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‘Diddy' trial takeaways: Defense questions ex-employee on why she kept working for Sean Combs despite alleged abuse
A former employee of Sean 'Diddy' Combs faced sharp questions on cross-examination Friday as the hip-hop mogul's federal racketeering and sex trafficking trial ended its third week of testimony. The employee – testifying under the pseudonym 'Mia' – testified with a stronger tone under cross examination, in contrast to her guarded manner during questioning by prosecutors when she spoke with her head bowed down and her bangs covering her face, at times responding in nearly a whisper. She is expected to resume cross-examination on Monday. Her testimony comes as the prosecution has sought to show Combs and his inner circle formed a criminal enterprise that used threats, violence, forced labor, drugs, bribery, arson, kidnapping and lies in order to coerce his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura into participating in 'Freak Offs' and to protect the music mogul's reputation. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted, he could face a sentence of up to life in prison. His defense has acknowledged Combs was violent but has questioned the motives of those testifying, and has said the accusations fall short of a racketeering conspiracy. Here's what we learned on Friday. Mia testified on Thursday that Combs physically and sexually assaulted her, humiliated her and forced her to work grueling hours during her employment. On cross-examination Friday, defense attorney Brian Steel challenged her to explain why she still worked there from 2009 until 2017. 'In an abusive relationship there's a cycle of violence,' she said. 'I was young and manipulated and eager to survive. I'm unraveling a lot of this now in therapy. Nobody was there to say these things that were happening were wrong. There was nobody around us that ever even flinched at his behavior.' 'Why did you need someone else saying that it was wrong of Mr. Combs to make you feel like he would kill you?' Steel asked. Mia said there was a difference between her 'logic brain' and her 'trauma brain,' and the latter often won out. 'Eventually it becomes normalized and you're just trying to get back to the good. You make excuses for people. I'm a people-pleaser, I'm an empath, I'm a rule-follower,' Mia said. 'I just wanted to do my best and make everybody happy all the time.' Steel suggested three times that Mia made up her sexual assault allegations against Combs, but she stood firm. 'What I said in this courtroom is true. I have not lied to anyone at all,' she said. In addition, Steel asked Mia why she sent distraught messages threatening suicide in December 2016 after she learned her primary work project, Revolt Films, would be shutting down. Mia said she had finally gotten to the point where she was working in film and TV and loved what she did, in spite of alleged abuse from her boss. 'I didn't want to leave the company that I built where I was actually starting to see my dreams come to fruition,' she testified. Steel asked why it wouldn't be a good thing, since then she would be away from her abuser. 'At the time I didn't realize that,' Mia said. 'In hindsight, fantastic, but at the time the worst thing in the world.' The defense confronted Mia with about three dozen warm and friendly social media posts Mia made about Combs over the years following the alleged sexual assaults she described to the jury on Thursday. Defense attorney Steel highlighted some of the posts, including birthday wishes and photos of them together at Burning Man and at star-studded events. In some captions she called Combs her 'mentor,' an 'inspiration' and a 'legend,' signing several posts with 'Love You.' For example, in June 2014, Combs posted an Instagram photo of them together for her birthday and wrote, 'Beside every great man is a great woman' and 'Ps sorry I was acting crazy last night.' She reposted it and added, 'love you, you've shown me the world.' However, Mia testified that Combs had threatened her life the night before. She also posted a photo collage of him on Instagram for his 45th birthday, adding, 'Thank you for being the good kind of crazy and continuing to inspire me every day.' Steel challenged how Mia could write those words about someone who 'ruined' her life. On the stand, Mia said social media was about showing how great your life is – even if it isn't true – and said promoting her life around Combs was part of the job. 'The highs were high and the goods were good. You just fought so hard to stay in that,' Mia said. 'I was in fear any time Puff was not happy because I wanted to make sure that he was, because then I was safe,' she also testified. At the end of her direct testimony earlier on Friday, Mia testified about the end of her work relationship with Combs, her struggles with severe PTSD and her inability to keep a job. Mia testified that while she was in South Africa with Ventura in 2015, Combs threatened her, cursed at her, and threatened her job if she didn't return home early. Mia later emailed him about the price of flights and flight changes, asking him to tell her what to do and saying she loved him. 