A former personal assistant to Sean Combs testified on Thursday that she was sexually assaulted by her boss, describing a grueling work environment that could descend into violence and chaos.
In the witness box, she listed instances in which she said Mr. Combs was violent with her during her eight years working for him.
“He’s thrown me against the wall.
He slammed my arm into a door.” Looking down, her voice quieting to a whisper, she said that Mr. Combs had also sexually assaulted her multiple times.
The human resources employee who accompanied her then left, she said, and Mr. Combs eventually got dressed.
A former Sean Combs personal assistant testified on Thursday that she was sexually assaulted by her boss, describing a demanding workplace that could devolve into chaos and violence.
“The highs were really high and the lows were really, really low,” she said during the trial for sex trafficking and racketeering by Mr. Dot Combs.
Jurors were shown the woman’s true name, but she is testifying under the alias “Mia.”. She stated in the witness box that during her eight years of employment with Mr. Dot Combs, he had been violent with her on a number of occasions.
She testified, “He’s thrown things at me.”. He has flung me against the wall. I was thrown into a pool by him. He threw a bucket of ice onto my head. My arm was slammed against a door by him. “.”.
Additionally, she claimed that Mr. Combs had sexually assaulted her several times while looking down and speaking in a whisper. She would “tell you about the times that the defendant forced himself on her sexually,” such as making her have oral sex and “sneaking into her bed to penetrate her against her will,” according to the prosecutors, who used this information to preview her testimony for jurors. “”.
When Mia applied to work for Mr. Dot Combs, she claimed to be in her mid-20s, living in New York, and attempting to advance in the entertainment industry. She had previously worked as Mike Myers’ personal assistant. She recalled being taken to Mr. Dot Combs’s apartment to meet him after multiple interviews for a position as a personal assistant, and he came in his underwear to open the door. She said that after the HR staff member who had been with her left, Mr. Dot Combs finally dressed.
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