Ex-Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Assistant Says She Feared His Wrath: Latest Takeaways

On the 12th day of Sean Combs’s trial on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, the second woman to testify about allegations of sexual abuse took the stand. The former assistant to Mr. Combs testified under the pseudonym Mia, and prosecutors also used her testimony to try to corroborate the account of Casandra Ventura, known as the singer Cassie, his on-and-off girlfriend of around a decade. Mr. Combs pleaded not guilty and has denied all the charges.

Here are some takeaways from the day in court.

A former employee described Mr. Combs as a demanding, controlling boss.

Mia, the former personal assistant to Mr. Combs, testified about a grueling work environment in which she was subjected to sleep deprivation and violence for delays in fulfilling his demands.

The woman, whose real name was revealed to jurors, described a fast-paced, often exciting job that could quickly descend into chaos based on Mr. Combs’s moods.

“The highs were really high and the lows were really, really low,” she testified. She described instances in which he threw a bowl of spaghetti at her and, in another, a computer. Both missed, she said.

“He’s thrown me against the wall,” Mia testified. “He’s thrown me into a pool. He’s thrown an ice bucket on my head. He slammed my arm into a door.”

A document shown to jurors listed Mia’s marching orders, which including staying on her Blackberry at all times. Mr. Combs, the document read, could “ask you to do 17,000 things at one time that range from cracking his knuckles to writing his next movie to doing his taxes.”