May 31, 2025

Saturday 5/31 “We All Lived in Fear” — Mia’s Devastating Testimony Shakes the Courtroom

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Saturday’s episode plunges into the most harrowing day yet as Diddy’s former assistant “Mia” delivers hours of gut-wrenching testimony. Mia recounts a world of sleep deprivation, drug-fueled chaos, and relentless psychological abuse—detailing sexual assaults, violent outbursts, and a culture of fear that left everyone, including Cassie Ventura, terrified and trapped. As the defense attacks her credibility with old texts and birthday gifts, Mia’s voice never wavers: “Public displays of loyalty were a way to stay safe.” With the jury visibly shaken and the courtroom on edge, Nate Oliver unpacks every raw, emotional moment from Day 21 of Did He Do It?

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Warning. This episode contains references to sexual situations that may

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be disturbing to some listeners. Please proceed with caution.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Welcome back to Did He Do It?

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The Daily podcast bringing you every raw, unfiltered detail from

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the Sean diddycomb sex trafficking and racketeering trial. I'm Nate Oliver.

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It's Saturday, May thirty first, so let's recap what happened

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yesterday and take you inside one of the most emotionally

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fraud and revealing days of testimony we've seen yet. Friday's

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session was dominated by the continued testimony and cross examination

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of Miya, the former assistant whose allegations have become a

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lynchpin in the prosecution's case. The atmosphere in the courtroom

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was thick with tension, as Mia, testifying under a student

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him for her safety, described an excruciating detail the years

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she spent in Ditty's orbit, years she says, were defined

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by manipulation, control, and trauma that still haunts her. Mia

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began her testimony by recounting the first time she says

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Diddy sexually assaulted her. It was during his fortieth birthday

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celebration at the Plaza hotel in New York, just a

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few months into her job as his personal assistant. She

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told the jury how Ditty called her into the kitchen,

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praised her work, offered her two shots of alcohol, and then,

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as she felt the effects hit her harder than expected,

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pressed her against a wall, kissed her, and put his

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hand up her dress. When asked directly if she wanted

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any of this, MIA's answer was a quiet but firm no.

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She said this was just the beginning of a series

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of unwonted advances, each one blurring the line between boss

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and victim, power and submission. As Mia continued, she painted

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a picture of a man who could be charming and

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generous one moment and cruelly abusive the next. She described

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Diddy as someone who would humiliate her in front of others,

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curse at her, and go on long, extended rants about

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how incompetent and stupid she was. Sometimes he treated me

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like his best friend, his working partner. Sometimes he treated

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me like I was a worthless piece of crap, she said,

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her voice often trembling, her gaze fixed on the table

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in front of her. The physical violence, Mia said was

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relentless and unpredictable. She recounted how Diddy once hurled a

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computer at her head on a music video set when

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the Wi Fi wasn't working, slammed her against walls, and

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on another occasion, threw her into a pool in front

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of other staff and guests. There was a night when

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after a long party, Diddy demanded she get everyone I hop.

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When she tried to go to her room to change

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her tampon, he became enraged, threw a bowl of spaghetti

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at her, and screamed for her to get out of

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his house. The day she was suspended without pay, Mia

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described the humiliation of having to beg for her job back,

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knowing that her financial security and professional reputation were entirely

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in Ditty's hands. The demands of the job were, in

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MIA's words, inhuman She described working five days straight without sleep,

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being prescribed stimulants by a doctor Ditty kept on call,

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and being pressured to use ketamine to stay awake and compliant.

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She told the jury about a moment of collapse after

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nearly a week awake, her hearing and vision blurring, breaking

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down in tears, and Ditty's only response being to suggest

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she take a rest. She said he kept drugs in

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a Louis Vi tomp pouch and used them at all hours,

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even during business meetings and on TV sets. Mia described

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how Ditty would sometimes demand she join him and his

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friends in what he called the Breakfast Club, a circle

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of people who partied through the night and into the morning,

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fueled by drugs and alcohol, with no boundaries or limits.

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But the psychological manipulation Mia said was even more damaging

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than the physical abuse. Ditty, she explained, would dangle opportunities

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in front of her, then snatch them away depending on

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his mood. He would threaten to ruin her reputation, take

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away her credits on TV projects, and destroy her financially

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if she ever spoke out. It's called psychological abuse, she

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told the jury, explaining why she sometimes posted positive messages

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about Ditty on social media or gave him birthday gifts

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despite the abuse. Public displays of loyalty were away to

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stay safe. I was always performing for him, for the world,

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for my own survival. MIA's testimony was not limited to

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her own experiences. She described witnessing Ditty's violence toward Cassie Ventura,

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his longtime girlfriend and another star witness in the trial.

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Mia recounted seeing Cassie hiding from Ditty at parties, whispering

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He's gonna kill me. She described the aftermath of violent episodes,

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hotel suites littered with broken glass, blood, and candlewax. Mia

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said that after some of these incidents, Cassie would be

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left with visible injuries, and the emotional toll was evident

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to everyone around her. Mia described how Cassie would sometimes

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disappear for days, only to return looking hollowed out, like

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she'd left a piece of herself behind. Mia said she

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tried to comfort Cassie, but both women knew there was

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little they could do. We all lived in a fear,

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she said, her voice cracking. The defense began its cross

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examination with a barrage of questions aimed at MIA's credibility.

