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- A erstwhile adjunct to Sean "Diddy" Combs testified that she erstwhile woke up to him sexually assaulting her.
- The woman, testifying nether nan pseudonym "Mia," said Combs sexually assaulted her aggregate times successful nan 8 years she worked for him
- Combs is connected proceedings for activity trafficking, racketeering, and different charges. He has pleaded not guilty
A female who worked arsenic a individual adjunct to Sean "Diddy" Combs testified connected Thursday, May 29, that she erstwhile awoke to him sexually assaulting her.
The woman, who is testifying astatine Combs' national activity trafficking and racketeering proceedings nether nan pseudonym "Mia," said nan alleged battle occurred successful 2009 aliases 2010 astatine Combs' location successful Los Angeles.
Mia said she was connected nan bottommost of a bunk furniture erstwhile she was awakened successful nan mediate of nan nighttime by “the weight of a person" connected apical of her.
"I retrieve it was benignant of for illustration him telling me, 'Shhh,'" Mia said done tears. “It happened truthful fast."
“I conscionable froze, I didn’t react,” she said, adding that she felt terrified, confused, ashamed and scared.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Madison Smyser asked her if she had wanted to person activity pinch Combs, Mia said, "No," and added, "It was very quick."
"Don’t retrieve really it ended, but I retrieve he wouldn’t time off a occupation unfinished, truthful whenever he was satisfied is erstwhile it ended,” Mia testified.
It was 1 of respective instances of intersexual battle by Combs that she alleged had occurred sporadically, typically erstwhile his girlfriends, including Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, weren't around.
“Each clip I thought it was nan past clip and if it happened again, I'd effort to get out,” Mia said.
Mia described different clip erstwhile she alleged Combs forced her to execute oral activity astatine his flat successful Los Angeles while she was connected nan level successful his closet packing his bag.
"Next point I look up, he’s opinionated correct successful beforehand of my face,” she said. She struggled to speak arsenic she described nan alleged assault.
"I was conscionable frozen," she testified.
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Smyser asked her really she felt astatine that time.
"Scared arsenic a sheep," Mia responded.
Smyser besides questioned why she didn't opportunity no.
Mia said Combs besides assaulted her successful nan bath connected a backstage jet. She said she had utilized nan bath and erstwhile she opened nan doorway to exit it, Combs was astatine nan doorway and pushed her backmost into nan bathroom. She said she could not retrieve nan specifications but she remembered "trying to squiggle retired of it."
“I couldn’t say nary to him astir a sandwich," Mia said. "I couldn’t say nary to him for anything.”
She said she feared she would go a target and that Combs threatened to show Ventura, “as though I had thing to do pinch it."
“I was going to dice pinch this," Mia said. "I didn’t want anyone to cognize ever.”
Combs is charged pinch activity trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful adultery and could perchance look up to life successful situation if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.
If you aliases personification you cognize has been sexually assaulted, please interaction nan National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) aliases spell to rainn.org.