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(NewsNation) —The national proceedings against Sean “Diddy” Combs resumes Tuesday with his erstwhile idiosyncratic assistant, David Jones, returning to the stand.
Prosecutors volition proceed their questioning of Jones, who worked for Combs from 2007 to 2009.
Jones gave affectional grounds Monday, saying 1 of Combs’ unit members pointed to a photograph of Combs connected the partition and told him, “This is Mr. Combs’ kingdom. We’re each present to service him."
Combs had described Casandra "Cassie" Ventura arsenic “moldable” and besides said “she’s good. I got her close wherever I privation her. She’s young,” to James, helium testified.
He besides said helium told Ventura to permission Combs aft seeing his attraction of her, and she told him, “I can’t. I can’t get out. You know, Mr. Combs oversees truthful overmuch of my life.”
James follows the grounds of Ventura’s erstwhile person Kerry Morgan, who corroborated that Combs engaged successful unit with the singer.
Morgan said she saw the rapper battle Ventura twice, pulling her hair, kicking her and pushing her.
Witness Kerry Morgan arrives astatine Federal Court for the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial, connected Monday, May 19, 2025, successful New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)She besides said Ventura was astatine the destiny of Combs and that erstwhile she heard the grounds statement enforcement accidental helium “owned” his then-girlfriend and signed artist.
Morgan said she was besides astatine the receiving extremity of his unit successful 2018 erstwhile Combs choked and past smashed a woody hanger connected her caput erstwhile she came to Ventura’s Los Angeles location enraged due to the fact that helium thought Ventura was dating idiosyncratic else.
The onslaught near her with a concussion, Morgan told jurors.
Morgan told jurors she was going to writer Combs but that Ventura made her motion a nondisclosure statement successful instrumentality for $30,000 to support quiescent portion besides accusing her of “milking” and “overexaggerating” the attack.
The occurrence ended their semipermanent friendship, and the 2 haven’t spoken since, she said.
Combs is facing national charges of racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.
