Overview

• The trial is in its fifth week and ‘Mia’ completed her third day on the stand, concluding testimony about alleged sexual and physical abuse dating from 2009 to 2017.
• Defense attorney Brian Steel pressed Mia on social media posts and texts—such as a 2019 exchange invoking R. Kelly—to challenge consistency with her trauma allegations.
• Mia told jurors she stayed connected to Combs and sent supportive messages because she was “brainwashed” by an abusive cycle of highs and lows.
• Prosecutors accused Combs’ defense of humiliating Mia during cross-examination, prompting Judge Arun Subramanian to warn attorneys against overly aggressive questioning.
• Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, faces up to life in prison if convicted.