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Get ready to dive deep into one of the most
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gripping legal battles of our time. I'm your host, Jim Chapman,
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and today we're unraveling the high stakes drama surrounding one
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of the music industry's most enematic figures, Sean Diddy Combs,
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in a case that has captivated millions. The courtroom has
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become a battleground for fame, fortune, in the dark secrets
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that lurk beneath the glittering surface of celebrity life. As
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the gavel comes down, we'll explore the allegations, the testimonies,
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and the shocking twists that could change the course of
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Diddy's legacy forever. Was this case merely a clash of
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lifestyles or something much more sinister? With each episode, I
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will bring you exclusive insights, analysis, and witness testimony accounts
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that will leave you on the edge of your seat.
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So buckle up as we embark on this thrilling ride
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through the trial of the century, where the stakes are high,
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the drama is real, and the truth is anything but certain.
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This is the Trial of Sean Combs. Let's get started.
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Welcome back. It's been just a few days since I
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dropped the last episode of the trial of Sean Combs,
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and I'm back to it. If you'll remember, in the
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prior episode or the episode before that, I mentioned that
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a juror was being looked at closely could possibly get
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removed over what the judge was terming inconsistencies. Well, that
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has happened. Jurn Number six has officially been booted from
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the jury now. The judge dismissed the juror. This was
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actually on Monday, June sixteenth, after a week of back
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and forth between prosecutors and the defense over what they
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described as his lack of candor about his living situation.
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The judge previously said there are several inconsistencies surrounding details
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about where jurn Number six lives and with whom he
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lives with. The judge explained that his reasoning for the
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removal was based on multiple interviews with the juror. Judge
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told the court that in one instance, Jury Number six
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had an offhand conversation with a member of the jury
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department in which he indicated he recently moved in with
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his girlfriend in New Jersey, where he had been staying
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most of the time now weeks ago. In a jury interview,
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the jurors said he lived in the Bronx with his
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fiance and infant daughter. But in a different interview, when
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asked where he lived, the jurors said he had an
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apartment in New York where he stayed four to five
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nights a week when he was working and doing jury.
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Did he and yet another interview, he said he lived
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in New York with his aunt. Quote. The juror is
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unable to answer simple questions, the judge said June thirteenth,
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adding that there are serious questions about the candor of
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the juror and his ability to follow instructions. So what
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happens now, Well, after a jurors dismissal, an alternate usually
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takes their place. Remember six alternates have been on the
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sidelines in this trial, but they've seen every bit of
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testing as if they were a juror, So it won't
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interrupt anything. Everything's going to continue as normal. However, you
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don't like to see jurors get removed because it really
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opens up the appeals process. Right at that point, if
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Combs is found guilty, the thing the defense is really
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gonna focus on is, well they had a jaror removed
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and it screwed everything up, so we'll have to see
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what plays out, but big breaking news there, and we're
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gonna start off with a quick catch up on what
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occurred with the testimony for Wednesday, June eleventh, which was
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the last episode that I brought you. Jane testified about
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the longest hotel night she could remember, saying it occurred
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around New Year's of twenty twenty two. Jane estimated it
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went on for about three days and involved three men.
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Jane testified that after the hotel night, she saw Combs
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on vacation, he was with another woman, and she texted
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Combs about her frustration, quote you have made me feel
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so taken advantage of and regretting everything. The message imparted read.
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Jane testified about a time in twenty twenty two when
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she persuaded Combs to leave a trip with another woman
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by threatening to withhold a hotel night. She said quote
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that was the first time I pulled that card. Jane
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also confirmed she planned a hotel night for Valentine's Day
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that year after Combs left the vacation early. She said
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she had planned to have two entertainers in the room
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at once and acknowledged that it was her idea to
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do that. Several text messages between Jane and Combs were
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read out loud to the jury. Those texts illustrated Jane
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showing affection for Combs. One text from Jane this was
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in twenty twenty two, following a hotel night, read quote,
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my love for you is unconditional and for life. Another
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text Jane sent in twenty twenty three, around the same
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time she moved into the home that he still pays for,
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read quote, I love you so much as my friend,
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my lover, my boyfriend, even though you don't like that word.
