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Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial continues Wednesday in Manhattan federal court with potentially four witnesses taking the stand, including “Mia” — who claims that the rapper sexually assaulted her while she was working for him. Mia’s allegations were detailed during prosecutor Emily Johnson’s opening statement on May 12. Johnson said that Mia worked as Diddy’s personal assistant for years. “Mia is just beginning to grapple with the times the defendant forced himself on her sexually,” Johnson told jurors. “Mia will tell you how she could not talk about what happened to her until recently, how she wanted to take the secret of what the defendant did to her to her grave.” Combs, “forced himself on her sexually, putting his hand up her dress, unzipping his pants and forcing her to perform oral sex, and sneaking into her bed to penetrate her against her will,” Johnson alleged.
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“Mia”’s abuse allegations are in keeping with prosecution testimony that has cast Diddy as violent. Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, Diddy’s ex and prosecutors’ star witness, alleged he raped her in 2018 after their breakup. Several of Diddy’s former employees described witnessing violence against Cassie. One of them, Capricorn Clark, testified on Tuesday that Diddy kicked Cassie after finding out she was dating Kid Cudi. Clark said Diddy forced her into a car with him and a bodyguard and then drove to Kid Cudi’s house with the intent of killing him. “I was kidnapped,” she said. Clark also described several incidents where Diddy threatened her life.
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