Diddy's Team: Jane Threw 1st Punch When She KNEW He Was Violent - Judge Calls Out Victim Blaming

[Music]. Bada bing, bada boom. Every day in the. courtroom, there's about this morning. 15minute window where you really just. get to observe people. The court is not. in session. The judge is not on the. bench. The jurors are not in the room. The press pews are filled. We're all. patiently waiting. We've got our little. notebooks. The public pews are getting. filled. And all the attorneys will walk. in. And they'll walk in through like the. middle aisle. So you watch the. prosecutors walk in. You watch the. defense attorneys walk in. And you can. kind of get a gauge of who is extra.

stressed that day or like what's the. dynamic? And this morning there is a. situation with a banana gun in the. courtroom. Mark Geragos. Banana gun. A. banana gun. A fructose weapon. Okay. Mark Geragos. This is Tenny's father. This is not Mark Agnel. He is not one of. the lead council. He's Tenny's father. He's also a celebrity attorney. This is. the man who called the prosecution team. a six-pack of white women. That Mark. Garagos. He walks in holding a banana. and like curiously he's not holding it. like someone would regularly hold a.

banana. He's holding it like a weapon. Like it's like flung to the side like a. barrel of a gun and he's holding it by. the edge and he's kind of like holding. it in front of him again like a fructose. weapon. I genuinely don't know why he's. holding it like that. Like a federal. weapon with a serial number scratched. off. Is he like feeling playful or. something? I think so. And he wants to. give it to his daughter Tenny. So he's. walking towards the gate. There's like. this wooden gate that separates all the. pews from what some people call like the. bullpen. That's where the attorneys are.

That's where the jurors are. That's. where the bench is. That's like where. the invisible force field is. Okay. He. walks towards the gate. He's not going. to go through the gate, but Officer Riz, he's standing right next to him just. supervising. And like everyone in the. press pews is always already giggle. gaggling because when you put Mark. Gargos and Officer RZ together, it's. like slightly the only moments of comedy. throughout a very serious day. Cuz I. swear to you, Officer Riz does not care. that this man is Mark Geros. Like he. literally does not care who anybody is.

unless it's the judge and the jurors. So. he's standing arms on his hips. supervising Mark Geros trying to do a. relay race with this banana. They walk. to the front. Tenny's not even there. So. now he's just like holding this fructose. weapon and Officer Riz is side eyeing. him. And so then they spot Tenny on the. side. So she's like where the pews are. and she's sitting on to the side. She's. deep in her binder. She's doing the. cross- examination of Jane Doe and she's. preparing and he walks up to her, hands. her the banana gun and she won't even.

look at her dad. She won't even take the. banana gun and she's like just like put. it over there. Like that's what it. sounds like she's saying because it does. not matter if you're a celebrity. attorney. It does not matter how rich. you are. your kids will always be your. biggest ops. So Mark Garos is rejected. He's shut down by his own offspring. He. walks back to the front gate and then. hands it to Mark Agnif without any. explanation. And then he and Officer Riz. walks away and then all the press pews. we just see Mark Agnif standing there. confused holding a banana and he's just.

like staring off into the distance like. so confused. And we can't even explain. to him what we saw cuz it's like an. invisible force field. Now, gearing up. for the cross- examination of Jane. The. entire courtroom energy is slowly. shifting. Like, this banana situation. was the only lighter moment to this. entire trial day. Everyone is waiting. for the jurors to walk in. The judge. says, "All rise." But it's just his. intern that walks in. Like, this is how.

everybody seems very pent up. Like, we're all like standing on alert. And he. says, "Oh, please be seated. This is. actually my intern's very first day, so. it's nice for everybody to stand up." So. the judge thought the jurors were coming. in, so he said, "I'll rise." Cuz. everyone needs to stand for the jurors. So we stand when the judge walks in and. walks out, and then he'll be like, "Please be seated." And then we all have. to rise when the jurors walk in and walk. out. He thought the jurors were walking. in cuz the door opened. And then like we. look and we're like, "That's not a. juror." And it's literally just his. intern like standing there like this. And then he the judge is like, "This is.