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There was about a two month period in which Jane
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and Combs did not have a hotel night. She testified
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to that. She said they did spend several days together
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during that period, which was from April fourteenth until late June.
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During one June day, Combs texted Jane about having a
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hotel night, to which she replied, quote not really in
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the move for that part. Don't want to make you mad,
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and Comb's replied saying all good. Jane testified for her
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birthday in twenty twenty three, she asked Combs for fifteen
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thousand dollars to cover buying an outfit in dinner, Comb,
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she said, paid for that dinner. Jane also testified she
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went along with it when Comb said he had entertainment
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planned for after her birthday dinner. She went on to
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say she was under the pressure of Combs. The jury
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also saw texts exchanged after Jane learned Combs lied to
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her and took another woman on a birthday vacation to
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Turks and Kekos immediately after Combs was with Jane for
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her birthday. Jane testified she was hurt after being made
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to have sex with three guys. They broke up for
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several weeks until Comes planned a trip to Turks and
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Kekos for him and Jane. Now remember Jane previously testified
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this was a trip meant to reconnect them and that
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she told Combs, I just won us, but it ended
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up featuring a hotel night. So with that, we're going
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to continue with today's episode, which is going to cover Thursday,
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June twelfth testimony defense attorney Teeny Geergos. She is continuing
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her cross examination with Jane, who enters the courtroom and
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right off. Geargos returned to the time around two twenty
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twenty three in December, when Cassie filed her civil lawsuit.
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Jane said that she and Comb's were in contact around
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that time, but it was a difficult period for both
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of them. Quote, we were both equally pulled into our
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own emotional battlefields in every way. Jane said she had
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hit a wall in the relationship and there was a
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lot for her to do to wrap her head around that,
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and that she was expressing her own feelings to him
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while he at the same time was under a lot
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of fire for a lot of other things. She confirmed
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that around this time, Commebs told her he was not
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aware of how she had been feeling. She testified that
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he said he was sorry she felt that way and
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did not want her to feel like that anymore. Gerret
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Gos went on to ask, quote, at the time, you
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believed him right, and Jane responded, Yes, I did. From
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that period on, Jane said Comb started encouraging her to
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be more communicative with him. Gegos revisited the January twenty
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twenty four Las Vegas trip. Jane confirmed that she went
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on the trip with her friend and they flew on
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a rapper's private plane. She said Combs was unaware of
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the trip because they were on a break at that time.
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Gegos asked if the rapper was a quote icon in
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the music industry end quote very close to Combs, and
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Jane agreed. She confirmed the trip was for the birthday
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of the rapper's girlfriend or wife. Jane testified that she
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and Comes both knew before January twenty twenty four that
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the entertainer Antoine, whom she and Combs hired for hotel nights,
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would also travel and spend time with this rapper in
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The rapper's significant other. Antoine had told Jane and Combs personally,
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she said. Jane said she was a little bit surprised
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to see Antoine at a dinner for the birthday of
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the rapper's significant other, but no one asked how they
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knew each other. Later that night, seven or eight people
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were in a hotel room watching an Twine have sex
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with a woman on the bed. She testified. The rapper,
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who Jane knew from Afar, flirted with Jane in the
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hotel room, and he quote had said something like he
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thought I was beautiful and always wanted to blank me.
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Jane also confirmed, when asked that at some point she
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flashed her breast around the group in the hotel room.
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She said it was a in the moment thing. She
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testified that while they were in the hotel room, the
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rapper and his partner asked her if she knew anybody
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else in the lifestyle. She said she reached out to
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entertainer Sly because at that time she thought Sly was
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a safe person to recommend. Defense attorney Gergos asked Jane
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why the couple asked her that. Jane responded that it
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was possible they had already suspected she and Combs had
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been involved in similar activities, and she went on to say,
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or they could have just picked up that energy for me.
