The defense continued hammering "Mia," who worked as Sean Combs's assistant and is now testifying, under a pseudonym. She testified that she told no one about her assault allegations until June of 2024 because she was "terrified and brainwashed." Defense attorney Brian Steel entered texts between Combs and "Mia" into evidence, texts where she reached out to him to offer support and love, including one sent just weeks before Cassie Ventura filed her explosive lawsuit.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 Monday, June 2nd. Just a heads up, in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing subject matter.
The fourth week of testimony began with the continued cross-examination of the prosecution's witness called victim number four in filings. She is going by Mia on the stand, which is not her real name. Brian Steele is handling cross for the defense. He recently helped rap superstar Young Thug avoid jail time in a state RICO case in Georgia.
NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas was in the courtroom today as the prosecution repeatedly objected to Steele's questioning, and the judge called Steele's tone on the line. Chloe is outside now to tell us how the jury reacted today. Hey, Chloe. Hey, Andrea. So Mia alleges that she was raped by Sean Combs and abused in the workplace.
What is the thrust of defense attorney Brian Steele's cross of her?
The crux is he's saying you continue to reach out to this man years after you no longer worked for him and you said that you loved him. So how could you say that if this was your rapist? Why would you choose to stay in contact with him? And why didn't you tell anyone?
Did he outright call her a liar since Sean Combs is denying this rape allegation?
He didn't say you're a liar, but he did say you're lying about being sexually assaulted, aren't you?
Brian Steele wanted to know who Mia told about this sexual assault, if anyone, right? Which is what defense attorneys are always looking for when they're cross-examining. Who knew about this?
I'm just looking at my notes right now. He says, how is it that at all these events, these weddings, these birthday parties, these trips that she went on with family and friends, that there are no emails from you to them about what you claim happened while you worked for Diddy? And she just says that she was never really outside of his grip.
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