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🗓️ 3 June 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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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. |
0:09.6 | He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Monday, June 2nd. |
0:16.2 | Just a heads up. In this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing |
0:20.9 | subject matter. The fourth week of testimony began with the continued cross-examination |
0:26.6 | of the prosecution's witness called Victim Number Four in filings. She is going by Mia on the stand, |
0:33.9 | which is not her real name. Brian Steele is handling cross for the defense. |
0:38.4 | He recently helped rap superstar Young Thug avoid jail time in a state RICO case in Georgia. |
0:45.1 | NBC news correspondent Chloe Malas was in the courtroom today as the prosecution repeatedly |
0:49.5 | objected to Steele's questioning, and the judge called Steele's tone on the line. |
0:55.6 | Chloe is outside now to tell us how the jury reacted today. |
0:59.1 | Hey, Chloe. |
1:00.1 | Hey, Andrea. |
1:01.7 | So Mia alleges that she was raped by Sean Combs and abused in the workplace. |
1:07.6 | What is the thrust of defense attorney Brian Steele's cross of her? The crux is he's saying |
1:13.6 | you continued to reach out to this man years after you no longer worked for him and you said |
1:19.8 | that you loved him. So how could you say that if this was your rapist? Why would you choose to stay in |
1:25.3 | contact with him? And why didn't you tell anyone? |
1:28.3 | Did he outright call her a liar since Sean Combs is denying this rape allegation? |
1:33.7 | He didn't say you're a liar, but he did say you're lying about being sexually assaulted, aren't you? |
1:39.7 | Brian Steele wanted to know who Mia told about this sexual assault, if anyone, right? |
1:46.3 | Which is what defense attorneys are always looking for when they're cross-examining. |
1:50.8 | Who knew about this? |
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