Beginning a fifth week of testimony, Sean Combs’ ex-girlfriend, appearing under the pseudonym “Jane,” told the jury she once took a four-day trip to Miami with Combs, during which he allegedly promised to take her on a yacht following a “hotel night.” “Jane” previously testified that “hotel night” was the phrase that she and Combs used to refer to their sexual encounters involving other men.
Prosecutor Maurene Comey asked, “Did you agree to do the hotel night?”
“Yes,” “Jane” testified in response, telling the court it lasted two days.
“Did Sean take you on the yacht?” Comey asked.
“No,” “Jane” testified.
Back home in Los Angeles, “I noticed that on social media he had taken one of his girlfriends on the same yacht trip he had promised me,” “Jane” testified.
She told the court that Combs told her the yacht trip with the other woman was nothing. However, “Jane” testified, a month later she saw an interview Combs gave to a podcast in which he bragged about having sex on the yacht and “boasting they had sex for 48 hours.”
The jury saw a text message she then sent to Combs: “I don’t want to be used and locked in a room to perform and fulfill your fantasies. Coming to the realization of what this is,” the message said.
Combs texted in response “that was podcast talk” and then, in a subsequent message, said “I’m tired of your false accusations.”
By that point, “Jane” testified, Combs had been paying her $10,000 monthly rent for six months and she felt obligated to fulfill Combs’ sexual desires.
“Jane” told the court that Combs then invited her to New York.
“I remember he said that we would have alone time and we would do nice things in New York together,” “Jane” testified. “We would go to dinner, go shopping and have a proper New York trip. He mentioned no hotel nights.”
On the flight to New York, “I remember on this flight that I received a message from Sean that made me a little upset,” “Jane” testified. “I just remember just taking a deep breath and kind of feeling upset and a little disappointed, a little defeated.”
The jury saw the text in question from Combs, which read: “I have a surprise if that’s ok. Just one.”
“Jane” began to cry as she told the jury that she understood from the text that “he was going to introduce me to somebody new.”
On that New York trip, in September 2023, “Jane” testified that Combs infected her with the COVID-19 virus.