Second woman tells jury Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped her, says rapper held sway over LA cops

Jack Queen and Luc Cohen
Reuters
A former personal assistant has portrayed Sean "Diddy" Combs as a controlling taskmaster. (AP PHOTO)
A former personal assistant has portrayed Sean "Diddy" Combs as a controlling taskmaster. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAP

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of rape by a second woman who said the hip-hop mogul held influence over Los Angeles police.

A former personal assistant to Combs, testifying under the pseudonym Mia, testified in Manhattan federal court that the Bad Boy Records founder raped her at least twice.

“I was just frozen. I didn’t do anything. I just let it happen,” Mia said, fighting back tears and staring into her lap as she described an incident in which Combs allegedly grabbed her head and put his penis in her mouth.

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Mia told jurors Combs climbed on top of her while she was sleeping and raped her while she lay frozen with fear. Combs’ lawyers have acknowledged he was at times abusive in domestic relationships but said any sex was consensual.

“He was the boss or the king, very powerful person,” she said.

“This is years and years before social media, Me Too, or any sort of example where someone had stood up successfully to someone in power such as him

Mia said the rapper held sway over the police, describing how she herself was pulled over one day in LA for speeding.

But when she called Combs and handed the phone to the female officer, “she started laughing and saying like ‘oh my God, Puff Daddy, I love you’.. and then she let me go.”

During the testimony, Combs occasionally passed notes to his lawyers but otherwise showed little outward reaction. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to five counts including racketeering and sex trafficking,charges that could lead to life in prison.

Testimony before a panel of 12 jurors and six alternate is in its third week. Prosecutors say Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, coerced women over two decades to take part in days-long, drug-fuelled sexual performances with male sex workers known as “freak offs.”

In emotional testimony during the first week of trial, Combs’ ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura told jurors Combs physically and emotionally abused her throughout their tumultuous 11-year relationship and raped her shortly after they broke up for good.

Mia said she was close to the “Diddy-Cassie” couple and recalled episodes of violence.

She sounded breathless at times as she told the court about seeing Ventura with “busted lips,” “bruises” and “a black eye.”

Combs would tell Mia to “go take care of her,” referring to Ventura, adding that “we were not allowed” to go out until her injuries healed enough to conceal. The prosecutors asked Mia about an incident during a holiday she took with the couple in 2012. One night, she said she was woken up by Ventura running into her room, “screaming for help.”

She recalled Ventura had said: “He’s gonna kill me,” referring to Combs.

“We started pushing furniture in front of the door,” Mia said, describing how Combs was “screaming and banging” on the other side.

The former assistant, like previous witnesses, said hotel rooms would be prepared for the “freak-offs” and she would be responsible for the clean-up.

Working for the hip-hop mogul could be exciting, she said, but was often degrading.

“He treated me sometimes like his best friend, a working partner, sometimes I was a worthless piece of crap,” Mia said.

Originally published on Reuters

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