actually my intern's very first day." So. it's nice for everyone to stand up for. him. And so everybody giggles, but. again, it's like not really giggling. And I think this made me feel like it's. normal to laugh in uncomfortable. positions because I've always been very. insecure. Like when I feel. uncomfortable, I start laughing. Everyone in this courtroom constantly. laughs when nothing is funny because. it's just so much tension. So you're. just like, "Okay, like let me find some. lightness." Now the only person that is. never tense is Marine Comey. She walks.

in every day like she's walking into. Panera Bread to pick up a bagel. The. lead prosecutor. Yeah, she's walking in. like she's here to pick up her coffee. order. Like I have never seen this woman. stressed. I mean, makes sense. Her. father was the former FBI director, but. it feels like this is her vacation from. life. Tenny's at the lectern. She does. not look as calm. She has a giant postit. on the lectern monitor that reads Jane. Likely so she doesn't mess up and use. her real name. Oh, considering they've. actually met before. So Jane is a.

familiar face. Remember Jane has met. with Shawn Combmes's defense attorneys. up until even April of this year, just a. month before the trial kicked off. Okay. Yeah. In what context again? Sorry, we. don't really know the context cuz. there's privileged information. Okay. But it was pertaining to the case. Yeah. Now, which speaking of familiar faces, this happened more recently, but Sunday. was Father's Day and all the Combmes. kids are like posting very intense. Father's Day posts on Sunday about their. like undying love for their father, which is understandable. It's Father's.

Day, but then on Monday, not a single. one of them show up. I think a lot of. the press pews were a little bit. confused because, you know, we're all. like watching everyone on Instagram, so. it's just a little weird, you know, and. maybe they I'm sure they have schedules, but this seems like the most important. schedule going on. Their attendance has. been splotchy. There have been whispers. in the courtroom that at times the. defendant will turn around and seemingly. be very upset that the family pews are. lessening in attendance. And then.

usually when he shows a moment of what. we perceive to be upsetness with the. empty pews, the next day the pews will. be packed. H But there is one day where. Christian Combmes does show up and he's. wearing a free Shan Comb shirt. He did. wear this mesh shirt on top to kind of. make the shirt blurriier, but it's still. pretty obvious what he's wearing. I. mean, so much so that the defendant is. turning around all smiles, pointing at. Christian's shirt, and he looks giddy. And everyone else is confused because. this is not allowed. Like you cannot be.

wearing shirts like this. Why is it not. allowed? It's not like you can't make. these types of statements in a. courtroom. So you can't really wear like. politically promotional t-shirts, especially if you're in the family pews. I think maybe it could be okay if you. were in the public pews. But I did hear. that there was like a commotion after. people found out about that shirt that. he was wearing. That was a thing that. was happening. But everyone's still. trying to focus on Jane Doe's testimony. And remember how I said, "Yes, I see. some jurors smirking. Yes, I see them.

kind of falling asleep, being less. engaged in this testimony." I still. thought at the end of the day, maybe. it's like me because I will say there is. a split in the courtroom. When I'm in. the courtroom and when I watch these. cross- examinations in person, there's. like an energy shift in there. And I. look at the I analyze the juror's faces. every single day. I'm staring at them. They're literally in my line of sight. I. see all of this and I'm taking it in and. I start feeling like uhoh. I don't know. what it is. I don't know if the defense.

attorneys are just so damn good at their. jobs that they're able to like control. the emotions in the courtroom to make. you feel like all the points that. they're making are so valid. But. sometimes I walk out of there thinking, "Wow, they made so many points." And. then I come home, I read the transcript, I go over my notes, I let the emotion. soak in, and I'm like, "That point. didn't really make sense." like that. point was not really a point. So I. thought in my head, okay, perhaps the. jurors, the same thing's happening to. them. First of all, I don't know why. they're smirking. They could be smirking.

about something unrelated, but perhaps. they're smirking and then they go home, sit on the information, and then they. realize maybe that wasn't a point. I. don't know. Maybe they realize it was a. point. However, this is where I started. getting kind of nervous. The public. pews, sometimes in the hallways, I try. to ease drop cuz I'm like trying to see. how people feel about the case and like. feel about the day's testimony. the. press pews. These are like really crazy. reporters. A lot of them, they're very. good at not talking about how they feel. about the case. Like everyone's just. trying to keep it professional, keep it.