'I'm tiptoeing, that's the way I would survive so I didn't make him more mad or make him think that I thought what he was doing was wrong,' Mia testified. She testified that she tried to 'run away' from the job multiple times but felt she would never be able to be hired again. 'He would have destroyed my reputation,' she said. 'I was scared of him.' Their work relationship broke down for good in the fall of 2016, when Mia said she was told by another executive that Combs wanted to end Revolt Films, her primary project. She said she was in 'shock' and felt betrayed by the fact that Combs didn't tell her himself. Mia testified she hired employment attorneys in 2017 to negotiate her severance and bonuses she still hadn't been paid – a decision that she learned Combs viewed as a betrayal. After a months-long negotiation, they settled for around $400,000, of which she received about $200,000, she said. Beginning two weeks after Cassie Ventura filed her lawsuit against Combs in November 2023, Mia said she received several messages from Combs and his security guard asking for her to call Combs, but she declined, making excuses at times that she didn't have cell service. 'I just didn't want anything to do with him at all,' she testified. 'He was the person I was traumatized by.' She testified she understood the outreach to mean, 'Puff wanted D-Roc (the aforementioned security guard) to get to me and make sure I wasn't a threat.' Mia testified she has severe PTSD and hasn't been able to work since her time working for Combs. When she tried to work, 'I would be triggered by really normal situations with like an overwhelming sense of fear of being in trouble,' she said. For example, someone at work asked her where she was – hoping to get a coffee with her – but she was flooded with fear, she testified. When asked who caused her to have those feelings, Mia said, 'Puff.'
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Lawyers Question Assistant's Dedication Amid Abuse Allegations
The iron grip Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegedly had on his assistant for nearly a decade was detailed as the longtime staffer testified at his federal trial for a second day about working for him, walking on eggshells and trying to please him amid his multiple alleged instances of sexual assault and being suspended from the job she said became her entire world as she worked around the clock without sleeping for days. The assistant is using the pseudonym 'Mia,' as she has testified from the stand that she was repeatedly assaulted and forced into sex acts by Combs over the years she worked as his dedicated right-hand woman, from 2009 to 2017. On Thursday, she revealed details about the assaults; on Friday's cross-examination, defense attorney Brian Steel grilled Mia, questioning why she would still work for Combs and often go beyond the responsibilities of her job, creating homemade news archive scrapbooks and video shout-out compilations of his inner circle as birthday gifts. More from The Hollywood Reporter Mike Sumler, Kool & the Gang Hype Man, Dies at 71 Who's Who in the Sean "Diddy" Combs Trial: Key Witnesses, Industry Enablers and Victims So Far Miley Cyrus Releases Ninth Album, 'Something Beautiful' 'I'm a very loving person,' Mia told Steel from the witness stand, to which he quickly replied, 'To your rapist? To the man who sexually assaulted you?' According to Mia, the first time Combs sexually assaulted her was a few months into her employment when they were at the Plaza Hotel in New York. It was around this time that Combs met 19-year-old singer and soon-to-be-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and signed her to a 10-album deal with his Bad Boy Records. Therapy has been a part of Mia's recovery from post-traumatic stress of her time working for the defendant, which was defined by hot and cold treatment, dangling her job security as a means of control, and verbal abuse. She was finally fired in 2016, jettisoned from Combs' world after eight years by his side. At the time she was axed, Mia was working for the mogul's film imprint, Revolt Films, on a documentary looking at the history of Bad Boy Records. Combs, she told the court, didn't even tell her directly that she was being let go. Revolt Films was shutting down, she said she was told by another executive. 'Out of the blue, he just said 'I hate to tell you this but I talked to Mr. Combs and he no longer wants to be involved with film, so he basically wants to end Revolt Films,'' Mia told the court. She described the devastation she felt as the rug was pulled and the only world she knew was suddenly pulled away. The jury saw texts she exchanged with Combs' chief of staff Kristina 'KK' Khorram, where she texted about contemplating suicide after 'the worst thing in the world' had happened. She told Steel that her job with Combs was the only life she knew back then. 