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

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

Last Updated: June 6, 2025, 5:28 PM EDT

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This is week four 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."

Jun 06, 2025, 10:39 AM EDT

'Jane' breaks down during testimony about 'hotel nights': 'Feeling so lonely and sad'

With "Jane" on the witness stand for her first full day of testimony, the court heard an audio recording of a “hotel night” with a male prostitute she previously identified as Don.

On the recording, "Jane" and Don are heard looking for a condom when Combs objected to the condom use.

Prosecutor Maurene Comey asked, “In that moment, that we just heard, why didn’t you just insist that Don wear a condom?”

"Jane" answered, “I just didn’t want to disappoint my lover.”

Otherwise, she said, “he would be unhappy” and “wouldn’t be satisfied with me.”

After intercourse with the prostitute and Combs, "Jane" testified, “I would just take a shower and get ready for the next one.”

A typical hotel night would include three rounds of this kind of sex, according to "Jane's" testimony

“Who decided how many rounds?” Comey asked. “Sean,” "Jane" testified.

“Who decided if you could stop when you were tired?” Comey asked.

"Jane" began to sob as she told the court, “Sean.”

Her testimony paused while she dabbed her eyes.

“I would give subtle cues that I was tired, and I would say I was hungry or I would lay down or I would just come in and give him little faces,” "Jane" testified. “He would say ‘You’re not getting tired on me. Let’s finish strong.’”

When Comey asked, “Why not just say you wanted to stop,” "Jane" wailed loudly into the microphone and told the court, through tears, “I don’t know.”

"Jane" testified Combs gave her ecstasy to keep her awake and having sex, telling the court she would take multiple doses in a single "hotel night."

“Did you ever cry after one of these hotel nights?” Comey asked.

“Yes,” "Jane" testified, recalling two instances.

The first time "Jane" told the court she remembered crying occurred when she thought she and Combs were having a one-on-one date night. She testified she remembered Combs telling her “that there would be an entertainer but just for a little bit. I hung onto those words, just a little bit,.”

Sobbing, "Jane" testified she had “three rounds with this guy and I just remember Sean standing up to leave. And I was just so high and just feeling so lonely and sad and why would he leave me like that.”

Asked how Combs reacted, "Jane" told the jury, “He said, ‘Are you crying’ and almost looked disgusted with my face.”

Jun 06, 2025, 9:16 AM EDT

'Jane,' an ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs, to begin 2nd day of testimony

After Cassie Ventura, "Jane," who is testifying under a pseudonym, is the second ex-girlfriend of Sean Combs to testify how the couple's romance morphed into a degrading pattern of unwanted sex with male prostitutes in which she felt "obligated" to participate.

In her first day of testimony, "Jane" told the court about a relationship fueled by drugs and Combs' penchant for pornography, baby oil, "provocative lingerie and really high stripper shoes."

At first, "Jane" testified she was willing to try what she and Combs referred to as "debauchery" or "hotel nights" because "I wanted to make him happy and I feared losing him."

The first experience "just opened like a Pandora's box in our relationship. It just completely set the tone for our relationship moving forward," "Jane" testified.

For the next three years, Combs required hotel nights 90% of the time they spent together, "Jane" told the court yesterday.

"Many times," she testified she told Combs she did not want to have sex with other men, but she ended up doing it anyway.

She told the jury she felt obligated to perform because he was paying her $10,000 monthly rent and threatened to withhold it.

The defense has said all of the sex described at trial was consensual.

"Jane" is expected to be on the witness stand all day Friday and perhaps through Thursday of next week.

Combs is seated at the defense table in a dark crew neck sweater, after being warned yesterday to refrain from "nodding vigorously" or otherwise reacting to testimony in a way that could influence the jury.

Jun 05, 2025, 5:08 PM EDT

'Jane' testifies 'hotel nights' involved 'baby oil everywhere'

So-called "hotel nights" with Combs followed a pattern, according to testimony from the witness appearing under the pseudonym "Jane."

The rooms “had red lights, music, beverages, alcohol,” "Jane" told the court. “There would be bedsheets covering everything, blankets, towels.”

Asked why, "Jane" explained there would be “baby oil everywhere" and that they could go through two dozen bottles per night.

