Combs’ ex-girlfriend ‘Jane’ resumes testimony

“Jane” was asked what protection she and entertainers used during “hotel nights,” and said they used none because Combs “did not want it.”

Jane said she asked Combs at least twice if the entertainer could wear condoms. The second time she asked was at a Miami hotel and he responded, “almost incensed” and “guilt tripped” her. “He said he didn’t want to see a rubber while he was watching,” she said. 

“Jane,” a former girlfriend of Combs’, is back on the stand for another day of testimony. The prosecution will continue direct questioning of what is supposedly their last witness in the trial.

Yesterday, “Jane,” Combs’ former girlfriend, testified that she and Combs shared a loving relationship beginning in 2021. After her first “freak off,” however, she said it became a “Pandora’s box” situation in which she felt she had no choice but to oblige.

The sex sessions could last between 24 and 30 hours with no sleep, Jane said. As a single mother who came to depend on Diddy, “I felt an obligation because I knew he was paying my rent,” she testified.

Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Cassie Ventura, testified yesterday about an incident where Combs allegedly dangled her over a 17th-floor balcony in Los Angeles in 2016.

The defense accused her of lying, showing a hotel receipt that appeared to show Combs was at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan around the time of the incident. Combs’ attorney, Westmoreland, asked Bongolan: “You came in here and lied to the jury, isn’t that true?” Bongolan replied: “I can’t agree with you.”

Enrique Santos, an investigative analyst for the U.S. attorney’s office, also briefly testified about extracting data from cell phones, including deleted messages. One such message from Cassie Ventura’s phone showed her informing Combs Enterprises’ chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, about the alleged 2016 balcony dangling incident.

Combs was warned yesterday to steer clear of any looks toward the jury.

U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said it was “absolutely unacceptable” that Combs would try to interact with the jury panel during testimony. Subramanian told defense attorney Marc Agnifilo that if Combs doesn’t comply, “I will give an instruction to the jury, or it could result in the exclusion of your client from the courtroom.”

So the court will surely be casting more than a passing glance at Combs today to make sure he’s not trying to make any eye contact with panelists.

Combs’ former girlfriend, using the pseudonym “Jane,” should be back on the witness stand this morning to continue what could be a marathon stint of testimony.

Her direct examination should go until Monday, lead prosecutor Maurene Ryan Comey has said.

The goal is to have her excused by Thursday next week when she’s booked to fly home.