neutral in the courthouse. However, recently there was a Homeland Security. agent inside of the courtroom, which. we've seen a few of them testify, but. this one happened to be sitting right in. front of us during Jane's testimony, during Jane's entire testimony. and. she's been having moments where it just. seems like she seems a little. emotionally volatile. Like there are a. few things that have happened where it. just seems like she seems tense, like. very stressed out. And that is. completely understandable, right? Because Homeland Security, they were the.

ones in charge of this investigation. So, you know how sometimes the FBI is. involved in these criminal. investigations? Homeland Security is the. one in charge of this one. Mhm. And like. just to give you an idea cuz I don't. think people talk about Homeland. Security as often. They run ICE. Like. this is a huge government entity. So. she's sitting there, she seems very. volatile. She seems like emotionally. perturbed. And then one of the senior. reporters turns to us and says, "You. know who she is, right? She's homeland.

security agent." We're like, "Yeah, she. seems a little like on edge these days.". And he says, "But you know why, right? because she thinks the entire case is. falling apart and so she's freaking out. Really? Yeah. And I'm like, "What? What. does that mean? What do you mean the. entire case is falling apart?" So, I. went through all of Jane's cross. examination all over again just so if I. could see if I could pinpoint all the. parts where this case could potentially.

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um drug abuse and drug usage. Those are. the disclaimers. You guys know the. drill. Please take it easy if it's too. rough. At the time of the filming of. this episode, Diddy is innocent until. proven guilty, and all the charges that. he's been indicted on are still just. alleged. Any and all observations have. been recorded by me or my researchers in. real time inside the courtroom. However, any speculations, comments, or opinions. about any observable reactions that we. have witnessed in the courtroom, those. are just our interpretations. We. honestly don't know what anyone is. thinking. I don't think any single one.

of us are mind readers. So, I'm just. telling you this was the feeling and the. energy that I got, but it might not even. be accurate. It might not even be rooted. in reality. So, with that being said, let's get started. When Jane walks back. into the courtroom, it is now time for. the cross-examination to begin. And it's. kind of interesting because Tenny is. going to be doing the cross-. examination. Jane and Tenny, they are. smiling warmly at each other, which is. confusing everybody because again, we. know that Jane and Tenny met at least in. April of this year, which was two months.

ago, 1 month before the trial kicked. off. So, we don't know how close they. are. We don't know what their dynamic is. going to be. And during the direct, it. did seem like Tenny was very stressed. There would be times where it seems like. she wanted to object to Comey's line of. questioning. So, if you're doing the. cross- examination, you're the one. objecting to the direct testimony, like. the questions where you don't think that. they should be asking these questions. But Tenny keeps glancing at Mark Agniflo. to get a sign on whether she should or. should not object. At one point, it. seems like Mark Agnif gave her the.

signal to object. But it's just it. seemed like a very tense situation. And. all of that goes away rather quickly. because eventually she just starts. throwing objection to every question. that Marine Comey is asking. Marine. Comey is breathing and Tenny Garagos is. objecting. Now Shawn Combmes always has. a lot more confidence when it's the. cross- examination days. It feels like. maybe it's their time to take control, which that's understandable. He's. typically bolder in his mannerisms. I. mean, nobody has any clue like how this.

dynamic is about to play out. And it. begins. Good morning, Jane. Good. morning, Miss Garagos. As Miss Comey. said, we've met before, right? Yes. Teddy clarifies that Combmes is paying. for Jane's attorney because he is and. that came out in the direct testimony. But Jane clarifies that Shawn Combmes. has never attempted to interfere with. representation. But it's still so. strange because technically Jane is. testifying against Combmes and he's. paying for her attorney. How can there. not be a conflict of interest? Yeah. The.

less she says about him in a negative. light, the better for him. And he's. paying the attorney. Now, I'm not saying. that the attorney is doing anything. incorrectly. It just seems like a very. tricky situation where you would have to. follow lots of different red tapes. I. think in the perfect professional. setting, it can be done, but it just. seems weird. More interesting is when. Tenny asks Jane on the stand, "And. you're testifying here at this trial. against Mr. Combmes despite him paying. for your attorney, right?" Jane.

