Beneath cross-examination, Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend testified Tuesday she took half in intercourse acts with male intercourse employees on the music mogul’s request as a result of it made her really feel beloved by him, however now regrets what she got here to acknowledge because the “cuckold” life-style.
The lady testified at Combs’ sex-trafficking trial below the pseudonym “Jane” to guard her id. A day earlier, she revealed their three-year relationship lasted till the Dangerous Boy Data founder was arrested in September at New York resort, the place she’d been planning to fulfill him.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy costs that carry a possible penalty of 15 years to life in jail. He has been jailed with out bail.
Prosecutors allege Combs used violence, threats and a community of staff and associates to manage and abuse ladies for 20 years. His legal professionals have instructed the jury in federal courtroom in Manhattan that though there was home violence in his relationships, the whole lot he did sexually was consensual.
Earlier within the trial, R&B signer Casandra “ Cassie ” Ventura testified over 4 days that Combs bodily abused her and that she participated in tons of of “freak-off” sexual performances throughout an almost 11-year relationship that resulted in 2018.
The Related Press doesn’t identify alleged victims of sexual abuse with out their consent until they’ve shared their identities publicly, as Cassie has.
Legal professional Teny Geragos, representing Combs, cross-examined Jane on Tuesday by main her into discussing the drug-fueled sexual marathons choreographed by Combs — which Jane mentioned generally occurred weekly — by reminding her that she talked about regrets in earlier testimony.
“I resent him for leading me into the lifestyle he led me to,” Jane mentioned. “I resented the way he went about introducing me to this lifestyle.”
She mentioned she agreed to those “hotel nights” whereas “under a lot of emotional pressure” — and already hooked on love and a want to remain in a relationship with Combs.
Jane testified that she partook within the encounters, generally grudgingly, as a result of they happy Combs and she or he loved spending time alone with him afterward.
Jane testified she started remedy about three months in the past. She beforehand met with legal professionals on Combs’ protection staff however lower off these conferences in April, days earlier than the trial started.
She mentioned she struggles to know why she stored collaborating in “hotel nights” though she solely needed to have intercourse with Combs, nonetheless the explanations are “becoming more and more clear” as she proceeds with remedy.
Jane initially felt it was “something very special” to have these secret sexual experiences with Combs. She mentioned she did not need to choose him and “really wanted to just go along with these things because if I can be my partner’s escapes than I would be.”
Jane mentioned she researched sexual variations in 2022 and got here throughout the phrases “cuck” and “cuckold,” which appeared to suit the approach to life she discovered herself in as a result of she mentioned a person often called a “cuck” derives pleasure seeing “his woman receive pleasure” from one other man.
“He likes to use the words ‘voyeurism’ and ‘escapism,’” Jane mentioned. She added: “I would use the word cuck for him more so.”
Geragos reminded Jane that she had testified final week that she loves Combs at present.
“I do,” she responded.
Geragos had Jane learn aloud among the many sexually express messages wherein she expressed the varieties of actions she needed to have interaction in throughout “hotel nights” with Combs and male intercourse employees as she tried to painting Jane as a keen and keen participant in frequent intercourse occasions.
In earlier testimony, Jane offered current examples of Combs performing violently towards a lady whereas searching for to meet his sexual wishes. Cassie sued Combs in November 2023 alleging sexual abuse. The lawsuit was settled inside hours for $20 million, but it surely touched off the felony investigation into Combs.
President Donald Trump was requested Friday if he would contemplate pardoning Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s at present preventing 5 felony counts: one depend of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion; and two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
