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Sean Combs: The defense cross-examines "Mia."

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4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The prosecution showed texts their witness sent saying she was having "night terrors" about her boss, but the defense showed Instagram posts where she said she loved him.

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0:00.0

This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial.

0:09.4

He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him.

0:13.0

I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Friday, May 30th.

0:16.2

Just a heads up, in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing

0:20.8

subject matter. This morning, the prosecution witness using the pseudonym Mia was back on the stand.

0:27.3

Then, after a couple of hours, the defense began its cross-examination of her. As it was starting,

0:32.9

attorney Brian Steele asked the jurors to open binders that had been left on their chairs. NBC news correspondent

0:39.5

Chloe Malas is going to tell us what was in those binders and more. She has just come out of the

0:45.0

federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Hey, Chloe. Hey, Andrea. So yesterday, Mia was, as you told us,

0:51.7

she was very emotional throughout the day.

0:55.1

How was she today?

0:56.5

Today, she was still looking down, not making eye contact with the jury, with Diddy.

1:01.6

Her voice still would sometimes seem like it was trembling, and she was sort of whispering at times.

1:07.1

But overall, she was pretty strong and stoic, and especially during cross-examination, there were times where she was really talking back to Brian Steele and holding her own.

1:16.5

Today, the prosecutor pulled out texts between Mia and Combs, Mia and others who worked at Combs's company.

1:24.3

What was that all about?

1:25.5

These are text messages that date back to the time of the

1:28.9

allegations that she's talking about. And it's both Mia and also Diddy's text messages. Some of the

1:34.6

texts are threatening. He's telling her that her job's at stake. He's angry. He's going to fire her.

1:40.8

He wants nothing to do with her. In one instance, he writes to her, if you don't call me now,

1:46.3

I'm going to tell everything. And don't ever speak to me again. You have two minutes. This is in reference to

1:51.9

her being in South Africa with Cassie and he was trying to get a hold of Cassie. And according to Mia,

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