'I didn't want to leave the company that I'd built when I actually started to see my dreams come to fruition,' she said. The defense's strategy in cross-examining 'Mia' was to discredit her allegations of sexual assault and reduce the impact of the alleged abuse she described over the past two days by showing moments where she was kind and friendly with Combs, particularly around his birthdays. Steel asked Mia how she could post to social media about someone who'd assaulted her's birthday; she replied that as his assistant, she was expected to post for Combs' birthday while she was working for him. At one point in the cross-examination, Steel asked Mia, point blank, 'Mr. Combs never had unwanted nonconsensual forcible sexual contact with you, Isn't that true?' Mia replied, 'What I said in this courtroom is true. I have not lied to anyone at all.' After she was fired, Mia hired an attorney and sought out severance. Nine months of back-and-forth led to her receiving $400,000; she took home $200,000 after attorneys' fees, she testified. The cross-examination will continue when the trial resumes on Monday. On Friday, President Trump weighed in on Combs' fate and a potential pardon, saying that he will 'look at the facts' if the fallen mogul is found guilty. Trump added that he hasn't seen or spoken to Combs in the years since he launched his political career. Best of The Hollywood Reporter Most Anticipated Concert Tours of 2025: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar & SZA, Sabrina Carpenter and More Hollywood's Most Notable Deaths of 2025 Hollywood's Highest-Profile Harris Endorsements: Taylor Swift, George Clooney, Bruce Springsteen and More
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Recap of ‘Diddy' trial: Ex-assistant details multiple alleged sexual assaults by Sean Combs
EDITOR'S NOTE: Warning: This story contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence. A former employee of Sean 'Diddy' Combs took center stage in his federal criminal trial Thursday and testified that he physically and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions during the time she worked for him. The employee, who is testifying under the pseudonym 'Mia,' is expected to return to the stand on Friday to end the third week of testimony. The prosecution has said their case is expected to last about five weeks. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted, he could face a sentence of up to life in prison. Prosecutors have said Combs and some in his inner circle acted as a criminal enterprise and used threats, violence, drugs, bribery, arson, kidnapping and lies to coerce his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura into participating in 'Freak Offs' and to protect the music mogul's reputation. The defense has acknowledged Combs was violent with romantic partners and said he had 'a bit of a different sex life' but argued he has not committed the alleged federal crimes. Here's what we learned in testimony Thursday. Mia, who worked as Combs' personal assistant and for Revolt Films from 2009 until 2017, said he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. Speaking in nearly a whisper and sometimes breaking into tears, Mia said the first time Combs sexually assaulted her was a few months into her employment when they were at the Plaza hotel in New York City for his 40th birthday party. She said Combs asked to speak with her in the kitchen and offered her two shots of vodka that she consumed. She said the drinks 'hit me kinda hard.' She said she was shocked when Combs then leaned in to kiss her against the wall and put his arm up her dress. Mia said the next thing she remembered, she was sitting in a chair in another room as the sun came up. In another incident, which she said took place in 2009 or 2010, Mia testified she was asleep in a bottom bunk bed in Combs' Los Angeles home when he climbed on top of her and raped her. The door was unlocked because she wasn't allowed to lock it, per Combs' house rules. Mia also testified about an incident that she said took place at Combs' Los Angeles home. She said she was packing a bag on the floor in Combs' bedroom closet when Combs appeared with his penis out. 'He grabbed my head and he put it in there,' she said. Mia testified that she never initiated sexual contact with Combs or told him she wanted to have sex with him. She said she 'froze' and didn't react during each incident. She added during testimony that she never told him 'no' during the sexual assaults because she was afraid Combs would fire her, ruin her future or physically hurt her. 'I couldn't tell him 'no,' like, about a sandwich, I couldn't tell him 'no' about anything. There's no way I could tell him 'no,'' Mia said. Mia also testified that she never told the company's human resources department because they were there to 'punish' not protect, and she said she didn't think anybody would believe her. Mia said she 'absolutely' did not want to talk about these incidents but felt a moral obligation to speak out now because 'when you're scared into silence, these things continue to happen to others,' she said. 