Set off Warning: This text accommodates mentions of s*xual abuse.
On the thirteenth day of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, his former assistant, testifying underneath the pseudonym Mia, spoke about years of alleged threats, abuse, and worry.
Prosecutor Madison Smyser started by questioning Mia about her journey to South Africa with singer Cassie Ventura in October 2015. Mia mentioned that in the course of the journey, Cassie found that Diddy was allegedly dishonest on her.
The jury was proven WhatsApp messages from that point between Mia and Diddy’s chief of workers, Kristina Khorram. Within the messages, Mia advised Khorram that Diddy was slurring his phrases and had threatened to take her job and kill her.
When requested how the threats made her really feel, Mia mentioned she was “determined to make it proper, terrified and unhappy.” She additionally revealed she was affected by anxiousness and “night time terrors” due to her time working for Diddy.
One other WhatsApp alternate between Diddy and Mia from October 31, 2015, was proven in court docket. In it, Diddy appeared to strain Mia, writing, “In the event you do not name me now f*ck all of it… Let’s go to battle.”*
Mia defined that Diddy was upset a couple of TV comedy present she wrote, which had been purchased by ABC however by no means aired. She believed he was threatening to show previous s*xual assaults however twist the story responsible her.
Mia advised the jury that not following Diddy’s orders may imply shedding her job or dealing with emotional or bodily abuse. “I used to be terrified of him,” she mentioned.
She additionally described an earlier incident from 2010 on a yacht in St. Barts. Diddy allegedly requested her to depend cash in a protected, and when she did, he grew to become offended and chased her out of the room. “I simply wished to depart the nation,” Mia recalled.
Mia additionally testified about being suspended in 2011 for purchasing the unsuitable exercise gear and mentioned she was denied pay in the course of the suspension. She continued working for Combs till 2017, explaining, “I attempted to run away earlier than and it did not work.”
She added that Diddy had the facility to break her profession if she left. She mentioned, “He would have destroyed my popularity.”
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