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Diddy’s ex -girlfriend “Jane“, In the witness position for a third and last day of interrogation, he faced a series of questions about his relationship, including the way he developed after he became the object of a criminal investigation that accelerates in 2024.
The key moments:
- Jane told the jury that he saw positive changes in Diddy after Cassie Ventura, His ex -partner filed his civil demand for November 2023 claiming physical and sexual abuse. Answering the questions of the defense lawyer Tey GeragosJane agreed that Diddy became more apologized and attentive, less selfish and cold.
- Jane was in Miami with Diddy last year when CNN issued a hotel security video that showed him assaulting Ventura. The witness said that the behavior was not consistent with the man he knew and, at that time, he had never hit her. Jane’s friends told her to go to Diddy, but she decided to stay, she confirmed.
- Diddy and Jane had a violent altercation approximately one month after the video was launched, he testified. They had another fight last year that began with her pushing her head towards a marble countertop, she said. She told the jury that she was driven to anger for the suspicions that she had been on a trip to the Turkish Islands and Caicos with another woman.
- Jane, facing a redirection exam by the prosecutor Maurene ComeyHe reiterated how often Diddy pushed her to Marathon “Hotel Nights” even after telling him that he was not interested: “All the time.” He cried while describing his jealousy of other women who were not under the same “pressure” to constantly fulfill Diddy’s sexual desires.
🔎 The view from the inside
By Adam Reiss, Chloe Melas and Katherine Koretski
The procedures had a late beginning today because Judge Arun Subramanian And the lawyers moved away for a closed door meeting to make the basic rules for Jane’s interrogation. It is not entirely clear what they discussed in the judge’s dress room, although the lawyers made cryptic references to some type of event that involved Diddy and Jane.
In other news: In general, Jane found himself as firm and composed on her sixth day of testimony, just fighting tears near the end of the day. Diddy, dressed in what seemed to be the same orange sweater and khaki pants that he carried yesterday, hugged the members of his defense team when he entered the courtroom this morning.
During an afternoon break, Diddy grabbed the scarves and caught his attention before leaving the room. “It was not clear immediately if the defendant was briefly surpassed by the court drama or a more natural irritant,” NBC News’ David K. Li He wrote in our blog live.
🗓 What follows?
Tomorrow: “Jane” has finished testifying. The prosecutor’s team is expected to call another wave of witnesses.
PSA: Every night during Diddy’s trial, “Datelline” of NBC will release special episodes of the “True Crime Weekly” podcast to catch up. “Datelline” correspondent Andrea Canning Chats with NBC News’ Chloe Melas and special guests: just in front of the court. Listen here. 🎧