responds, "I'm testifying against him.". H Jane looks genuinely confused. Then. the jurors look genuinely confused and. they're blancing between Tenny and Jane. because none of this is making sense. anymore. I think that she just thought. that she was testifying. Wow. Yeah. And Jane states that she's. really only here because she's been. subpoenaed by the government and she has. an immunity plea in place. So right off. the bat, Tenny clarifies a few things. Jane tells her that she has not spoken.

to Shawn Combmes since his arrest in. 2024. So that was eight months ago. and. the defense, they start trying to. establish just how in love Jane was with. Combmes. They talk about his last album. and if Jane joined him in the studio. with Tenny asking, "Did you like seeing. him in that environment?" I liked seeing. him in any environment. And I think you. testified yesterday that you felt what. you really loved and craved about these. nights were the closeness that you and. him had after the entertainer left. Right. Any time with him, I loved. So.

Tenny starts asking questions such as, "Can you please tell me, I mean, I know. you talked about um about a little bit. about this on direct, but you said that. you fell in love with him because he was. this larger than-l life charismatic. personality. Can you explain what that. is? Why did you feel like he was this. larger than-l life charismatic. personality?" Combmes is moving in his. chair so that he can see Jane better. He's like sitting in his Shark Tank. position, tapping his fingers against. his thighs. It appears to an outsider. that clearly has no idea what he's.

thinking, but he just looks like he's. ready to hear the compliments roll in. Like that is the feeling that I get from. that action. Jane responds, "I was. fascinated by him. He is just something. unique and different. Like I had never. met anybody with such a big personality. and very big energy and very motivating, encouraging, and just larger than life. He wasn't afraid to have his voice. heard, and it was attractive. It feels like right off the bat, a good. chunk of the cross-examination was for. the defense to try and establish that. Jane is someone who was lovesick for.

Shawn Combmes, was willing to do. whatever to stay with him. And they. start working overtime to create a very. specific image of Jane to leave jurors. with the impression that Jane is a very. specific certain type of person, which. is an influencer. Now, this is the part. where I'm like, "This is not going to be. good." In the sense that whenever I talk. to people out and about, it could be in. a personal professional setting, a. casual setting, it doesn't matter. If. people ask me what I do, I come up with.

25 words to avoid the word influencer. I. will say five sentences of rambling. about how I make videos for the internet. before I say the word influencer. Because every time I've ever said, "Oh, I'm like an influencer." People always. have slightly negative visible reactions. on their face. Yeah, there is such a. strong connotation associated with that. word. I mean, people see influencers as. vain, vapid, brainless, brand obsessed. troublemakers on the internet. Maybe. it's true, maybe it's not. It's up for.

people to decide. And it just feels like. Tenny's leaning into that. When asking. about hotel night outfits, Jane says the. high heels that Shan Combmes would make. her wear were like 6 7 in tall. Tenny. asks her, "But you're somebody who. regularly wears high heels in your daily. life, right?" Which if she's not trying. to lean into that kind of image for. Jane, I don't know why she's asking. about her heels. Like, she's not a foot. doctor. Is she Sir Christian. Louisboutuitton? Jane responds, "These. are a particular kind of high heels.". So, I would say I would occasionally.

wear these types of heels, but in real. life, I would wear things that are about. 3 to 4 in in real life. Okay. But so, you're not accustomed to wearing high. heels. Maybe not these ones, but in your. real life, you're accustomed to wearing. these high heels outside of the hotel. rooms, right? Yes. Including 4-in ones? Yes. Maybe not 5 to 7 in ones? Yes. Later, the jurors see a photo of Jane. and combs in the studio where Jane is. wearing tall heels. I know that you. talked about the 5 to 7in heels that you.

would wear during hotel nights. This is. not it, right? No, these are not it. These are more of like your kind of. everyday heels, right? Yes. One of the. jurors makes a facial expression. Why? Like because they're tall. Oh, because. nobody really wears heels every day, right? I mean, it's like a very small. group of people that wear heels every. day, right? So, she makes like a. like woo, those are tall. That's that's. what it seemed like. All I observed was. her making the like that kind of mouth.

expression. Now, I don't think that I. mean, that makes me feel like Tenny's. not taking shots in the dark. like this. might be working for some jurors. It it. just makes her feel like a different not. as relatable person perhaps. So the ones. that you would wear on a normal. day-to-day basis are these heels, right? Yes. Side note, at this point the sons. in the family pews, this is a day that. they are here. They're sharing chapstick. and I got very distracted because. they're like sharing a tub of lip balm.

