Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial updates: Prosecution expected to call 'Jane' to testify

The alleged victim testifying under the pseudonym “Jane,” a central figure in the government’s second sex trafficking count against Sean Combs, is expected to tell the jury starting today that he allegedly used lies, drugs and threats to force her into participating in so-called "freak-off" sexual encounters.

According to prosecutors, “Jane” initially agreed to one "freak-off," thinking it would make Combs happy and help turn what began as a secret relationship with him into something more meaningful. Instead, she “spent years in hotel rooms for forced sex,” according to prosecutor Emily Johnson.

“'Jane' will tell you about those nights in detail, how she wanted the escorts to wear condoms but many times the defendant did not let them. And Jane will tell you how he had her take drugs to stay awake and aroused for days,” Johnson previously told the court.

“Jane's” testimony will follow that of Bryana Bongolan, whose cross-examination will continue when court resumes at 11 a.m. ET.

Bongolan, a friend of Cassie Ventura’s, Combs' ex-girlfriend, testified Wednesday that Combs allegedly dangled her from Ventura’s 17th floor balcony while yelling, “You know what the f--- you did.”

Combs, who denies the allegation, shook his head during Bongolan’s testimony.

During their cross-examination Wednesday, the defense asserted that Bongolan's testimony differed from how she described the alleged incident in a 2024 civil lawsuit that seeks $10 million in damages.

Bongolan on Wednesday also testified during cross-examination that Rob Holladay, a music producer close to Combs, called her on behalf of Combs to discuss a settlement. During a sidebar, prosecutors said Holladay offered Bongolan $1 million not to go public with her claim.

On cross-examination, a defense attorney sought to cast doubt on Bryana Bongolan’s account of Sean Combs allegedly bursting into ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s home and throwing a knife at her.

Bongolan testified during cross-examination that she didn't know how it happened, but she testified, “I just saw what I saw.”

In answer to defense questions, Bongolan couldn't explain where Combs allegedly found the knife and when he picked it up, nor where exactly in the apartment the alleged incident occurred.

“So you really don’t remember this incident, true?” defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland said.

“I just saw the knife get thrown and the knife get thrown back,” Bongolan testified.

“You didn’t call the police?” Westmoreland asked.

“Nope,” Bongolan testified.

“You didn’t leave the house?” Westmoreland asked.

“He left," Bongolan told the court, referring to Combs.

“You testified that Mr. Combs would just come over and he would get in the house, but you don’t know how?” the defense attorney asked.

“Yeah,” Bongolan testified.

In her relentless cross, Westmoreland also pointed out what she contended were inconsistencies in the way Bongolan testified about the balcony incident, the way she spoke about it to federal prosecutors in advance of trial, and the way it’s portrayed in her civil lawsuit.

“Today you testified that you were sleeping and that Combs came over?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan testified.

“Isn’t it true that in your first interview you told the government this was a party, not that you were sleeping?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t remember,” Bongolan told the court.

Asked to recall where she was on the balcony, Bongolan testified, “I was looking at the view.”

Westmoreland asked, “Do you recall telling the government in your first interview that you were looking at him and saw Mr. Combs charging across the room?” Bongolan testified that she didn't remember.

Bongolan's civil lawsuit accuses Combs of groping her breast. “You didn’t tell the government Mr. Combs tried to grope you?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t remember,” Bongolan testified.

“Isn’t it true that just two days ago you just don’t recall the details of the balcony allegation?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t remember,” Bongolan again testified.

“What drugs were you on that night?” Westmoreland asked.

“I don’t remember,” Bongolan told the court in response.

At one point, as the clock ticked well past 3 p.m., the usual time court has adjourned, Judge Subramanian intervened, asking, “Ms. Westmoreland, how much do you have left?”

She responded, “It’s going to be a while.”

Court is now adjourned for the day. Bana will be back for more cross-examination Thursday when court convenes at 11 a.m.

A month before she filed her civil lawsuit against Sean Combs, according to Bryana Bongolan's testimony, she received a FaceTime call from music producer Rob Holladay from what she told the jury “looked like Puff’s backyard.”

