“I was pretty head over heels for Sean,” Jane testified.
“That night just opened, like, a Pandora’s box in the relationship,” Jane told the jury.
When she floated the idea of modeling on OnlyFans to gain more financial independence, Combs allegedly dismissed it.
During one purported incident, Combs allegedly kicked down four of Jane’s doors and lifted her off the ground in a chokehold.
“You’re not going to fuck up my night,” Combs allegedly told Jane, according to the government’s opening statement.
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Just months after she first spoke with prosecutors, but more than a year after she allegedly told Combs that reading Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s graphic lawsuit was like reading her own “sexual trauma,” the second woman who was allegedly sex trafficked by the hip-hop mogul started testifying at the criminal trial on Thursday. “”.
Under the alias Jane, the woman is identified as Victim-2 in the Southern District of New York’s case against Combs for sex trafficking and racketeering. The majority of Jane’s story was previously kept secret by the prosecution, but they claim that between 2021 and 2024, Combs gave her drugs and forced her to participate in highly planned, multi-day “freak-offs” with male escorts.
Jane told jurors about the beginning of her allegedly tumultuous relationship with the music mogul in an emotional testimony in the federal courtroom in lower Manhattan. She remembered how she had first met Combs in 2020, when he was seeing one of her friends. Combs allegedly hosted the women at his house, paid for their trip to Miami, and made it apparent right away that he was interested in Jane. According to Jane’s testimony, “He was really charming and nice.”. “I was attracted to him almost immediately. The two quickly became known by their nicknames after exchanging phone numbers. In homage to the Sesame Street best friends, Combs played “Ernie” and she played “Bert.”. “There was some flirting going on,” she remembered.
After that, Jane claimed, Combs followed her. Her friend moved on with someone else after she initially kept him at bay. In early 2021, Jane seized the opportunity when Combs extended an invitation to return to Miami. They went on a five-day date.
Jane stated in her testimony, “I was pretty head over heels for Sean.”. Later, she and Combs went to the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos for two weeks, during which they used drugs together for the first time. Jane claimed that after only two previous attempts, Combs gave her ecstasy. According to reports, Combs held out his hand and said, “Here, take this. It’ll be more fun. When the drug caused a negative reaction, Jane fell on the beach and screamed. Jane uttered, “It just struck me.”. “I felt like my body was about to tremble.”. “.”.
In an attempt to soothe her, Jane claimed that Combs’ former chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, and his butler led her into a shower. During the trip, she recalled taking Ecstasy with Combs approximately twelve times. She claimed that Combs then sent her $10,000, which she interpreted as payment for the time she lost working as a model and brand influencer.
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Until Combs’ arrest last September, Jane told jurors, she kept dating him. She claimed that despite Combs’s outspoken desire for an open relationship, they exchanged declarations of love early on. She explained that she loved him and that’s why she agreed he could date other women. As she testified, “I was fine with it.”. “I was monogamous because all I wanted was to see Sean.”. “”.
From the beginning, Jane claimed that Combs frequently gave her a variety of drugs, such as ecstasy, cocaine, and ketamine, while he also took a lot of them himself during their sex. Jane recalled that Combs also requested that she wear “very high stripper shoes” and enjoyed using background pornography and red lights to create an atmosphere.
Jane sobbed as she talked about her first alleged freak-off with Combs, which she referred to as “debauchery” or “hotel nights.”. She said that when Combs suggested taking their “fantasy” into the real world, they had already spent more than 12 hours up together using drugs and having sex. She claimed that in May 2021, he promptly made arrangements for a male escort and swept her away to a hotel. As she began to dance in front of the escort while Combs began masturbating, she recalled feeling “nervous” after witnessing the assistants frantically setting up the suite. Although he eventually gave in, Jane claimed that Combs intervened when she asked the escort to wear a condom, claiming it wasn’t required. She recalled spending more time alone with Combs after having sex with the escort.
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Because she thought her first freak-off would be a one-time event testing limits and shattering taboos, Jane described feeling “exhilarated” after it. She testified that instead, it led her down a dangerous path. Jane told the jury that night “opened a Pandora’s box in the relationship.”. It merely established the tone for the rest of our relationship. For the rest of our relationship, I felt like I couldn’t close that door. “”.
Since then, Jane claimed that she and Combs had many hotel nights together, which accounted for roughly 90% of their sex sessions. During the lengthy, extremely repetitive marathons, she said, they frequently used over two dozen bottles of baby oil, so they covered hotel furniture with blankets and sheets to absorb the excess. With several rounds of performances and occasionally more than one male escort, Jane calculated that the nights could last anywhere between 24 and 30 hours.
