Sean Combs trial updates: 'Jane' testifies on 'hotel nights' with Combs

The defense showed the court a message from Jan. 15, 2019, in which "Mia," a former Sean Combs assistant who is testifying under a pseudonym, texted Combs to tell him about her having a "nightmare" about being trapped in an elevator with R&B singer R. Kelly and how, she dreamt, Combs came to her rescue.

"The person who sexually assaulted you, came to your rescue, correct?" defense attorney Brian Steel asked, referring to "Mia's" previous testimony about Combs allegedly sexually assaulting her.

"Yes," "Mia" testified in response.

"You had to tell him that, that he's your actual savior?" Steel asked.

"Yes," "Mia" told the court.

The following March, "Mia" texted Combs the message "Sending all the love in the world" with a heart emoji, the defense showed the court.

"You're not under the grip of Mr. Combs at that time," Steel asserted.

"Mia" disagreed, telling the court, "No, I still was psychologically." She also testified that the timing of the message in question coincided with the recent passing of Kim Porter, the late mother of four of Combs' children.

"Mia" also testified that part of her job was to carry around a small camera to record Combs.

"Do you have any recording of Mr. Combs berating you?" Steel asked.

"No, I would not have been allowed to record that," Mia testified.

"Because it's not true, is it 'Mia?'" Steel asked. "Your statements that you were the victim at the hands of Mr. Combs of brutality isn't true?"

Mia responded to the court, "Everything I've said in this courtroom is true."

In August, 2020, more than three years after her separation from Bad Boy Records and Combs' employment, "Mia" texted to Combs, "Life is f------ insane and supposedly it all happens for a reason in order to elevate us in our human experience, but it's rough." Her message concluded, "I love you with all of my heart and I'm here for you forever."

When questioned by the defense about the message, "Mia" told the jury that she had been "brainwashed" by Combs.

"Brainwashed meant I was in an environment where the highs were really high and the lows were really low and it created a huge confusion in trusting my instincts," "Mia" testified. "I was punished whenever Puff would be violent and I would react, confusing me and making me think I did something wrong. Nobody around batted an eye. He was still praised by everyone around him and the public."

"Mia's" testimony continued: "Again, I felt like I had done something, betrayed him in some way. I felt horrible about it, like I had done something wrong. I was always constantly seeking his approval. He was my authority figure. My only authority figure."

"When did the moral obligation come to your mind that you need to say this information that you are putting forth that Mr. Combs violated you in a sexual manner and other ways?" Steel asked.

"When I started witnessing him being held accountable for his actions," "Mia" told the court. "It began when it all came out in the media and he was being held responsible."

Marion "Suge" Knight is speaking out about Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking case.

Knight's name has been mentioned in the Combs trial at least 50 times so far, with some of those references connected to the notorious Combs-Knight rivalry and others simply acknowledging that Knight once led Combs' fierce competitor, Death Row Records. Their names are synonymous with the explosion of hip-hop, and the bad blood between the two moguls, and their record labels.

During hours of conversation with ABC News this weekend, Knight offered his reactions to the trial that has grabbed headlines and offered an often-disturbing portrait of the private life of a pop-culture icon and fashion tastemaker.

Suge Knight said they shouldn't lock Diddy up and throw away the key.

Speaking for himself in a series of phone interviews Saturday, Knight described what he saw as a toxic culture of abuse in some parts of the hip-hop industry that certainly did not start with Combs.

On the phone, Knight said that, if Combs is the only one held accountable for alleged violence and abuse inside the world of rap, it won't break the cycle.

"If you're going to make Puffy answer, make everyone answer," Knight said, referring to those who benefited from a system of trading sexual favors for advancement, or enabled the kind of behavior of which Combs is accused.

"Change the theme of the culture of the problems in hip-hop," Knight said, repeatedly referring to Combs by his earlier street names "Puff" and "Puffy."

"I think it'd be a great thing to let Puffy tell his truth. Tell the real truth, and bring everybody accountable," Knight said. "Puffy didn't just pop in the industry and say 'hey, I want to have sex with everybody,'" Knight said. "I mean, we don't have enough time to name all the names."

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The fourth week of testimony at the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of Sean Combs begins Monday with former assistant "Mia" under cross-examination.

"Mia," a pseudonym, told the jury Combs repeatedly sexually assaulted her. She said it "ruined" her, left her "traumatized" and with "complex, severe PTSD."

Combs denies sexually assaulting anyone. On cross-examination, the defense confronted Mia with dozens of her flattering social media posts calling Combs her "mentor," a "legend" and "the coolest alien rock star unicorn pizza slice."

Defense attorney Brian Steel asked her, "One of the legends is the person you're telling this jury has traumatized you?" Combs nodded in approval.

After showing dozens of Mia's Instagram posts the defense prepared to show nearly three dozen more.

"See what you can do to streamline things," Judge Arun Subramanian said.

When Mia steps off the witness stand, the testimony is expected to return to the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, California, where Combs was seen in 2016 surveillance footage attacking then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.

Defense attorney Brian Steel's cross-examination of 'Mia' - the former personal assistant to Sean 'Diddy' Combs will resume Monday.

Last week, 'Mia' testified about the abuse she said she suffered at the hands of the rap mogul now on trial. She returned to the witness stand on Friday to be confronted by defense lawyers seeking to undercut her claims of abuse and rape.

Once Mia's testimony is over, the next witness is expected to be radio and podcast personality Enrique Santos.

Click here for everything that happened during the trial last week.