Diddy trial day 13 as it happened: Alleged victim gave him note that said 'I love you forever'

The sex-trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs has continued to hear evidence from the second of his alleged victims, a former assistant who is using the pseudonym 'Mia' to protect her privacy.

Diddy trial day 13 as it happened: Alleged victim gave him note that said 'I love you forever'

'I am so heartbroken': Jurors shown texts of when Mia found out she was being cut from Diddy's company

Jurors are now shown text messages from December 2016 between Mia and Diddy's former chief of staff Kristina Khorram.

The messages were sent after Mia found out she was being made redundant from Sean Combs's company.

Mia starts the conversation by saying that her "life is over" and that she was "going to kill" herself.

"I am so heartbroken I cannot breathe," she wrote.

"Can't wait to see the light at the end of the tunnel... I don't know what to do... it hurts so f****** bad."

Mia is asked about the messages, and says: "I did not want to leave the company where I finally saw my dreams coming to fruition".

"It was not just a job, it was around 24 hours a day, this was all I knew and I worked so hard and went through so much."

 

'I have not lied to anyone at all', Mia says

In the most direct moment of the cross-examination so far, Sean Combs's defence attorney Brian Steel asks Mia whether she is wrong, and that his client never had non-consensual sex with her.

"What I said is true," Combs's former assistant says, adding: "I have not lied to anyone at all".

When asked whether she overestimated the number of times Combs may have inappropriately touched her, Mia says: "everything I said in this courtroom is true".

 

'Nobody around us even flinched at Diddy's behaviour'

Sean Combs's defence attorney Brian Steel is quizzing Mia over why she would make the scrapbook for Diddy if he ruined her life as she claims.

"At the time, he made me feel the opposite as well, I am not a professional to explain that," she says.

Mia goes on to say "nobody around us" would say that the things that were happening were wrong.

"There was nobody around us that even flinched at his behaviour... I was always in trouble and always finding a way not to be in trouble," she says.

Mia tells jurors that she was afraid Combs would kill her, and says that making a scrapbook for him was "a lot more complicated on all levels".

 

'I love you forever': Mia presented with scrapbook she made for Diddy and reads note aloud

Mia is now presented with a scrapbook she made for Sean "Diddy" Combs, which she gave to him as a gift for his 45th birthday.

"I have put together this scrapbook from 1991-1999 that I hope will stir up nostalgic feelings of when you started and how you felt and what was a dream to you that's now an everyday reality," a note in it says.

Mia, reading the note aloud, continues: "I hope it reminds you of when this world made your eyes light up.

"Happy happy birthday, I love you forever."

Asked whether she meant those words, Mia says "at the time... I was reflecting a conversation I had".

 

Combs's defence asks Mia to read her social media captions about Diddy to jurors

After showing Mia's social media post on Sean Combs's birthday (see previous post), his defence asked Mia to read her caption aloud.

She was full of praise for Diddy in the caption on her social media post, describing him as a "legend".

After calling up another post from his birthday, Combs's defence asks Mia to read another caption out loud.

She reads the caption to the court, which ends with "we f****** love you".

Despite Steel attempting to show a disconnect between what Mia claimed her life was like and the glowing posts about Combs, Mia is confidently claiming ownership of the posts.

 

Combs's defence attorney continues to focus on Mia's posts praising Diddy

Sean Combs's defence attorney Brian Steel continues his questioning over Mia's social media posts featuring Diddy, just like he did before the lunch break.

He points to one post in particular, in which Mia thanks Diddy for an "incredible experience".

Once again, she is asked whether this is the same Combs she said has altered her life for the worse forever.

"Yes," she replies.

She is also asked about another post six years after Combs allegedly sexually assaulted her.

"How is that not a significant date in your life?" Steel asks.

"It was Puff's birthday... I tried to protect that night and shut it down and not think about it again," she says.

 

Court back in session

Jurors are back in the courtroom and Mia has returned to the stand.

Sean Combs's former assistant, who is testifying under the pseudonym, will continue to be cross-examined.

She's facing questions from Combs's defence attorney Brian Steel.

 

'It was very confusing': Mia quizzed over more posts about Combs

Sean "Diddy" Combs's defence attorney is continuing to question Mia over her past social media activity.

"The highs were high and the lows were low," she says, defending her posts featuring Combs.

Mia is asked more specifically about a post made five years on from when she says Combs sexually abused her, in which she praised him for continuing to "inspire" her every day.

"I was posting the good part of my life," she says in response.

When asked why she would promote the person she has claimed stole her happiness, Mia says: "I had to support the things Puff supported".

"It was very confusing, ups and downs."

 

'I didn't want my family to know the misery I was in': Mia defends social media posts

Jurors are shown a series of social media posts from Mia's personal account featuring her then boss Sean "Diddy" Combs.

She wished Combs a happy birthday in one of the posts, while in another she thanked him for being a "good friend".

His defence attorney Brian Steel asks Mia to confirm whether the posts and pictures show the man who she says traumatised her life.

"Yes," she says.

After seeing another post from January 2013, Mia is asked by Steel whether she had been sexually assaulted, or abused mentally, physically and emotionally by Combs at this point.

She replies by saying "yes".

When asked to explain why Combs was featuring on her social media account, Mia says "Instagram was to show how great your life is even if it wasn't true".

"I had his [Diddy's] fans following me, and I didn't want my family and friends to know the misery I was in."

-SKY NEWS