Diddy trial live: New witness to appear after ‘Jane’ ends marathon testimony

The prosecution is expected to call a special agent as its next witness on Friday after Judge Arun Subramanian weighs whether to show the jury a text discussing a violent clash between the defendant and “Gina,” another ex-girlfriend.

The message in question dates from 2015 and was sent between Combs and an Atlanta security guard, who reportedly advises the rapper that the incident in question would get him arrested “even if she begged” police not to.

“Gina” is not expected to testify at the trial, leading defense attorney Jason Driscoll to accuse prosecutor Christy Slavik of trying to get “two bites at the apple” by bringing the matter up.

We’re looking at another 9am ET start time, with the lawyers once more arriving 30 minutes earlier.

A lawyer for Combs protested the rising tide of secrecy at the hip-hop icon’s federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial yesterday after both his client and the public were excluded from lengthy arguments over whether another famous rapper’s name could be disclosed.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo complained to Judge Arun Subramanian after Combs was left out of an hour-long meeting in a private room outside the courtroom where lawyers and the judge discussed a hotel room “event” in January 2024.

That meeting added a two-hour delay to the start of the sixth and final day of Jane’s testimony.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-girlfriend Jane finished testifying on Thursday after spending several days on the stand being cross-examined and describing her three-year relationship with the music mogul.

The day got off to a rocky start, with testimony delayed nearly two hours as prosecutors, Combs’s attorneys and Jane’s attorney had private conversations with Judge Arun Subramanian.

After she took the stand, Jane described how she felt during her “hotel nights” with Combs, which involved her having sex with other men while he watched.

Jane testified she went on a trip to Las Vegas in 2024 with an unnamed rapper for a birthday celebration. They flew on the rapper’s private jet, she said.

Combs was not aware of the trip because they were on a break, Jane said. The rapper was “close” with Combs, she added.

Antoine, a sex worker who had done previous “hotel nights” with Jane and Combs, was at the birthday dinner, Jane testified. Later, Antoine had sex with another woman while several people watched, she said.

Combs went on to accuse Jane of attending another man’s “freak off,” she testified.

Jane told prosecutors she wishes she could forget “hotel nights.”

“I felt like a whore, I’m not a trained actress,” Jane testified.

After a 24-hour “hotel night” in Turks and Caicos, Jane texted an entertainer named Paul and told him Combs “didn’t make me feel like a human being.”

When the questions finally concluded, Jane hugged prosecutor Maurene Comey and defense attorney Teny Geragos as she left the stand.

Here’s Kelly Rissman’s report.

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs as it resumes in New York.

Combs is facing sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy charges.

He was arrested in September 2024 as federal authorities alleged he threatened, abused and coerced victims “to fulfill his sexual desires” between 2004 and 2024.

Combs has denied any accusations of wrongdoing.