According to her, Jane began to live her life on standby, with Khorram or another staff member arranging her travel and Combs requesting hotel nights at random. She felt “consumed” by the dynamic and always needed to be prepared with the Combs-favored hairstyle, light nails, and tanned skin. Jane claimed that because she had little control over her own schedule, her career as a model and content creator suffered greatly. Combs allegedly rejected her suggestion to model on OnlyFans in order to become more financially independent.
Jane claimed that in April 2023, Combs finally assisted her in relocating from the East Coast to Los Angeles. She remembered that she received a $10,000 monthly “allowance,” which she spent entirely on housing. Sometimes, Combs would give her extra money, like $5,000 in cash “just because,” or he would wire her bigger sums, like $20,000 for new furniture, according to Jane.
She testified that Combs threatened to end their relationship and stop providing financial support when she pushed back on the hotel nights, claiming she only wanted to have sex with him. Jane claimed that she felt both “obligated” and frustrated to “perform these nights for him.”. “”.
Before the court day ended, Jane gave an hour-and-a-half of testimony. Her time on the stand is anticipated to extend into the middle of next week, and she is expected to return on Friday morning. In the past, prosecutors said Combs used physical violence and threats in addition to financial control to manipulate Jane. According to reports, Combs kicked Jane while she was curled up in a ball on the ground, dragged her by her hair, and broke down doors to get to her. During their 11-year relationship, which ended permanently in 2018, Ventura previously testified that Combs forced her into hundreds of freak-offs using physical violence and threats. ).
Assistant U stated that the defendant persisted in requesting that Jane have freak-offs and assured her that doing so would allow them to spend quality time together, go on dates, and take trips. S. During the first day of Combs’ trial last month, attorney Emily Johnson said. “A genuine relationship was Jane’s top priority, but despite the defendant’s promises of trips and quality time, he never fulfilled them. He told her those lies merely to get more nights in escorted, dark hotel rooms. “”.
Prosecutors have stated that they only started communicating with Jane in January, following the discovery of text messages she sent Combs in the days following the filing of Ventura’s lawsuit in November 2023. She sent Combs a text message that read, “It makes me sick how three solid pages, word for word, are exactly my experiences and my anguish.”. The dating relationship lasted into 2024, according to the prosecution, after Combs allegedly gaslighted Jane and made a nebulous reference to her financial support.
Following Ventura’s lawsuit, Johnson informed jurors during her opening statement that they would hear recordings of Combs calling Jane. He will attempt to coerce Jane into stating that she desired to have freak-offs. Johnson stated, “You’ll hear him cut Jane off when she pushes back.”.
Combs’ indictment accuses him of using physical violence to ensnare Jane in his abusive dynamic, providing her with drugs to keep her awake and compliant, and threatening to release explicit videos of her. Combs is accused of kicking down four of Jane’s doors and choking her while she was lifted off the ground during one alleged incident. Combs allegedly assaulted Jane once more later that evening, dragging her by her hair, kicking her on the ground, and punching her in the face before making her frighten off.
The government’s opening statement claims that Combs told Jane, “You’re not going to fuck up my night.”.
Teny Geragos, Combs’ attorney, attempted to distinguish Jane from Ventura in the opening statement of the defense. By the time Combs began dating Jane, she informed jurors, “he was more upfront about his dating life,” including the fact that he was seeing several women. According to Geragos, Jane was also older and more experienced than Ventura, “raising her child in a different state while living her own life.”. “”.
According to Geragos, Jane “began to do everything possible to make these nights incredible for Combs” following her first freak-off experience. According to Geragos, Jane “made the choice” to have freak-offs “out of love.”. “”.
She was frantic to be with him, to spend time with him, and, in the end, to provide him with something that none of his previous girlfriends were doing. According to Geragos, she will admit that she made numerous attempts to shift the focus of the relationship from being solely sexual to something perhaps more profound or significant. She said Jane’s “jealousy” was the reason behind the violence in the couple’s “toxic and dysfunctional” relationship. “”.
Geragos claimed in her opening that Combs was only drawn to a “swingers lifestyle,” which she defined as an adult preference for consensual “threesomes.”. “It is not their job to judge him for his sexual preferences,” she told the jurors. “The evidence will show that the women voluntarily stayed with Combs out of love and because he was a “wealthy rapper” who gave them generous financial support,” she said, adding that the government bears the burden of proving Combs coerced the women.
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However, Geragos stated that “domestic violence is not sex trafficking,” even though she acknowledged that Combs was violent in the 2016 video that showed him kicking and dragging Ventura in a hotel hallway. “”.
