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Diddy trial recap: Ex-girlfriend Jane breaks down describing “freak-offs,” trips with famous rapper as mammoth testimony ends

Jane testified about the emotional toll of her lengthy ‘hotel nights’ with Sean Combs

Kelly Rissman
in New York
,Katie Hawkinson,Joe Sommerlad
Thursday 12 June 2025 22:24 BST
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’s ex-girlfriend “Jane” returned to the witness stand Thursday for her final day of testimony.

Jane, who dated Combs from 2021 to 2024 and is testifying under a pseudonym, spent the day describing the end of her relationship with Combs. She became emotional as she testified about her “hotel nights” with Combs, which involved her having sex with other men while he watched.

After one of these “hotel nights” that lasted 24 hours, Jane texted an entertainer named Paul and told him Combs “didn’t make me feel like a human being,” according to texts read in court.

She also described a 2024 trip to Las Vegas with an unnamed rapper and his friends. Defense attorney Teny Geragos asked Jane if this rapper was indeed a close friend to Combs and an “icon” in the music industry. Jane agreed they were.

Jane testified that a woman on the trip had sex with an entertainer named Antoine while several people watched. Combs then became jealous and accused her of going to “another man’s freak-off,” she said.

Combs is facing sex trafficking, transportation to engage in prostitution and racketeering conspiracy charges. He was arrested in September 2024 as federal authorities alleged he threatened, abused and coerced victims “to fulfill his sexual desires” between 2004 and 2024.

The rapper has denied any accusations of wrongdoing.

Diddy appears upset as private talks continue

Sean “Diddy” Combs appears visibly upset as his attorneys, prosecutors and Jane’s attorney continue to meet privately with Judge Arun Subramanian, according to The Washington Post.

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 15:33

Chaotic scene in court as attorneys meet with judge

Court has been delayed nearly two hours as prosecutors, Sean “Diddy” Combs’s attorneys and Jane’s attorney met privately with Judge Arun Subramanian.

The lead attorneys for both sides went into the robing room with Jane’s attorney and seemed to have discussed an incident from January 2024.

As the attorneys went back and forth, Combs was very animated, gesticulating to lawyers like he was explaining something. His attorneys stood in a huddle around him for a while.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo wanted to put on the record that trials are “public for a reason” so that “if other people realize they know something, they can come forward.”

Early in the talks, Combs appeared stressed. Later, Combs flashed a smile, snapped his fingers and pointed at Agnifilo, who then acted like he caught a football.

Kelly Rissman, Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 16:02

Jane takes the stand

Defense attorney Teny Geragos is now cross-examining Jane after a lengthy delay.

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 16:03

Judge rules to keep identities of people involved in January 2024 incident private

Before Jane took the stand, Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that attorneys must withhold the identities of an unknown rapper and his friends who were involved in a January 2024 incident with Jane.

Subramanian said their identities aren’t relevant because the incident isn’t related to Combs’s sex trafficking charges.

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 16:12

Diddy apologized to Jane after Cassie lawsuit

Sean “Diddy” Combs apologized to Jane after she read Cassie Ventura’s civil lawsuit, filed in November 2023.

Combs settled the lawsuit for $20 million, Ventura revealed in her testimony last month.

Jane said it was a difficult period for her and Combs.

“We were both equally pulled in our own emotional battlefields like every which way,” she testified.

When Jane said she felt overwhelmed, Combs apologized and said he didn’t want her to feel that way, she testified.

The jury also heard a voicemail from Combs for Jane.

Combs said he wanted to fix their relationship so Jane could “move on.”

“So you don't feel like I wasted your life," Combs said in the voicemail.

12 June 2025 16:28

Jane describes Las Vegas trip in 2024

Jane testified she went on a trip to Las Vegas in 2024 with an unnamed rapper for a birthday celebration. They flew on the rapper’s private jet, she said.

Combs was not aware of the trip because they were on a break, Jane said. The rapper was “close” with Combs, she added.

Antoine, a sex worker who had done “hotel nights” with Jane and Combs, was at the birthday dinner, Jane testified. Later, Antoine had sex with another woman while several people watched, she said.

Earlier, Judge Arun Subramanian sided with prosecutors when they argued that the identities of the rapper and his friends should be kept private while discussing this incident.

12 June 2025 16:47

Jane said there was 'growth' in her relationship with Diddy after Cassie lawsuit

Jane said there was “growth in the relationship” after she got back together with Sean “Diddy” Combs in February 2024.

Jane said she felt like she could “assert” herself more.

The two were on a break following Cassie Ventura’s November 2023 lawsuit against Combs. The rapper settled the lawsuit for $20 million, Ventura revealed on the stand.

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 17:00

Defense asks Jane about 2016 InterContinental Hotel video

Defense attorney Teny Geragos asked Jane about the footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles InterContinental Hotel in 2016.

Jane previously testified she was with Combs when the previously-unreleased footage aired on CNN last year. The footage has been brought up in court several times.

Jane testified she was shocked to see the footage and had not seen him act like that before.

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 17:29

Jane testifies again about June 2024 argument with Diddy

Defense attorney Teny Geragos has revisited Jane’s testimony about an argument she had with Sean “Diddy” Combs in June 2024.

Combs attacked her after she slammed his head into a marble countertop, Jane previously testified.

“I think it was just a ball of emotions that night,” Jane told Geragos today. “There was a lot of just resentment for so many things.”

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 17:40

Lunch break

Judge Arun Subramanian has dismissed the jury for a lunch break.

Subramanian is now meeting with prosecutors and Combs’s attorneys in the robing room.

Defense attorney Teny Geragos is expected to continue cross-examining Jane after the break.

Katie Hawkinson12 June 2025 17:42

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