'It's the most traumatizing (and) worst thing that's ever happened to me,' Mia said. Mia also detailed several instances in which Combs physically assaulted her, threw objects at her or yelled at her. Mia testified that sometimes Combs treated her like his best friend or working partner. At other times, he treated her 'like a worthless piece of crap.' On one night, Mia testified, Combs made a request of her, but before attending to it, she went to her room to retrieve a tampon, causing Combs to launch into a 'humiliating rant' in front of everyone present. When she told him that she needed to change her tampon, he 'aggressively' threw a bowl of spaghetti at her, she said. The bowl did not hit her, she said. After that moment, she ran outside, barefoot, and hid in a bush until she went to a hotel later that night, she testified. In another incident, when Combs' Wi-Fi didn't work, he threw a computer at Mia's head but missed, she testified. Mia described the work environment with Combs as 'chaotic' and 'toxic,' determined by Combs' ever-changing mood. Mia said she was 25 or 26 when she first applied to work for Combs. When she and the head of human resources went to Combs' apartment for an interview with him, Combs answered the door in his underwear, she testified. The HR employee left after introducing them, and Combs later put more clothes on, Mia said. The former assistant said she didn't sleep during her first 24 hours on the job and said working long hours on little sleep was the norm. One time, she said she worked for five days straight without sleep, using extended-release Adderall to stay awake. The jury was shown a list of Mia's job responsibilities that she wrote in November 2011. The list included 'PROTECT HIM AT ALL TIMES' and 'anticipating his needs, whims, and moods.' She also wrote that Combs could ask her to do '17,000 things at one time' ranging from 'cracking his knuckles to writing his next movie to doing his taxes.' Mia said she wasn't allowed to leave Combs' homes without his permission. Only Combs' security personnel were allowed to lock their doors, according to his rules, Mia testified. For about a year, Mia testified, she was the only personal assistant. Asked how she felt during that time, she said: 'I didn't have time to feel. But, like, insane.' On the stand, Mia recalled incidents of physical violence by Combs against his now ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura, including one during which Mia remembers fearing that Combs was going to kill Ventura. One incident, first detailed on the stand by Ventura, took place at Ventura's apartment. Mia said she and stylist Deonte Nash, who began his testimony on Wednesday and concluded on Thursday, witnessed Combs assaulting Ventura and tried to intervene. Choking up on the stand, Mia said she saw Combs pick Ventura up and thought, 'is he going to kill her.' 'His eyes turned like black and there was like no getting through,' she said of Combs' demeanor during the incident. 'Like I was trying to get him to stop and it was like he was looking through me.' Mia said Combs slammed Ventura's head into the corner of a bed, opening up a gash. The jury was earlier in the trial shown a photo of an eyebrow scar that Ventura said came from the assault. Afterward, Combs told Mia to get in touch with an assistant to schedule a doctor's appointment to fix Ventura's injury and told her to say that Ventura fell because she was drunk, Mia testified. In 2012, during a trip to Turks and Caicos with Combs and Ventura, Mia said she was woken up by Ventura, who ran into the room screaming that Combs was going to 'kill' her. In another incident in Turks and Caicos, Mia testified she and Ventura sought to escape Combs and took paddleboards out to sea while Combs was on the beach screaming at them. When the skies turned black, they had to decide if it was 'scarier to face Mother Nature or to go back to Puff,' she said. They went back to shore, she said. Overall, Mia said she never saw Ventura fight back. 'I've just seen her with her arms up, for him to stop,' she said. Mia said she never reported anything to the police. 'I believed that Puff's authority was above the police,' she said. Confidentiality was the most important thing to him, Mia testified, and she 'was supposed to protect him from people.' Deonte Nash, a celebrity stylist who worked with Combs and Ventura for about a decade, testified on cross-examination Thursday morning that he 'always' had concerns for Ventura's safety. The comments came when defense attorney Xavier Donaldson asked Nash about his previous testimony in which he said he saw a man enter Ventura and Combs' hotel room over New Years in 2016-2017. Nash said he left their room after Ventura said Combs wanted to invite another man over. Donaldson suggested that since Nash left without asking any questions, he must not have had any concerns about Ventura's safety. 'I always did,' Nash said. 'In this situation, you left the room anyway, correct?' Donaldson asked, shortly after. 'Yes,' Nash responded.
