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(NewsNation) — A pistillate nether the pseudonym “Jane” volition instrumentality the basal again Friday successful the proceedings against Sean “Diddy” Combs aft alleging she performed dayslong intersexual events astatine the behest of the disgraced euphony producer.
Jane is identified arsenic “Victim 2” successful Combs' indictment and has said she was successful a narration with him from 2021 until his apprehension successful 2024.
During her grounds Thursday, Jane said she participated successful “hotel nights” wherever she engaged with antheral enactment workers nether Diddy's instruction, likewise to ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. Ventura has called these events “Freak Offs.”
Jane said she met Combs portion connected a girls’ travel with a person who was dating him astatine the clip successful 2020. She exchanged telephone numbers with him aft spending clip connected his yacht and visiting his location connected Star Island disconnected Miami, Jane told jurors.
According to Jane, she and Combs had their archetypal day successful January 2021 successful Miami. She said she was “pretty caput implicit heels.”
In May 2021, she said the narration took a crook erstwhile Combs expressed his involvement successful her engaging with different men successful intersexual activities.
She said it “seemed similar helium wanted that, and it was turning him on.”
After she agreed, Jane said Combs’ idiosyncratic assistants began mounting up a edifice successful Miami for a “Freak Off.”
She said aft she participated astatine the edifice the archetypal night, she felt excited, but that rapidly changed arsenic she said she did not privation to person enactment with different men, lone Combs.
Jane said she told Combs astatine 1 constituent that she didn’t privation to enactment but that the shaper responded by saying helium would nary longer wage her rent if she refused. By this time, Combs had been partially supporting her financially.
Jane is the 2nd accuser to attest anonymously successful the trial. Her grounds follows that of “Mia,” who is identified arsenic “Victim 4.”
Judge Arun Subramanian ordered that the tribunal overflow rooms and courtroom TV monitors would not show Jane’s grounds to guarantee her individuality remains confidential.
Subramanian ordered that nary 1 successful the property was allowed to sketch oregon picture Jane successful immoderate manner that would uncover her to the public, though jurors were informed of her existent name.
The determination was made aft immoderate media outlets reported the existent individuality of the witnesser who had utilized the pseudonym “Mia.” She testified earlier this week that Combs sexually assaulted her portion she worked arsenic his assistant.
Combs’s defence squad deed a bump Thursday erstwhile the justice admonished and threatened to footwear Combs retired of the courtroom aft helium made respective facial gestures towards jurors.
Subramanian said during a treatment with lawyers that helium saw Combs looking astatine the assemblage and “nodding vigorously” during the cross-examination of Bryana Bongolan, a person of Ventura.
He said Combs had been warned earlier astir engaging with assemblage members.
The justice warned defence attorneys that Combs cannot engage, interact oregon effort to interfere with the assemblage during witnesser grounds oregon astatine immoderate constituent during the trial. Subramanian said aboriginal akin displays successful beforehand of the assemblage “could effect successful the exclusion of your lawsuit from the courtroom.”
Comb’s lawyer Marc Agnifilo acknowledged that helium understood.
Combs has been actively engaged with his attorneys passim the trial, passing notes and whispering comments. He’s besides been seen making a bosom with his hands toward loved ones successful the galley portion entering court.