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Attorney Brian Steele presented the jury with a series of

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glowing social media posts and photos in which Mia appeared

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to praise Ditty, calling him the good kind of crazy,

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a legend, and a friend. Steele asked why someone who

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endured such abuse would post such positive things. Mia, notably

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more animated on Friday than during her earlier testimony, replied

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that these posts were a survival tactic. It's called psychological abuse.

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She explained that her public praise was a way to

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keep the peace and avoid further abuse, and that her

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real feelings were hidden behind a facade. When you're trapped,

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you do what you have to do to survive, she said.

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Steele pressed Mia about a birthday present she gave Ditty,

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suggesting her actions were inconsistent with someone who was terrified.

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Mia explained that her sense of self worth had been

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so eroded by the abuse that she felt compelled to

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maintain the relationship even after it ended. She told the

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jury that losing her job with Ditty felt like losing

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her identity, saying, in hindsight, fantastic, but at the time

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the worst thing ever. I didn't know who I was

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without that job, without his approval. That's what abuse does

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to you. The defense also highlighted MIA's delayed disclosure of

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the abuse, suggesting her story was shaped by recently lawsuits

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and media attention. Mia pushed back, describing years of manipulation

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and fear that kept her silent. She insisted everything I

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said in this courtroom is true, and doubled down on

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her account even as Steele tried to catch her in contradictions.

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She described the shame and isolation. She felt, the fear

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that no one would believe her, and the guilt that

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she hadn't done more to protect herself or others. One

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of the most striking revelations came when Mia testified that

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she received a four hundred thousand dollars severance payment from

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Ditty after nine months of mediation following her years of service.

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She revealed that she had hired employment lawyers who initially

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asked Ditty for ten million dollars, but that she did

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not bring up the alleged sexual assaults during those negotiations.

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The defense tried to use this to suggest her claims

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were financially motivated, but Mia insisted the payment was about

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wrongful termination, not hush money. She described how the self

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process itself was traumatic, with Ditty's lawyers insisting on strict

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confidentiality and threatening to bury her if she ever spoke out.

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Mia also testified that years after she stopped working for Ditty,

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his bodyguard d Rock, reached out to her following Cassie

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Ventura's explosive civil lawsuit against Ditty, a lawsuit that ultimately

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led to the federal prosecution. Mia said de Rock told

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her Puff and cass would just fight like a normal couple,

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and that Ditty himself later tried to contact her, sending

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messages asking to jog his memory about who was around

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him during those years. Mia told the jury she found

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these attempts triggering and ignored them, suspecting Ditty was trying

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to influence her testimony. Prosecutors said they planned to introduce

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evidence that Ditty used similar tactics to try to sway

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other witnesses, including a woman identified as Jane. Throughout her testimony,

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Mia emphasized the culture of fear and silents that permeated

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Ditty's inner circle. She described how employees were required to

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sign non disclosure agreements, how loyalty was enforced through threats

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and surveillance, and how even those who wanted to leave

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felt trapped by financial and emotional dependence. Mia described the

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toll the abuse took on her mental health, saying she

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still suffers from PTSD, nightmares and panic attacks. She told

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the jury that coming forward was the hardest thing she's

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ever done, but that she felt a responsibility to speak

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the truth, not just for herself, but for all the

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women who never got the chance. The courtroom was tense

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throughout MIA's testimony, with jurors visibly affected by her emotional recounting.

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At times, Mia paused to collect herself, sipping water and

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keeping her head down. Judge Aaron Subramanian called several recesses

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to allow her to regain composure and reminded the jury

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of the seriousness of the allegations. Did He sat stonefaced

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confer with his attorneys while the gallery was packed with

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reporters and onlookers hanging on every word more in a moment.

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As the day wore on, the emotional toll on everyone

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in the courtroom was palpable. MIA's voice trembled as she

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recounted the years she spent under Ditty's control, and even

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the defense attorneys seemed to tread carefully. As the testimony

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grew more intense, the judge had to call several brief

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recesses to allow witnesses to compose themselves and to remind

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the jury of the gravity of their task. Outside the courthouse,

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the media frenzy continued, with reporters and spectators dissecting every

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detail of MIA's testimony and the defense's aggressive tactics. The

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trial has now entered its fourth week, with Ditty facing

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five criminal charges including racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking by force,

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and transportation for prostitution. If convicted, he could spend the

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rest of his life behind bars. Looking ahead, MIA's cross

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examination will continue next week, with the defense expected to

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dig deeper into her past statements and motivations. More former

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employees and insiders are scheduled to testify, and the prosecution

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is expected to introduce additional evidence tying Ditty to a

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pattern of violence, coercion, and control. Prosecutors have also previewed

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that they will show evidence of Ditty attempting to influence

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other witnesses by continuing to pay their rent or reaching

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out after lawsuits were filed. That's where we stand, after

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another day of bombshell testimony, emotional breakdowns, and legal brinkmanship.

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I'll be back Monday with every new revelation, every legal twist,

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and every rumor from inside and outside the courthouse. I'm

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Nate Oliver, and this is Ditty Do It.

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This episode of Did He Did He?

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Do It?

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