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Diddy Trial Enters Fifth Week With ‘Jane’ Facing Cross-Examination and Mistrial Bid

His lawyers have filed a second mistrial motion alleging prosecutorial misconduct over testimony about a 2016 balcony incident.

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Overview

  • Jane’s cross-examination opened Tuesday after she spent three days testifying to coercion into “hotel nights” involving male escorts that she said Combs orchestrated and filmed.
  • She told jurors that Combs paid her rent and legal fees, threatened to expose sex tapes to her child’s father, and physically assaulted her in June 2024 to enforce compliance.
  • Prosecutors highlighted Jane’s reaction to Cassie Ventura’s 2023 lawsuit, saying she “almost fainted” when she recognized the allegations matched her own experiences.
  • Combs’s defense filed a second mistrial motion this week, accusing the government of allowing materially false testimony about a 2016 balcony incident.
  • Judge Arun Subramanian set a Tuesday deadline for prosecutors to respond to the defense’s motion.