Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ lawyer makes his ex-girlfriend read loving texts
until she cries
[June 12, 2025]
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER
NEW YORK (AP) — A defense lawyer for hip-hop entrepreneur Sean “Diddy”
Combs had his ex-girlfriend read aloud a slew of loving text messages
she’d sent him over the past few years until she broke down in tears
Wednesday on the witness stand.
The second day of cross-examination by attorney Teny Geragos seemed
aimed at supporting the defense position that the woman, who testified
under the pseudonym “Jane,” was a willing participant in the
sometimes-weekly sex with male sex workers that Combs directed and
watched for hours.
Geragos and Jane read aloud dozens of text messages exchanged during a
relationship that stretched from 2021 until Combs was arrested last
September.
At one point, Jane read a text saying she had “never had a man take care
of me like you do” and professing her unending love for the
entertainment icon — before Jane stopped reading and began sniffling,
then dabbed tears from her eyes with a tissue.
After prosecutors objected and requested a sidebar conversation with the
judge away from the jury, Jane sat slumped in the witness chair, hair
hanging over one side of her face. At the defense table, Combs was
quietly reading from one of the TV monitors in front of him.
It was the fifth day of testimony for Jane, who has said she still loves
Combs. She previously discussed gaining insight into her relationship
with Combs after three months of therapy. Jane also said she never
wanted to have sex with any man except Combs but did so to please him.
At other points on Wednesday, Geragos elicited from Jane that she
frequently became angry at Combs and wanted to end their relationship
because she got upset that he was treating other girlfriends better.
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Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the
Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan
Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
 In one instance, Jane acknowledged,
the Bad Boy Records founder even bought another girlfriend jewelry
that was a matching set to jewelry he had given Jane.
Prosecutors say they charged Combs with sex trafficking and
racketeering conspiracy because he used threats, drugs and violence
to force women into unwelcome sexual experiences and used his
employees and associates to help him get what he wanted. Combs, 55,
has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces 15 years to life in
prison.
The testimony Wednesday came during a shortened day in the courtroom
that began in the afternoon. Geragos said she expected to finish her
cross-examination Thursday morning.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey, who is leading the
prosecution, said the government expects to rest its case as early
as next Wednesday.
Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo would not outline what will occur
when the defense gets its turn to call witnesses, saying that will
depend on which witnesses the government still calls to the stand,
but he said he was confident the trial will end by July Fourth.
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