“In time I just realized how he liked things. He would tell me what he liked, what he wanted to see. He would from the very beginning tell me what he wanted to see. And during them he would suggest what I would do next,” "Jane" testified.

According to her testimony, she dressed the same way each time. “I wore provocative lingerie and really high stripper shoes,” "Jane" testified. “I would buy them myself and then show Sean what I had. He would choose which outfit he liked.”

The escorts “would be undressed in shorts and I would come out in a robe,” "Jane" told the court. “Music would be playing and I would start to already be high or have drugs in my system and I would start dancing and slow dancing just to kind of get my nerves out, de-robe and things would escalate to foreplay between me and the man. A few steps before that the oil would start happening.”

Prosecutor Maurene Comey asked, “Why were you using baby oil?”

Jane testified, “Because that’s what Sean really liked.”

“What would Sean typically be doing?” Comey asked.

“Masturbating,” "Jane" testified. “It would be just a really long, prolonged foreplay moment between me and this guy and I would just sit there and he wanted me to touch myself while I was touching the other man."

“Those moments would last a very long time. Just really long. He really enjoyed watching me pour oil over myself, over the man. Just watch these really erotic moments,” "Jane" testified.

Oral sex would follow, according to "Jane."

“How would you know it would be time for oral sex?” Comey asked.

“It varied between Sean telling me or me just starting it,” "Jane" testified. “I knew that it would arouse the man more and kind of speed things up."

“Why would you want to speed things up?” Comey asked.

“Because I just wanted to speed things up,” "Jane" told the court.

The oral sex would last a long time, “like, many hours,” "Jane" testified, “because that’s what Sean preferred to see.”

According to "Jane's" testimony, the activity would then move from that living area of the suite to the bedroom. “I just really wanted to be done so I could just be with my partner,” "Jane" testified.

She told the court Combs would watch her and the escort while masturbating. Once the escort was dismissed, "Jane" testified, “That’s when me and Sean would make love.”

"Jane" testified that the pattern would repeat itself over the next 24 to 30 hours.

Court is adjourned for the day. "Jane" is scheduled to return to the witness stand on Friday. Prosecutors do not expect to conclude her direct examination until Monday.

Jun 05, 2025, 4:37 PM EDT

'Jane' tells the court about alleged 'hotel nights': 'Was like a door I was unable to shut'

"Jane," who is testifying under a pseudonym, told the court that she and Combs referred to their sexual encounters involving other men as “debauchery” or “hotel nights."

After the first one, "Jane" testified, “I truly felt like that night opened a Pandora’s box in our relationship. It was like a door I was unable to shut for the remainder of the relationship.”

PHOTO: Sean "Diddy" Combs watches as Maurene Comey questions "Jane Doe" during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 5, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
Sean "Diddy" Combs watches as Maurene Comey questions "Jane" during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, June 5, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

“Why was it a door you wanted to shut?” prosecutor Maurene Comey asked.

“There was so much of it after,” "Jane" testified in response.

After a few hotel nights, "Jane" testified, she told Combs she didn't want to have sex with other men.

“Can you estimate how many times you told Sean in writing and verbally you did not want to have sex with other men?” Comey asked.

“Many times,” "Jane" testified, adding that Combs threatened to withhold her rent payments.

“I felt frustrated. I felt obligated,” "Jane" testified.

The jury was shown a copy of "Jane's" lease. She was listed as the tenant in the $10,000-per-month home, an amount she said she could not afford on her own.

“He asked me how much allowance I want a month and I said 15 and he said 10,” "Jane" told the court.

“You mean thousand?” Comey asked.

“Yes,” "Jane" testified, telling the court Combs agreed to pay the rent on the home.

"Jane" testified that Combs also sent her money, $5,000 to $10,000 in cash or larger amounts via wire transfer. The largest amount she remembered receiving was $20,000, she testified.

“He liked me having straight hair or when it was time for us to be together intimately, he liked my hair in a ponytail," "Jane told the court. "He liked me to have light colored nails, mostly a creamy white."

"He wanted me to get piercings,” "Jane" further testified, clarifying to the court that she was referring to “my nipples.”

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