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Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy, *NOT GUILTY* of sex trafficking *GUILTY* of transporting

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BBC article about her testimony on Thursday.

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped and attacked ex-assistant, she tells court

The anonymous witness tells the jury she lived in fear of the hip-hop mogul's violent rages.
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped and attacked ex-assistant, she tells court​
Sean Diddy Combs watches as witness Mia testifies in Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City
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The assistant was frequently speaking through tears as she told the court about Mr Combs' allegedly sexually assaulting her
Madeline Halpert
BBC News
Reporting from
New York court
    • Published
      29 May 2025
A former assistant of rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has told a New York court that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was employed by him for eight years.
The witness - who testified anonymously under the pseudonym "Mia" - also tearfully said she lived in fear of violent rages from Mr Combs as she worked by his side.
The hip-hop mogul watched from the defence table with arms folded in his lap as she testified about her fears of retribution for reporting his alleged abuse.
Mr Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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"I couldn't tell him no about a sandwich," she said. "I couldn't tell him no about anything."
Mr Combs' legal team has not yet had the chance to question Mia, or respond to her claims.
She is the second witness in the New York trial to allege that Mr Combs sexually abused her, along with Mr Combs' ex-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura.
Mia testified that she started working for Mr Combs as a personal assistant in 2009 when she was in her mid-20s, joining what she described as a "chaotic" and "toxic" work environment.
"The highs were really high and the lows were really, really low," she told the court on Thursday.
The job required her being "always within eyesight" of Mr Combs, she testified, and "anticipating his needs, whims and moods".
She said she was often required to stay at his homes, where she could not lock the door or leave without the rapper's permission.
During her time working for Mr Combs, he was frequently violent towards her, Mia testified.
On one occasion, she said he threw a spaghetti bowl at her, which narrowly missed her head, Mia told the court.
Another time, she said Mr Combs forcefully threw his computer at Mia's head when she told him the wifi nearby was still being fixed, she testified.
She also testified about another situation when she witnessed Mr Combs being violent with his ex-girlfriend, Ms Ventura, who had became close friends with Mia during her time working for the rapper.
Mia once went on holiday with the couple in the Turks and Caicos, she told the court. One late night on the trip, she said Ms Ventura ran into her room screaming that Mr Combs was "going to kill me", she testified. They ran away and hid on the beach, she said.
Also on that holiday, Mia testified that she and Ms Ventura had used a paddle board to go into the water to escape Mr Combs, who was pacing back and forth on the beach. Before they knew it, the sky turned dark, portending a storm.
"I was trying to weigh if it was scarier to face mother nature, or go back to Puff [Mr Combs]," Mia testified.
Mia was also there one night in 2013 when she said that Mr Combs was banging on Ms Ventura's door in Los Angeles.
She testified that he attacked her and cut open her eyebrow when throwing her on to the bed frame. Mia told the court that she tried to jump on Mr Combs' back, but he threw her against the wall.
"He's actually going to kill her," Mia said she remembered thinking to herself.
Mia told the court that despite witnessing Mr Combs's abuse toward Ms Ventura, she did not report him because she "believed that Puff's authority was above the police".
She testified about multiple instances where she alleged Mr Combs sexually assaulted her, including one time when she said she woke up to him trying to rape her.
Sean Diddy Combs listens as prosecutor Madison Smizer questions witness Mia as she testifies in Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City
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Mia told the court that the assaults began early in her career working for Mr Combs, including one night on his 40th birthday at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
She said he gave her two vodka shots that hit her "very hard" and kissed her and put his hand up her dress.
Another night, between the years of 2009-10, while Mia was sleeping in a bunk bed at Mr Combs' Los Angeles home, she said she woke up to the "weight" of Mr Combs on top of her. She was confused, she said, and Mr Combs began to rape her.
"I just froze," she said. "It was very quick but it felt like forever."
Mia told the court that Mr Combs sexually assaulted her "sporadically" throughout her time working for the rapper.
But she told the court she didn't always remember the details, only a "dark feeling in my stomach".
Pressed by a prosecutor on why she did not say "no" when Mr Combs assaulted her or go to the police, Mia told the court she feared what he would do.
"I knew his power," she said. "I knew his control over me and I didn't want to lose everything I worked so hard for."
She told the court that another assistant had been fired for reporting Mr Combs' violence toward Ms Ventura.
Mr Combs also threatened to tell Ms Ventura, Mia's close friend, about the sexual encounters between them, she testified.
After the alleged assaults, Mia told the court that she tried her best to pretend the "most shameful thing" of her life never happened.
Asked by prosecutors why she was telling her story in court, she replied: "I had to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth."
Mia will continue to testify on Friday and Mr Combs' defence team will be able to question her on the stand.
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Tresir said:
In the Diddy trial? Just checking LOL.