and Justin Combmes likes to apply it. with his pinky finger and then Quincy. likes to dip his knuckle into it and. then apply it using his entire index. finger knuckle. And it's just very. interesting that something so serious is. happening and they're all just like. pouty face applying chapstick. Not that. anything's wrong with it, but it's just. like I'm telling you the court energy, every pew is like a different energy. Mhm. It just feels like 25 different. mixes of things going on. Then out of. nowhere when talking about Jane moving. from the east coast to LA to be with.

Combmes, Tenny is asking, "And you were. on the East Coast in 2020 because you. wanted your child to be closer to the. child's father, right?" Yes. And during. that time you were on the East Coast, did your child's father see your child. at all? Jane looks confused. She looks agitated. and she literally responds, "What does. that have to do with this whole thing?". "Why did you move to LA? I moved to Los. Angeles because the purpose of living on. the East Coast wasn't being fulfilled,

so we moved." And you've previously told. the government that you've always. gravitated towards providers. Do you. remember telling them that? Yes. Can you. explain that? Yes, I do find men who are. successful, attractive. As a woman, my. ideal partner is a protector and a. provider. Combmes is again tapping Mark. to scooch to the right. Mark then tells. Alexander Shapiro, who's sitting on the. right of him in Tenny's old spot, to. scooch to the right. So Alexander. Shapiro scooches, Mark scooches, Comb. scooches, and they're all scooch. scooching in their chair presumably so.

that Combmes can get a better look at. Jane. Tenny brings up the house that. Jane lives in, the one that costs. $10,000 a month, and nobody in the. courtroom is allowed to forget about it. Tenny shows the jurors messages from. Jane texting Comolmes about the house. before moving in, trying to get him to. agree to it. And she explains that she. got approved and they need first and. last month's rent and 2 months of rent. for security deposit totaling about. $40,000. Nobody in the defense wants us to forget. that he's paying $10,000 a month for her. rent and $40,000 for moving in fees. It.

will forever be ingrained in every brain. just etched in there with Sharpie. So. then they go down the list of gifts. It's like tax season. Tenny starts. asking Jane, "Then how many shoes did. you get?" I think it was like one pair. of shoes, one bag. What was the bag, Bayga? And you were happy with those. gifts, right? Yes. Tenny brings up a. text message where perhaps Jane was not. happy with those gifts. It's a text. thread where Jane text Combmes about how. he treats her versus how he treats his. other girlfriends. Now, one in.

particular is really stressing Jane out. So she texts combs, "I see what I'm. turning into in your eyes while homeg. girl is literally ran through and [ __ ]. your friends behind your back. And did. you get her a [ __ ] Chanel bag on top. of that? Lol. Crazy. I don't like how. you're treating me and what I'm seeing. I need a breather and a break from you. This doesn't feel good at all. Your true. intentions with me are in plain sight.". Tenny lets the text message just sit in. the air. And then she asks, "And then. you say, "Did you get her a [ __ ].

Chanel bag on top of that? lol crazy. Yes. My misdirected anger towards the. women when my anger is truly for him and. how mistreated I felt in the. relationship. And you are mistreated. because this other person got a Chanel. bag. Why are you saying Chanel bag? I'm. being mistreated because the pressure. that my partner was putting on me was to. for me to have sex with strangers and. when he leaves he goes and spends. quality time and shopping and dining, etc., etc., with the others. Did this.

person post a Chanel bag on their. Instagram stories? Yes. And you didn't. get the Chanel bag. This other person. was getting a Chanel bag, right? No, I. only got Trauma. You got a Van Clee necklace, right? There was that. And And you got a BGA. bag, right? After three and a half. years, I really don't think I garnered. much from this relationship. What is a. Boutega bag? And this is when all that. friendly smiling disappears because Jane. snaps at Tenny's question. What is a.

