diddy" Combs even after incidents of alleged violence.
Bongolan admits she shared cannabis with Combs on an occasion following the alleged balcony incident, but says she was trying to maintain some distance.
She confirms she later went to one of his concerts, in October 2016, and to a private party the day after.
Asked if she was wearing a neck brace, she said she needed after the balcony incident, Bongolan replies: "I probably should have."