She testified that Holladay, whom she considered a friend, told her he was calling on behalf of Combs. “He was trying to talk about settling with me,” Bongolan told the court.

“When was the next time you spoke to Rob Holladay?” prosecutor Madison Smyser said.

“We never talked again,” Bongolan testified in response.

Bongolan filed a civil complaint against Combs about the alleged incident in November 2024, seeking $10 million in damages. “I wanted to seek justice for what happened to me,” she testified. Combs has denied the incident occurred.

On cross-examination, Bongolan testified that she and Cassie Ventura had a drug problem.

Under questioning from defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland, Bongolan testified that she and Ventura would use marijuana, edibles, cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy, molly, GHB, acid, Vicodin and "coco puffs." “It’s when you take a blunt, open it, put weed in there, sprinkle cocaine in there," Bongolan explained of the latter.

Bongolan told the court that she would also sell drugs to Ventura while the two of them worked on a t-shirt line and other clothing. The clothing lines launched but, Bongolan testified, they did not work out.

“They didn’t work out because you and Cassie were competing against people like Beyoncé?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yeah,” Bongolan testified.

“And you were competing against people like Rihanna?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan testified.

Westmoreland also asked several questions that appeared to imply Bongolan and Ventura coordinated their accounts of the alleged balcony incident.

“You and Cassie discussed locations where this happened, true?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan told the court.

“You and Cassie were discussing potential dates?” Westmoreland asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan testified.

Ventura told the jury that she did not see Bongolan being dangled from the balcony but did see Combs allegedly pull her back from the rail and throw her into furniture.

Bryana Bongolan was sleeping on the couch with her ex-girlfriend at Cassie Ventura’s 17th floor apartment in September 2016 when, she testified, she awoke to the sound of Sean Combs banging loudly on the door.

She testified that she immediately hid the girlfriend in a bathroom, shut the door and ran onto the balcony to “act casual.”

Asked why she hid the girlfriend, Bongolan told the court “I didn’t want to expose her to the things that I’d seen.”

On the balcony, “I either lit a blunt or was about to light it” when Combs came up behind her, Bongolan testified. “He lifted me and then had me on top of the rail.”

She’s 5 feet, 1 inch tall and, at the time, between 100-115 pounds, Bongolan testified, adding that Sean Combs is “a lot bigger.”

Bongolan told the court that her feet were on the balcony rail and she remembered thinking that she was scared to fall.

“For a split second I was thinking I was going to fall but for the most part he was yelling at me, so I was trying to answer him,” Bongolan testified, referring to Combs. “He kept repeating ‘You know what the f--- you did.’”

“Sitting here today, do you have any idea what he was talking about?” prosecutor Madison Smyser asked.

“Still have no idea,” testified Bongolan.

Bongolan told the court that Combs then threw her onto balcony furniture. “It definitely hurt but I think all the adrenaline, I just got up,” she testified.

Combs has denied that the incident occurred.

Later, Bongolan testified, she noticed a large purple bruise on her leg with a small puncture wound in the middle of it. The jury was shown a photo of the injury.

The jury also saw other photos of Bongolan's back, which was covered with large bandages. She’s also wearing a neck brace in the photo.

Bongolan testified that when a chiropractor asked, “Who did this to you?” she did not answer. She also told the court that she never reported anything about the incident to police because, she told the court, she was “too scared” of Combs.

“Did you ever talk to Mr. Combs about this incident? Smyser asked.

“Yes,” Bongolan testified. “Him or someone on his team FaceTimed me a day or two later.” She told the jury that the person allegedly said during the call “I don’t want any problems from you.”

Years later, on New Year’s Eve 2017, Bongolan testified, she, Ventura and Combs were together at the 1 Hotel in Miami and “did eight hours of ketamine.”

She left the two of them thinking, “I can’t do this anymore,” Bongolan told the court.

Bongolan also testified that she has a tattoo of the date Jan. 7, 2018, which she said is the day she decided to quit drugs and get sober.