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3 days ago
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Recap of ‘Diddy' trial: Ex-assistant details multiple alleged sexual assaults by Sean Combs
People in entertainment Sean 'Diddy' Combs CrimeFacebookTweetLink Follow EDITOR'S NOTE: Warning: This story contains descriptions of rape and sexual violence. A former employee of Sean 'Diddy' Combs took center stage in his federal criminal trial Thursday and testified that he physically and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions during the time she worked for him. The employee, who is testifying under the pseudonym 'Mia,' is expected to return to the stand on Friday to end the third week of testimony. The prosecution has said their case is expected to last about five weeks. Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted, he could face a sentence of up to life in prison. Prosecutors have said Combs and some in his inner circle acted as a criminal enterprise and used threats, violence, drugs, bribery, arson, kidnapping and lies to coerce his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura into participating in 'Freak Offs' and to protect the music mogul's reputation. The defense has acknowledged Combs was violent with romantic partners and said he had 'a bit of a different sex life' but argued he has not committed the alleged federal crimes. Here's what we learned in testimony Thursday. Mia, who worked as Combs' personal assistant and for Revolt Films from 2009 until 2017, said he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. Speaking in nearly a whisper and sometimes breaking into tears, Mia said the first time Combs sexually assaulted her was a few months into her employment when they were at the Plaza hotel in New York City for his 40th birthday party. She said Combs asked to speak with her in the kitchen and offered her two shots of vodka that she consumed. She said the drinks 'hit me kinda hard.' She said she was shocked when Combs then leaned in to kiss her against the wall and put his arm up her dress. Mia said the next thing she remembered, she was sitting in a chair in another room as the sun came up. In another incident, which she said took place in 2009 or 2010, Mia testified she was asleep in a bottom bunk bed in Combs' Los Angeles home when he climbed on top of her and raped her. The door was unlocked because she wasn't allowed to lock it, per Combs' house rules. Mia also testified about an incident that she said took place at Combs' Los Angeles home. She said she was packing a bag on the floor in Combs' bedroom closet when Combs appeared with his penis out. 'He grabbed my head and he put it in there,' she said. Mia testified that she never initiated sexual contact with Combs or told him she wanted to have sex with him. She said she 'froze' and didn't react during each incident. She added during testimony that she never told him 'no' during the sexual assaults because she was afraid Combs would fire her, ruin her future or physically hurt her. 'I couldn't tell him 'no,' like, about a sandwich, I couldn't tell him 'no' about anything. There's no way I could tell him 'no,'' Mia said. Mia also testified that she never told the company's human resources department because they were there to 'punish' not protect, and she said she didn't think anybody would believe her. Mia said she 'absolutely' did not want to talk about these incidents but felt a moral obligation to speak out now because 'when you're scared into silence, these things continue to happen to others,' she said. 'It's the most traumatizing (and) worst thing that's ever happened to me,' Mia said. Mia also detailed several instances in which Combs physically assaulted her, threw objects at her or yelled at her. Mia testified that sometimes Combs treated her like his best friend or working partner. At other times, he treated her 'like a worthless piece of crap.' On one night, Mia testified, Combs made a request of her, but before attending to it, she went to her room to retrieve a tampon, causing Combs to launch into a 'humiliating rant' in front of everyone present. When she told him that she needed to change her tampon, he 'aggressively' threw a bowl of spaghetti at her, she said. The bowl did not hit her, she said. After that moment, she ran outside, barefoot, and hid in a bush until she went to a hotel later that night, she testified. In another incident, when Combs' Wi-Fi didn't work, he threw a computer at Mia's head but missed, she testified. Mia described the work environment with Combs as 'chaotic' and 'toxic,' determined by Combs' ever-changing mood. Mia said she was 25 or 26 when she first applied to work for Combs. When she and the head of human resources went to Combs' apartment for an interview with him, Combs answered the door in his underwear, she testified. The HR employee left after introducing them, and Combs later put more clothes on, Mia said. The former assistant said she didn't sleep during her first 24 hours on the job and said working long hours on little sleep was the norm. One time, she said she worked for five days straight without sleep, using extended-release Adderall to stay awake. The jury was shown a list of Mia's job responsibilities that she wrote in November 2011. The list included 'PROTECT HIM AT ALL TIMES' and 'anticipating his needs, whims, and moods.' She also wrote that Combs could ask her to do '17,000 things at one time' ranging from 'cracking his knuckles to writing his next movie to doing his taxes.' Mia said she wasn't allowed to