The prosecution showed texts sent by "Mia" -- a former personal assistant of Combs testifying under a pseudonym -- where she told his chief of staff that she was having "night terrors" about him. But the defense left binders of printed out Instagram posts on the jurors' chairs. In most of them "Mia" praised her boss and showed off a party-heavy, globe-trotting lifestyle. Combs's attorney Brian Steel also pushed back on her claims that Combs sexually assaulted her.If you want to read NBC's coverage of the trial, check out our newsletter, “Diddy On Trial”: NBCNews.com/Diddy
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This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Friday, May 30th. Just a heads up, in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing subject matter.
This morning, the prosecution witness using the pseudonym Mia was back on the stand. Then, after a couple of hours, the defense began its cross-examination of her. As it was starting, attorney Brian Steele asked the jurors to open binders that had been left on their chairs. NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas is going to tell us what was in those binders and more.
She has just come out of the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Hey, Chloe. Hey, Andrea. So yesterday, Mia was, as you told us, she was very emotional. throughout the day. How was she today?
Today, she was still looking down, not making eye contact with the jury, with Diddy. Her voice still would sometimes seem like it was trembling, and she was sort of whispering at times. But overall, she was pretty strong and stoic. And especially during cross-examination, there were times where she was really talking back to Brian Steele and holding her own.
Today, the prosecutor pulled out texts between Mia and Combs, Mia and others who worked at Combs' company. What was that all about?
These are text messages that date back to the time of the allegations that she's talking about. And it's both Mia and also Diddy's text messages. Some of the texts are threatening. He's telling her that her job's at stake. He's angry. He's going to fire her. He wants nothing to do with her. In one instance, he writes to her saying, If you don't call me now, I'm going to tell everything.
And don't ever speak to me again. You have two minutes. This is in reference to her being in South Africa with Cassie, and he was trying to get a hold of Cassie. And according to Mia, when he says, I'm going to tell everything, he means exposing their sexual relationship. And she says those were sexual assaults.
There is one text the prosecutor showed the jury, which Mia sent Combs and his chief of staff. You can really... see the panic or hear the panic in her words, even though it's in a text message.
Absolutely. I mean, I think one of the things that we're really seeing now is that he was relentless in terms of the work environment for his employees, and especially for Mia, who was his personal assistant for all of these years, that he would call her. dozens of times in succession and write the same text over and over again.
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