Bayga bag? I'm sure you have one. And. there is like a moment of like in the. gallery. Like almost unvoluntarily. everyone is like we don't even know what. to say because this was so sudden. I. mean it was amping up. It was it was. getting intense. But for her to be like. I'm sure you have one because everyone. in the press pews knows that Tenny is. considered an EPO baby too. And like she. does wear like Chanel shoes every day to. court. I don't know about every day, but. often, you know, and she's very dressed, put together. It seems like she probably. does have a beta bag or 20. A few jurors.

have their eyebrows raised. Almost all. of them are staring between Tenny and. Jane, whipping their heads back and. forth like, "Is this really happening? Like, are we about to do this right. now?" And Tenny's voice is calm, but she. seems agitated. I actually don't. What. is a Bayga bag? It's a high-end luxury. purse for women. And how much do beta. bags run? How much does my body cost? Again, the whole gallery is either. looking down with their eyebrows all the.

way raised up or just staring bugeyed at. the front. And the judge finally has to. come in and father Arun is like, "Jane, I'm going to ask you to just respond to. Miss Garos's questions." And your lawyer. can follow up. I'm asking roughly how. much a BGA bag costs. Anywhere between. 1,500 to 5,000. Okay. And a Chanel bag. How much does a. Chanel bag cost? I don't know. Tenny. gets her to read messages almost. immediately after. And then at the. bottom you say, "Bitches super ran. through and your friends. You think I. care about this?" Right. Right. And all.

he responds is, "Have a blessed day.". Right. Yes. Can we take a break? It is. such a sudden break request from Jane. when previously during the direct. testimony she has never needed a break. So, a lot of people just felt like this. is getting very it almost felt personal. this back and forth between Tenny and. Jane. It just seemed like a lot. So, there's a quick break and during that. Combmes turns around to see Quincy in. the pews and he mouths wow. And then.

Quincy mouths wow or Combmes Combmes. mouths wow at Quincy. I don't know why. And then he puts his hand over his heart. and then blows a kiss and then puts both. arms across his chest like the Black. Panther. Yeah, I guess if like I tried. to look up if it means anything else. It. has become like a cultural icon symbol, but it is like most famously known as of. right now in today's context as the. Wakanda forever symbol. And so it was. just like a weird series of emo like wow. hand over his heart, blow a kid. It was.

just like a lot happening. After the. break, Jane comes back and apologizes to. Tenny and they dive right back into it. Tenny brings up how on a Paris trip with. a bunch of Jane's girlfriends, she tells. her friends, quote, "Now I just need a. Saudi prince, right?" Which, like, I. have seen comments about Jane's. testimony online and like about these. types of parts and people are just. saying, "God forbid a girl has a. personality." Like it's the same thing. with Cassie saying like, "Oh, well, who.

am I going to date since Jay-Z's already. taken?" Is it the nicest thing to say? No. But like, god forbid someone says. something snarky once in a while, does. that mean that their entire personality. is snarky and they're manipulative? It's. crazy because a lot often time very bad. men will be able to say some really. heinous things and it will be considered. an isolated event. But when one girl. says one slightly snarky thing, it. becomes her whole personality. This is. who she is. These are her true colors.

Exactly. It's so bizarre. And also, my. researchers saw this journalist who was. commenting this after Jane's first. testimony, like for the video, and they. write, "I also believe it's a joke for. those in the gallery and the jury pool. to pretend that they're shocked and. don't know what a cook is. This fake. Puritan nonsense is an absolute joke. Sex work draws revenue of over a billion. dollars each year in the US alone. People put on a front regarding social. activity to fit archaic social norms. The same can be said for Only Fans. If. men were making millions on Only Fans, they would be called entrepreneurs. And.

nobody would scoff in the gallery or the. jury pool. It's honestly an absolute. joke that society perpetuates the stigma. and would scoff at someone who went. through something like this from an. admitted abuser like Combmes. Jane's. testimony is exactly what you expect. from someone coerced into a situation. Unfortunately, education is so poor. regarding this kind of abuse due to it. mainly affecting women. So, it's likely. some members of the jury don't care due. to Combmes having money and they believe. that the women around him put up with it. to receive gifts from him. And I think.

that is so accurate because the way. people react to the mentions of BGA. bags. Even the text message of Jane. being upset that someone got a Chanel. bag, the reaction is very like it almost. feels like so vain. Couldn't be me. The. cross-examination was one of the hardest. things to sit through throughout this. trial. I mean, they have Jane sitting up. on the stand reading explicit message. after very explicit message after very. explicit message. None of which can even. be repeated on most platforms. They're. just very explicit. I mean, these are. text messages that I would probably.