What do folks think? Enough evidence heard to convict?

This case is so gross i just haven't wanted to follow it.
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That’s what happened to me. I started watching it and it just got so dark and gross that I gave up. I don’t know where they are and I don’t know much about it anymore. I don’t think Diddy gave a defense though.
 
I heard this news on the radio and was coming to report it. They also reported he may be bailed until sentencing and could get a max of 10 years but possibly less.

So no conviction for the beating up of Cassie or attempted shooting of Kid Cudi? Seems like that's ok to do then.
 
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Tresir said:
I heard this news on the radio and was coming to report it. They also reported he may be bailed until sentencing and could get a max of 10 years but possibly less.

So no conviction for the beating up of Cassie or attempted shooting of Kid Cudi? Seems like that's ok to do then.
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It's disgusting! Every step we've taken to protect women in domestic violence situations has been LOST with this verdict. I'm furious.
 
BBC reporting the verdict and reaction.

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Dramatic moment Sean 'Diddy' Combs fell to his knees after learning his fate

The rapper mouthed to his family "I'm coming home" after being acquitted of the most serious charges.
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Dramatic moment Sean 'Diddy' Combs fell to his knees after learning his fate​

Court sketch of Sean Diddy Combs kneeling on the floor with his head in a chair after learning verdict
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Madeline Halpert
BBC News, in court in New York
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Twelve New York jurors gathered around 10:00 on Wednesday in a wood-paneled courtroom to tell Sean "Diddy" Combs that they found him not guilty of running a criminal enterprise with employees, and sex trafficking his ex-girlfriends.
The disgraced hip-hop mogul fell to his knees and buried his head in a chair at the defence table where he had just spent two months on trial for sex trafficking and racketeering.
Before the verdict came down, Combs sat quietly in his chair, looking forward, wearing the same off-white sweater and pants he wore for much of his trial.
The court grew quiet as the jury foreperson handed the verdict sheet to the court deputy. Then it was handed back to the foreperson.
And they began to read.
As the sound of the "not guilty" rung out in the courtroom for the first time, acquitting Combs of the most severe crime of racketeering, the rapper kept his head low.
By the time the foreperson announced Combs was not guilty of sex trafficking, Combs had his head in his hands.
The jury did find him guilty on the least severe charges of transporting people to engage in prostitution. As they confirmed their decision, Combs buried his face in his hands.
A flurry of small celebrations followed for Combs, who has been in a federal jail in Brooklyn since September. He made a prayer sign with his hands to the jury, then turned around and made the same gesture to his family - twin daughters, sons and 85-year-old mother.
He appeared to mouth: "I'm coming home."
The moment seemed equally emotional for Combs' many lawyers, including Teny Geragos, seated next to him and wiping away tears with a tissue after the verdict was read.
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Watch: What it was like inside courtroom when verdict came in
Combs' attorneys wasted no time in telling the judge that the verdict, reached after roughly two days of deliberations, meant Combs should be able to walk out of the Manhattan courthouse a free man that very day.
His acquittal on the most serious charges meant he no longer needed to be jailed, his attorney Marc Agnifilo told the court, noting that his client's plane was inaccessible - chartered and in Maui.
"Mr Combs has been given his life by this jury," he said. "He will not run afoul of anything this court imposes on him."
A man wears a white shirt and black hat and holds up a finger in a crowd
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Crowds react to the verdict outside the court in New York
Then, in the perhaps the most emotional gesture of the day for Combs, he appeared to express his gratitude by pressing his head into his chair at the defence table.
He rose, clapping his hands loudly, to hug several of his lawyers. Many family members and supporters in the main courtroom and a packed overflow room joined him, cheering.
Then, with one final hug to his lawyer and a wave to his family - blocked by a mass of people and court benches - he was escorted out of the courtroom. He remains in custody pending a bail hearing.
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