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Jane werecounted a birthday celebration seawan Combe's planned for her
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in Miami in February of twenty twenty four. It was
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the first time they were together in person since breaking
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up in October of twenty twenty three. Combs planned a
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five course meal at the property next to his Miami
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residents and covered the table with gifts and decorations. Jane testified.
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Jane described the romantic gesture as everything she's always wanted
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from her relationship. She said they took ecstasy after dinner
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and acknowledged that she told the defense in a pre
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trial meeting that she was willing to have sex with
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an entertainer in front of Combs later that night because
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Combs did everything she wanted for her birthday. She also
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testified she realized this was just going to be a
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forever thing with Combs, referring to those sex encounters. The
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jury also saw some texts between Jane and an entertainer
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named Paul. This was on February tenth, when she asked
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Paul if he had plans for Valentine's Day. Then they
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went back to the Cassie Ventura lawsuit, and she confirmed
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she met a positive changes in Gomes after that lawsuit
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was filed. She testified they had some growth in the
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relationship after they got back together in February of twenty
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twenty four. She said, I felt like I could assert
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myself a little more, and she confirmed Combs acted more
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loving towards her spent more quality time with her. She
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confirmed that she felt closer to him and her love
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grew stronger. Jane testified about an argument, however, that they
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had on the night of June eighteenth, of twenty twenty four.
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She estimated by the time the argument began, they had
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each already consumed two shots of tequila in at least
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two glasses of champagne. Jane confirmed the woman they were
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arguing about lived in Miami and was able to spend
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more time with Combs because of her proximity. She also
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confirmed that she and Combs argued about this woman before quote,
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I think it was just a ball of emotions that night.
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There was just a lot of resentment for so many things.
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She confirmed that she called Comes a pedophile, even though
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the woman was not underage. She also called him disgusting
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in a monster. When she felt like the fight was escalating,
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Jane went into her bedroom, locking the door. Ger Gos
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then asked James to confirm that Combs had not touched her.
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At this point, they kept saying, are you just not
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going to talk to me? When he kicked open the
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master bedroom door, she said she locked herself in the
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master bathroom. She yelled. At this point, she hated him.
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She wanted him to leave, and of course I told
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you this side from the prosecution, but I have to
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go over it again because there's some things they are
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trying to catch her in. So Combs kicked open that
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bathroom door that she locked herself in and she went
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into her closet. This is when Jane said she slipped
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out of a tight dress she was wearing to put
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on a loose dress that she could put on very quickly.
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She said she was not able to change her striped
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high heels before Comes kicked that door open too. She
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said she ran downstairs headed for the front door. Comes
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caught up with her. He kicked her in the back
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of the leg that caused her to fall to the floor.
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He then pulled her up to her tippy toes in
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the chokehold, and she couldn't breathe, she said. Gegos asked
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her to confirm that she previously told the government she
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almost couldn't breathe, and Jane said yes, referencing Jane's previous
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direct testimony. Gegos asked her to confirm that the video
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she took in the days after that altercation showed injuries
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around her face but no marks on her neck, and
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Jane agreed with that. Jane left the house, hid outside
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for a couple hours, and then returned to her home.
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She confirmed that when she got back to the house,
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she was still very upset. She said she brought up
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the woman they had been arguing about again and again,
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and I'm pretty sure you all this is young Miami.
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She then called Combs a pedophile again, even though the
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woman was not underage, and she testified that she Comes
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went onto a patio area and she punched Combs in
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the head. She said he then punched her twice and
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the eye and the forehead, and at some point he
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punched her in the face. She got ahold of his
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phone and she called the woman she believed was on
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a recent family trip with Combs at that point, and
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I told you about that. The woman told Jane she