Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial updates: 'Jane' testifies on 'hotel nights' with Combs: 'Lonely and sad'

Sean Combs’ defense lawyer argued he could not have dangled Bryana Bongolan over a balcony in Los Angeles and inflicted injuries on her leg, neck and back in late September 2016 because he was in New York as part of the Bad Boy reunion tour when the alleged incident occurred.

“And you would agree with me that one person cannot be in California and New York at the same time?” the defense attorney, Nicole Westmoreland asked.

“In theory,” Bongolan testified.

The jury saw a bill from the Trump International Hotel and Tower that showed Combs, under the alias Frank Black, checked in on Sept. 24 and checked out Sept. 29. There were multiple charges for breakfast on the Sept. 26 totaling nearly $800.

“You agree that one person can’t be in two places at the same time?” Westmoreland asked.

“In theory, yeah,” Bongolan testified.

The jury had seen a photo of a large bruise on Bongolan’s leg and another photo of her wearing a neck brace with her back covered in bandages.

Metadata on the image showed it was taken September 26.

“Mr. Combs did not cause you the injuries that you showed us that we saw on your phone with the metadata from September 26, did he?” Westmoreland asked.

“I can’t agree with you,” Bongolan testified.

“You came in here and you lied to the ladies and gentlemen of this jury,” Westmoreland insisted, concluding her cross-examination.

“I can’t agree with you,” Bongolan again testified.

On re-direct examination, prosecutor Madison Smyser asked if she had any doubt Combs held her on a balcony. “I have no doubt,” Bongolan told the court. “I will never forget him holding me on that balcony.”

Further questioning the veracity of Bryana Bongolan’s account of Sean Combs allegedly holding her over a balcony and causing her injuries by throwing her on to furniture, defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland asked her why she agreed to attend a concert featuring Combs about a week after the alleged incident.

“Weren’t too scared to do that?” Westmoreland asked.

“No, I was helping as best as I could,” Bongolan testified. “I don’t think I was around him most of the time.”

The next night, Bongolan testified, she went to a club Combs had rented.

“You’re testifying that Mr. Combs caused you significant injuries?” Westmoreland asked.

Yes,” Bongolan told the court.

“And about a week or so later, you go to Mr. Combs’ private party, true?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan testified.

“You weren’t too fearful enough to not go to Mr. Combs event, were you?” Westmoreland asked.

“I know I always had that feeling inside but yes, I went,” Bongolan testified.

“Did you have that neck brace on?” the defense lawyer asked, referring to a photo previously shown to the jury of Bongolan wearing a neck brace and with bandages on her back.

“Probably not,” Bongolan testified. “I don’t think I’d want to be seen in that.”

The jury then saw a text exchange from a few nights after the club event in which Ventura invited Bongolan to her apartment for a sleepover.

“Less than two weeks after you say Mr. Combs caused you significant injuries and terror, you’re willing to go back to the exact same apartment and spend the night?” Westmoreland asked, her tone incredulous.

Yes,” Bongolan testified in response.

“Isn’t that true that you continued to hang out with Mr. Combs and you continued to spend the night in Ms. Ventura’s house because Mr. Combs did not cause you those injuries?” Westmoreland asked, emphasizing the last several words.

“Part of that statement is correct and part of that statement I can’t agree with,” Bongolan testified.

The cross-examination of Bryana Bongolan began with the jury seeing two text messages that she sent to her friend and Sean Combs ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura that included photos of drugs.

Bongolan sent Ventura the photos about two weeks after she said Sean Combs threatened her.

“He came up really close to my face and said something on the lines like ‘I'm the devil and I could kill you,’" Bongolan told the jury Wednesday regarding the incident.

“You were just continuing on dealing with Cassie, right?” defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan testified in response.

“You weren’t too scared to do that?” Westmoreland followed up.

“I guess not,” Bongolan testified.

The defense also sought to cast more doubt on Bongolan’s claim that Combs held her over a balcony at Ventura’s 17th-floor apartment in Los Angeles.

“You testified that Mr. Combs held you over the balcony?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yes, he hung me over the balcony,” Bongolan testified.

“You said that Cassie Ventura witnessed this?” Westmoreland asked.

“I said I heard her voice,” Bongolan told the court.

“You’re not saying that Cassie Ventura saw this?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t know,” Bongolan testified. “I can’t speak for her.”

Federal prosecutors contend that the alleged incident on the balcony is further evidence of what they say is Combs’ coercion of Ventura, because it helped make her aware of what he was capable of.

Westmoreland also questioned Bongolan regarding her claim in her civil lawsuit that Combs allegedly groped her while lifting her over the balcony.

“When you spoke to the government, you told them he grabbed your breast, right?” Westmoreland asked.

“I told them where he placed his hands,” Bongolan testified.

“You never told the government, never claimed that Mr. Combs grabbed your breast in any shape, form or fashion, did you?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t remember,” Bongolan told the court in response.

“You kept repeating that lie about grabbing your breast,” Westmoreland said. “You continued to accuse Mr. Combs of sexually assaulting you even though you knew that wasn’t true.”

Bongolan testified, “The way that you’re asking the question, I don’t agree with all of it.”

“Ma’am, did you believe, did you believe, that the only way for you to file a lawsuit was to say that Mr. Combs sexually assaulted you?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t recall,” Bongolan testified.

The alleged victim testifying under the pseudonym “Jane,” a central figure in the government’s second sex trafficking count against Sean Combs, is expected to tell the jury starting today that he allegedly used lies, drugs and threats to force her into participating in so-called "freak-off" sexual encounters.

According to prosecutors, “Jane” initially agreed to one "freak-off," thinking it would make Combs happy and help turn what began as a secret relationship with him into something more meaningful. Instead, she “spent years in hotel rooms for forced sex,” according to prosecutor Emily Johnson.

“'Jane' will tell you about those nights in detail, how she wanted the escorts to wear condoms but many times the defendant did not let them. And Jane will tell you how he had her take drugs to stay awake and aroused for days,” Johnson previously told the court.

“Jane's” testimony will follow that of Bryana Bongolan, whose cross-examination will continue when court resumes at 11 a.m. ET.

Bongolan, a friend of Cassie Ventura’s, Combs' ex-girlfriend, testified Wednesday that Combs allegedly dangled her from Ventura’s 17th floor balcony while yelling, “You know what the f--- you did.”

Combs, who denies the allegation, shook his head during Bongolan’s testimony.

During their cross-examination Wednesday, the defense asserted that Bongolan's testimony differed from how she described the alleged incident in a 2024 civil lawsuit that seeks $10 million in damages.

Bongolan on Wednesday also testified during cross-examination that Rob Holladay, a music producer close to Combs, called her on behalf of Combs to discuss a settlement. During a sidebar, prosecutors said Holladay offered Bongolan $1 million not to go public with her claim.