Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in court Friday wearing a light-blue sweater, white shirt and black pants.
Following the lunch break, Diddy hugged his attorneys when they were all back in the courtroom. When Combs’ mother and sons returned, the rapper turned around, made eye contact with them and nodded.
As Mia walked into the courtroom to resume her testimony, she kept her head down. She walked quickly and was fidgeting with her hands. Throughout questioning, Mia kept her head down. She did not look up to make eye contact with anyone.
As Diddy’s attorney, Brian Steel, questioned her about a photo of Cassie and Mia from October 2015, one juror was holding the binder in her hands, looking at it intently. Two other jurors were taking notes.
When looking at the picture collage posted by Mia, Steel asked if the former assistant had put the alleged rape aside. She answered strongly, “Yes.” Some jurors were watching Mia. Others were looking down at the picture.
Later on, when Steel asked about another birthday post for Diddy being the same day as the anniversary of the sexual assault, the jurors quickly went from watching Steel to Mia.
The jurors intently watched Mia as she answered various questions.
Throughout Mia’s cross-examination, the defense team passed Steel pink post-it notes.
When Steel pulled up the handwritten birthday note from Mia to Diddy, the jurors carefully followed along. One juror raised his eyebrows twice as Mia read the note. The jurors looked back and forth between Steel and Mia as he asked and she answered questions. Again, Mia kept her head down as she responded to questions.
The jurors were paying close attention to Mia as she responded to questions about staying with Diddy even after he allegedly threatened to kill her.
Diddy’s ex-assistant, Mia,
finished up her direct examination before lunch Friday. The former employee testified that the rapper once threatened to kill her. According to Mia, she would get suspended from her job after witnessing the rapper become violent. Mia claimed she was once suspended without pay after calling Diddy a “psycho” to his security guard following an alleged violent outburst from the rapper.
Mia testified that she continued working for Combs until 2017. According to the ex-assistant, she did not feel like she could leave because she had tried to “run away before and it didn’t work.” The ex-assistant feared Diddy would try to ruin her reputation.
According to Mia, she suffers from PTSD due to her time working for the rapper. Mia told prosecutors that she can’t hold a job because she’s triggered by normal situations and has an overwhelming fear of being fired.
Fox News’ Maria Paronich contributed to this report.
