A woman who worked for Sean “Diddy” Combs, first as a personal assistant, and later as an executive with Revolt Films, alleged the music mogul subjected her to years of abuse.
The woman used the pseudonym “Mia,” and took the witness stand on Thursday, May 29, during day 12 of testimony in the mogul’s sex trafficking trial.
In court transcripts obtained by Urban Hollywood 411, Mia said she worked for Combs from 2009 to 2017, and was around 25 years old when she was hired.
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Mia said she previously worked for fashion designer Georgina Chapman and superstar actor and comedian Mike Myers. She was brought to Combs’ attention by a recruiter, and started at $50,000 a year. Although there were days when she worked 24 hours.
She testified that she was once forced to work five days straight without sleep and took the prescription ADHD medication Adderall to stay awake.
“My hearing went and my equilibrium was off, blurred vision, lights that weren’t there. I cried,” she said.
Mia told the court Combs was prone to violence.
“He’s thrown things at me. He’s thrown me against the wall. He’s thrown me into a pool,” she said. “He also sexually assaulted me.”
She alleged there were multiple sexual assaults. Mia said the first alleged assault happened at the Plaza Hotel in New York a few months after she was hired, as Combs celebrated his 40th birthday.
Mia said Combs offered her two shots of vodka, which she testified “hit me kinda hard.” She said the mogul kissed her, and put his hand up her dress. The next thing she remembered was the sun coming up, suggesting that she blacked out because the drinks were spiked.
Mia continued to work for Combs and was eventually promoted to director of development and acquisitions for Revolt films, with her pay climbing to around $100,000 a year.
She referred to the mogul as “Puff Daddy” and said the working conditions depended on “Puff’s mood.”
Mia said Combs threw a bowl of spaghetti at her and hurled a laptop computer at her head, but he missed.
According to Mia, the computer incident happened during a film shoot. The mogul became enraged when the Wi-Fi went out. She said another famous music producer was there and saw what happened.
A prosecutor asked: “Where were you when he threw a computer at you?”
“In a trailer. Swizz Beatz was there. The Wi-Fi was broken and I went to look into it,” Mia responded.
She mentioned late music icon Prince as well.
Mia said she and Diddy’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura attended a party hosted by Prince after Diddy told her to stay at a hotel and keep Cassie company.
“Cass and I debated like little kids if we should sneak out of the house for probably what felt like forever,” Mia testified.
They went to the party. But when Diddy spotted them, he became enraged, per Mia.
She said they ran out of the party, but Diddy followed Cassie.
“He caught up to her and had her on the ground,” Mia testified. “He started attacking her, but Prince’s security swiftly intervened.”
Mia said human resources told her she would be punished for insubordination and “suspended without pay, that’s what Puff wanted.”
Mia is expected to return to the witness stand on Friday.
Federal prosecutors have charged Combs with five counts, including sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
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