NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ recent ex-girlfriend described enduring drug-fueled sex marathons until the hip-hop titan’s arrest in September as the key witness began testimony Thursday soon after the judge threatened to expel Combs from the courtroom for “nodding vigorously” at jurors during a sharp cross-examination of another witness.
The woman, using the pseudonym “Jane,” is among several witnesses at Combs sex trafficking trial who accuse him of violence, including his former girlfriend, R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.
Cassie testified in the trial’s first week that Combs assaulted her repeatedly and forced her into “hundreds” of encounters with male sex workers called ” freak-offs ” while Combs watched, directed and sometimes filmed.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to running his business empire as a racketeering enterprise that enabled and concealed the abuse of women over two decades. If convicted, he faces 15 years to life.
Jane said she repeatedly told Combs, in person and in writing, that she didn’t want to have sex with other men. But Combs, who paid her rent and controlled other parts of her life, kept pressuring her and she felt “obligated,” she said.