This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Tuesday, June 10th. Just a heads up, in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing subject matter.

Today, the defense began its cross-examination of Jane, the witness testifying under a pseudonym who dated Combs from 2021 until his arrest in September 2024.

He is still paying her rent and for her lawyer. And today she testified that she still loves him.

But yesterday's testimony ended with her recounting a brutal beating. She says he inflicted. NBC news

correspondent Chloe Malas has been in court today and she stepped outside to let us know how the defense is faring against

Jane.

Hey, Chloe.

Hey, Andrea.

Chloe, let's start with the end of Jane's testimony from yesterday afternoon.

She was telling a story while we were actually taping last night's episode for the podcast.

She was talking about a fight she says she had with Combs at her home in L.A. last June,

and it sounded really intense.

This was the first time that Jane testified about physical abuse during her relationship with Combs.

And it was striking.

There was so much jealousy in this relationship, and this is a common theme that

we also heard from Cassie during her testimony, right? That Combs was very open about living a

polyamorous lifestyle. That's how he referred to it, that he had many lovers, many girlfriends,

and he considered himself to be single. But the women that he was dating weren't always

happy with that. And Jane, during her testimony, admitted that she called him a pedophile.

She was very upset that he was dating someone that was 25, 27 years younger than him. And she testified

that she actually started taking these pills of his and throwing them,

and she was saying, I hate you.

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