Overview

• ‘Mia,’ who served as Combs’s assistant from 2009 to 2017, detailed being thrown against walls, into a pool and an ice bucket before describing multiple instances of forced sexual assault.
• Celebrity stylist Deonte Nash recounted witnessing Combs repeatedly beat ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura—slamming her head into a bed frame and threatening to release explicit videos.
• LAPD and LAFD investigators testified about the 2012 break-in and arson attack on rapper Kid Cudi’s Porsche, and Judge Arun Subramanian denied a mistrial motion over lost fingerprint evidence.
• Cassie Ventura, the prosecution’s lead witness, gave birth to her third child on May 27, just weeks after completing four days of testimony on abuse and rape accusations.
• Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, and prosecutors plan to rest their case next week as the trial continues into June.