leave Combs' homes without his permission. Only Combs' security personnel were allowed to lock their doors, according to his rules, Mia testified. For about a year, Mia testified, she was the only personal assistant. Asked how she felt during that time, she said: 'I didn't have time to feel. But, like, insane.' On the stand, Mia recalled incidents of physical violence by Combs against his now ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura, including one during which Mia remembers fearing that Combs was going to kill Ventura. One incident, first detailed on the stand by Ventura, took place at Ventura's apartment. Mia said she and stylist Deonte Nash, who began his testimony on Wednesday and concluded on Thursday, witnessed Combs assaulting Ventura and tried to intervene. Choking up on the stand, Mia said she saw Combs pick Ventura up and thought, 'is he going to kill her.' 'His eyes turned like black and there was like no getting through,' she said of Combs' demeanor during the incident. 'Like I was trying to get him to stop and it was like he was looking through me.' Mia said Combs slammed Ventura's head into the corner of a bed, opening up a gash. The jury was earlier in the trial shown a photo of an eyebrow scar that Ventura said came from the assault. Afterward, Combs told Mia to get in touch with an assistant to schedule a doctor's appointment to fix Ventura's injury and told her to say that Ventura fell because she was drunk, Mia testified. In 2012, during a trip to Turks and Caicos with Combs and Ventura, Mia said she was woken up by Ventura, who ran into the room screaming that Combs was going to 'kill' her. In another incident in Turks and Caicos, Mia testified she and Ventura sought to escape Combs and took paddleboards out to sea while Combs was on the beach screaming at them. When the skies turned black, they had to decide if it was 'scarier to face Mother Nature or to go back to Puff,' she said. They went back to shore, she said. Overall, Mia said she never saw Ventura fight back. 'I've just seen her with her arms up, for him to stop,' she said. Mia said she never reported anything to the police. 'I believed that Puff's authority was above the police,' she said. Confidentiality was the most important thing to him, Mia testified, and she 'was supposed to protect him from people.' Deonte Nash, a celebrity stylist who worked with Combs and Ventura for about a decade, testified on cross-examination Thursday morning that he 'always' had concerns for Ventura's safety. The comments came when defense attorney Xavier Donaldson asked Nash about his previous testimony in which he said he saw a man enter Ventura and Combs' hotel room over New Years in 2016-2017. Nash said he left their room after Ventura said Combs wanted to invite another man over. Donaldson suggested that since Nash left without asking any questions, he must not have had any concerns about Ventura's safety. 'I always did,' Nash said. 'In this situation, you left the room anyway, correct?' Donaldson asked, shortly after. 'Yes,' Nash responded.
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Former Diddy Personal Assistant Says Rap Mogul Sexually and Physically Assaulted Her: ‘It Was Toxic'
A former personal assistant to Sean 'Diddy' Combs, identified only by the pseudonym Mia, testified on Thursday that the rap mogul physically and sexually assaulted her and that his treatment of her depended on his mood, but that he was frequently 'toxic' and 'chaotic,' the Associated Press reported. The court has allowed a number of witnesses in the case to testify under pseudonyms to ensure their privacy and safety. 'It was chaotic. It was toxic,' Mia, who-founded Revolt Films studio with Combs, said. 'It could be exciting. The highs were really high and the lows were really low.' Combs sold his stake in the company in March 2024. She tearfully recalled being sexually and physically assaulted by Combs, including incidents where he threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her head and slammed her arm into a door. She also stated that he forced her to perform oral sex on him and would come into her bedroom expecting intercourse. The rapper let her stay at his guest houses across the country, but told her she was not allowed to leave without his permission and could not even lock the doors. Mia said she worked with Combs from 2009 to 2017 and, as previous witnesses have done, referred to him as 'Puff,' his stage name at the time. She also testified that she was not allowed to rest for as much as five days at a time and started relying on her ADHD medication, the stimulant Adderall, as a sleep substitute. She described the atmosphere around Combs as tense because his mood could 'change in a split second' from 'happy to chaotic.' She also described a 2013 incident where she jumped on his back to stop a brutal assault on his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura and her stylist, Deonte Nash. Cassie's account of the abuse she endured from Combs has been corroborated from numerous witnesses, including Nash, who also testified to the alleged 2013 assault. According to the AP, Mia did not appear to make eye contact with Combs throughout her testimony. Combs has insisted that all of his sexual encounters were consensual, although he did admit to assaulting Cassie in an incident caught on a hotel camera. That headline-making attack, however, is not part of this case. The post Former Diddy Personal Assistant Says Rap Mogul Sexually and Physically Assaulted Her: 'It Was Toxic' appeared first on TheWrap.
