Second lady testifies that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sexually assaulted her

A 2d lady testified on Thursday that Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually assaulted her as a part of what federal prosecutors allege was once a sex-trafficking and racketeering scheme masterminded via the hip-hop wealthy person.

The lady, attesting underneath the pseudonym Mia, advised a jury in Manhattan federal courtroom that she labored for Combs as a non-public assistant and director of construction and acquisition from 2009 to 2017, beginning when she was once about 25 years outdated.

“He’s thrown things at me, he’s thrown me against the wall, he’s thrown me into a pool, he’s thrown an ice bucket on my head, he’s slammed my arm into a door, and he’s sexually assaulted me,” Mia stated.

Combs, 55, has pleaded now not to blame to 5 counts together with racketeering and intercourse trafficking. He faces as much as lifestyles in jail if convicted on all counts.

Mia stated that Combs’s habits in opposition to her was once “the most shameful thing of my life” when challenged via his protection about why she hadn’t reported him, including that having to speak about it now was once a annoying enjoy however that being scared into silence would now not lend a hand others.

Sometimes he handled her like a very best buddy, now and again he was once terrifying and humiliated her in entrance of others, making her really feel like “a worthless piece of crap”, she advised the jury in New York.

She additionally described feeling trapped within the state of affairs, discovering that during earlier interactions with police the officials have been merely awed to be coping with the well-known artist Diddy, and in addition being frightened of him.

“I didn’t want to die or get hurt,” she stated. She had assumed she would take her secret to her grave, however now had felt ready to take the stand.

“I couldn’t tell him ‘no’, like, about a sandwich. I couldn’t tell him ‘no’ about anything. There’s no way I could tell him ‘no’,” Mia stated, including that if she had left or been fired she feared that Combs would “ruin my future”.

Testimony within the intently watched trial in Manhattan federal courtroom is in its 3rd week. Prosecutors say Combs, the founding father of Bad Boy Records, coerced ladies over 20 years to participate in days-long, drug-fueled sexual performances with male intercourse employees referred to as “freak offs”.

Mia’s testimony was once now not about intercourse events however about allegedly being raped in non-public, at his house when she was once aiding him, akin to in packing for a commute. He made her really feel “like trash”, she stated.

Mia advised jurors Combs climbed on most sensible of her whilst she was once dozing and raped her whilst she lay frozen with concern. In any other incident, she testified that Combs grabbed her head and put his penis in her mouth, whilst she didn’t combat again. As she testified on Thursday, she fought again tears and ceaselessly appeared down at her lap.

Combs’s legal professionals have stated he was once now and then abusive in home relationships however stated any intercourse was once consensual.

They have additionally stated that girls who participated in intercourse birthday celebration marathons, dubbed via Combs as “freak offs”, did so consensually.

Over 4 days of emotional testimony all the way through the primary week of trial, Combs’s ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura advised jurors Combs bodily and emotionally abused her all over their tumultuous 11-year dating.

Ventura, a rhythm-and-blues singer referred to as Cassie, stated she participated within the “freak offs” as a result of she feared Combs would unencumber intercourse tapes of her if she didn’t, but in addition as a result of she beloved him.

Friends and colleagues of Combs and Ventura have additionally testified about Combs’s alleged abuse, describing Combs as a domineering determine who trusted bodyguards and colleagues to permit his alleged crimes and stay sufferers in line.

Dawn Richard, a former member of the pop staff Danity Kane, testified closing week that she felt threatened when Combs advised her to stay quiet about what she noticed.

Richard confronted a pointy cross-examination via certainly one of Combs’s legal professionals, who sought to indicate to inconsistencies between her testimony and what she stated all the way through interviews with prosecutors.

Last week, Scott Mescudi – the rapper referred to as Kid Cudi – testified that his automotive was once set on fireplace in 2012, in a while after Combs realized that Mescudi had a romantic dating with Ventura.

Prosecutors say the alleged arson of Mescudi’s automotive was once certainly one of a number of violent or unlawful acts that Combs or his friends undertook to stop ladies from leaving his orbit and stay his abuse quiet.

The trial has drawn intense media protection because of Combs’s cultural affect and function in taking hip-hop mainstream via mythical artists just like the Notorious BIG.

Combs was once arrested in Manhattan closing September and is being held at a federal jail in Brooklyn when now not in courtroom.

The trial will resume on Friday and is predicted to closing a number of extra weeks.

Reuters contributed reporting