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(NewsNation) — A erstwhile information worker astatine the Los Angeles edifice wherever Sean “Diddy” Combs violently assaulted ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura is expected to instrumentality the basal Tuesday successful the transgression proceedings for the euphony producer.
Prosecutors are slated to telephone Eddie Garcia, who worked successful information for the Intercontinental Hotel successful Los Angeles, arsenic their archetypal witnesser of the day.
He volition beryllium testifying nether immunity for prosecution. Garcia appeared Monday to invoke his Fifth Amendment close against self-incrimination.
Garcia’s erstwhile spot of enactment was the country of a convulsive onslaught by Combs connected Ventura successful 2016.
A video of the onslaught was archetypal released by CNN past twelvemonth and showed Combs moving successful a towel aft Ventura, who is seen lasting successful beforehand of a edifice elevator bank. He aggressively grabs and drags her down and past kicks her earlier picking up her luggage. He is past seen dragging her connected the level backmost to a edifice country arsenic she braces her head.
Ventura testified astir the onslaught portion connected the basal earlier successful the trial. Jurors were shown the implicit surveillance video arsenic evidence.
Ventura said she has reached a $10 cardinal colony with the Intercontinental Hotel successful Los Angeles but did not disclose the details portion testifying.
Garcia’s grounds follows a three-day-long questioning of Combs' erstwhile assistant, known lone nether the pseudonym “Mia.”
Sean Diddy Combs sits astatine the defence array earlier the commencement of assemblage enactment astatine Manhattan national tribunal connected May 5 successful New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)On Monday, Combs’ lawyer, Brian Steel, conducted an assertive cross-examination of the erstwhile adjunct who had testified she had been sexually assaulted by her ex-boss a fig of times.
The defence lawyer presented respective texts that Mia sent, showing her admiration for Combs aft she stopped moving for him.
Steel presented a substance from Mia to Combs connected January 15, 2019, successful which she mentioned having a nightmare featuring R. Kelly, and Combs came to her rescue.
The defence lawyer questioned wherefore she would see her alleged abuser arsenic her “savior” and wherefore she would stock this imagination with him.
In that back-and-forth with Steel, she elaborate however she “did emotion that dude,” referring to Combs, and during that time, the nationalist inactive adored the mogul.
In a much tense speech with Steel, helium asked if Mia had immoderate supporting grounds successful real-time of her allegations against Combs.
“Do you person thing wherever you contemporaneously wrote (about abuse)?” Steel questioned her.
She replied that she would not bash that during that clip and shared she ne'er told anyone astir the alleged abuses she suffered.
Defense attorneys went aft Mia hard connected her credibility, to which Mia stood firm, saying, “I person ne'er lied successful this courtroom, and I volition ne'er prevarication successful this courtroom.”
Steel besides questioned if she is seeking monetary compensation from Combs and if she volition writer the fallen entrepreneur implicit enactment maltreatment claims, to which Mia says no.
