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Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial updates: Combs' ex-assistant 'Mia' to continue testimony next week

The hip-hop mogul is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

Last Updated: May 30, 2025, 4:25 PM EDT

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This is week three of testimony in the trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Jul 2, 2025, 10:50 am

Sean Combs trial reaches an end with mixed verdict

The highly anticipated trial of hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has reached an end.

The jury found Sean Combs not guilty of racketeering conspiracy, the most serious charge.

The jury found Combs guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura) and guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution (in connection with his ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym "Jane").

He was found not guilty of both charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion in connection with Ventura and "Jane."

Combs was accused of being the ringleader of an alleged enterprise that "abused, threatened and coerced women" into prolonged, drug-fueled sexual orgies with male prostitutes, which he called "freak-offs," and then threatened them into silence. Combs has said that all of the sex was consensual and that while his relationships sometimes involved domestic violence, he wasn't engaged in trafficking.

Combs' lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said Combs was simply part of the swinger lifestyle and that he "vehemently denies the accusations made by the SDNY."

May 30, 2025, 10:20 AM EDT

'Mia' testifies about threatening messages from Combs while on trip with Ventura

In October 2015, when "Mia" accompanied Cassie Ventura to South Africa where she was shooting a movie, she testified that she received WhatsApp messages from Sean Combs demanding to speak with Ventura on the phone.

"If you don't call me now f--- it all. And imma tell everything. And don't ever speak me again. You have 2 min. F--- her. Call my hs now or never speak to me again. F--- abc and all lawyers. Let's go to war," the message from Combs read.

"Mia" told the jury the message contained several threats.

"I thought he was going to tell Cass about the sexual assaults framed on me," she testified, explaining that she believed Combs would portray the alleged sexual assaults he committed as consensual encounters initiated by her.

"Mia" explained the next part of the message.

"I had finally created and developed and started writing a comedy TV show based on a funny version of a character like me in his world and we had sold it to ABC. And when I was in South Africa the press broke, and it was the most exciting thing. He's threatening to take that away," she testified.

"Did the show end up airing?" prosecutor Madison Smyser asked. "No," "Mia" testified.

In subsequent messages Combs insisted, "Call me now. Call me now. Call me now. Call me now. Call me now." "Mia" told the court she tried to assure him she and Ventura were not ignoring him but were busy on the movie set.

"I've come to the conclusion it's best that we no longer have any dealings. Pls don't call me. I won't call you," a message from Combs said.

The jury saw other messages in which "Mia" would sign off "love you" or "you know I love you" but she testified that was meant to placate Combs and was not expressing romantic interest.

May 30, 2025, 9:07 AM EDT

Former Combs assistant 'Mia' to continue testifying

Sean Combs' former assistant "Mia" delivered some of the trial's most harrowing testimony yet on Thursday, delivered in hushed tones and with stilted speech, and she is expected to be on the witness stand all day Friday.

"Mia" testified that working for Combs was "chaotic," "toxic" and dependent on his whim.

"He can ask you to do 17,000 things at one time," "Mia" told the court. "Cracking his knuckles, to writing his next movie, to doing his taxes. He can also just have you standing next to him for 22 hours" doing nothing.

"Mia" testified that she feared she "couldn't tell him no," so when she alleges Combs climbed on top of her and sexually assaulted her in a bunkbed in his house, she told the court, "I just froze."

Combs denies sexually assaulting anyone, but "Mia" testified that it happened more than once, leaving her feeling "terrified and confused and ashamed and scared."

Combs is not charged with sexual assault but "Mia's" allegations are part of the forced labor element of racketeering conspiracy charge he faces, which he has denied.

May 29, 2025, 4:39 PM EDT

'Mia' alleges Combs raped her: 'I couldn’t tell him no about anything'

In hushed tones, with her head down and through frequent sobs and tears, "Mia" testified that Sean Combs allegedly raped her inside his home on Beverly Grove Drive in Los Angeles.

According to her testimony, she was asleep in her room on the bottom bunk – she previously testified Combs did not allow her to lock her door – when she remembered waking to “the weight of a person on top of me,” allegedly Combs.

"Mia" told the court that she remembered Combs “telling me ‘shh’” and “using one hand to get his pants off.”

Haltingly, "Mia" told the court that Combs "put himself inside me.” She then broke down in sobs.

"Mia" testified, “I just froze. I didn’t react.”

"Mia" told the jury that she felt “terrified and confused and ashamed and scared.”

Another time, "Mia" testified, she was packing things in a bedroom closet when Combs entered.

“I looked up and he was standing right in front of my face,” "Mia" testified. Barely audible, "Mia" continued in her testimony, telling the court that Combs “had his penis out, grabbed my head and put it in there.”

Smyser asked, “Did he put his penis in your mouth?”

"Yes," "Mia" told the court.

“How did you feel?” Smyser asked.

“Like trash. Scared and ashamed," "Mia" testified.

“Did you want to give Mr. Combs oral sex?” Smyser asked.

“No," "Mia" told the court.

"Mia" took rapid breaths between words and phrases, testifying that she “always” worried about being physically hurt or having her reputation tarnished by Combs.

“I didn’t want to die or get hurt,” "Mia" testified. She told the court she also worried Combs would “fire me and twist the story into making me look like a threat.”

Asked why she did not tell Combs "no," "Mia" testified, “I couldn’t tell him no about a sandwich. I couldn’t tell him no about anything.”

"Mia" told the court that she did “absolutely not” want to be talking about the sexual assaults she alleged Sean Combs committed against her, but that “I have to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and also I have a moral obligation because when you’re scared into silence, these things continue to happen to others.”

"Mia" told the court that the alleged sexual assaults by Combs were “the most traumatizing, worst thing that has ever happened to me."

Court has adjourned for the day. Testimony by "Mia" will continue Friday.

May 29, 2025, 4:07 PM EDT

'Mia' testifies about the first time Combs allegedly sexually assaulted her

"Mia," the prosecution witness testifying under a pseudonym, testified that the first time Sean Combs allegedly sexually assaulted her was a few months into her job as his personal assistant, while they were at the Plaza Hotel in New York for his 40th birthday.

“Did you ever want to engage in sexual activity with Mr. Combs?” prosecutor Madison Smyser asked.

Looking down, "Mia" softly testified that she did not.

Combs had rented the Penthouse and asked to speak with "Mia" alone in the kitchen, she told the court.

“He was saying what a good job I was doing and that I didn’t have to be nervous or scared to come to him,” "Mia" testified. “He said he noticed I was doing a great job, sort of like, ‘We’re going to be working closer together.’”

"Mia" testified that Combs gave her two shots of alcohol. “I remember thinking, like, whoa, did I not eat or something, because they affected me, like, I felt like they hit me kinda hard,” "Mia" testified. “I was in my 20s in New York and two shots would not have made me feel that way.”

According to her testimony, "Mia" said she remembered standing against a wall.

“All of a sudden his face got closer, my eyes couldn’t focus on his face because it was so close,” "Mia" told the court. “He put his arm next to my head against the wall and leaned in to kiss me and put his other hand up the side of my dress.”

Smyser asked, “Did you want Mr. Combs to kiss you?”

"No," "Mia" testified.

“Did Mr. Combs put his hand up your dress?” the prosecutor asked.

“Yes," "Mia" told the court.

“Did you want him to do that?” Smyser asked.

“No," "Mia" testified.

That alleged incident was not the only time that Combs made an unwanted sexual advance to her, "Mia" told the court.

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