delete off my phone just because I don't. want my parent to randomly see it if. they're on my phone or it just it's a. lot. And nothing's wrong with it, but I. think when they're read out in court, it. it has a significant impact on the. jurors, I imagine. Now Jane is having to. answer that she texted a tongue and. water emoji to Combs. Like this is how. specific they're getting with the. nitty-gritty. And then the water. Is. that supposed to be a sexual emoji? Yes. Another emoji. During a sexual text. thread between Jane and Combs, Tenny. asks, "What does that emoji mean to. you?" Like wild and crazy with a tongue.

out and eyes crossed. Can you explain. the smirk emoji? The smirk emoji is kind. of like like how do I say? Uh is it. flirtatious? I would say so. Yes. Another text. thread, Tenny asks. And then you. respond. You send him several emojis, right? Yes. And what are the emojis. indicative of? Flirtation, hard eyes, water, water. Tenny has Jane read. another very explicit message about how. she had never experienced such things in. her life and how her body was reacting.

to it. Tenny asks her, "What are those. emojis next to the text message?" Big. puppy eyes and crying. Okay. Is the. crying upset crying or happy crying? What does that crying indicate? Crying. so hard because it feels so good. Then. another message from Jane to Combmes. You light my fire. I feel alive with. you, baby. You blow my mind. I'm. satisfied. Outstanding. And that is how. the defense is trying to prove their. point to the jurors that they are saying. all of this was consensual. November.

2023, Cassie's lawsuit goes viral. And. Jane says that she's scrolling through. her phone. There is no avoiding it. Not. that she's trying to intentionally, but. it's really just a matter of time before. she sees it. It's on every headline, every Instagram story, everywhere. Jane. is reading about Combmes's relationship. with Cassie. Now, by this point, Jane. and Shawn Combmes have been dating for 3. years. She just remembers that. throughout their relationship, randomly, Shawn would tell her that Cassie was his. greatest love. And sometimes he would.

get high and write Cassie love letters. That I don't think that he would send. It's unclear. Now, prosecutor Comey. previously in the direct had asked Jane, "How did you react to seeing news. coverage and social media posts about. Cassie's lawsuit?" I almost fainted. In. fact, I think I did because there was. three specific pages that was just a. harrowing resemblance of what I was. experiencing. But there were a few pages. that Jane says just it literally was. like word for word. She didn't. screenshot it. She said because I was.

bewildered. I was in shock. Jane, how. did you react to reading the three pages. that you screenshotted from Cassie's. lawsuit? I couldn't sleep. I was reading. these pages. It felt like a nightmare. I. felt so bad. I just had sympathy for. this because I could feel I just reacted. like I can't believe I'm reading my own. story. Jane says she starts venting to. Shawn. I'm just shocked. I was just in. complete state of shock just messaging. him and just like what is this? So 3. days after Cassie's lawsuit, she text. Sean Combmes. I just woke up because I'm. nauseous. I've been crying for 3 days.

and under stress from reading all of. this. I keep having nightmares about. forced nights and all the times I felt. like I couldn't say no. I feel like I'm. reading my own sexual trauma. It makes. me sick how three pages word for word is. exactly my experience and my anguish. Even two of my own birthdays. You had me. perform so many countless toxic years. together. Even recently throwing up at a. hotel in LA because I was finally sober. and disgusted and felt so forced to. perform back to back and just wanting to. end it all. The sick part is you knew. this was coming and you gaslit me and.

you made me feel crazy about the sex. trauma I was developing knowing you've. been there before and this is just the. sick thing that you do. I feel. manipulated. This was never love between. us. It's also clear that this was sexual. exploitation that you fainted as love. for your sick fetishes. Sean comes. responds to her. Call me on this phone. Important. So the government actually. entered into evidence a recorded phone. call that Jane didn't even know she was. being recorded in. She didn't even know. that somebody else was listening in on. this phone call. You just hear Shawn. Combmes apologizing while Jane is.

clearly emotional on the phone. She's. upset. She's saying, I mean, just. reading it. Who's there for me when I. close my eyes and I have these [ __ ] up. thoughts in my head? Meanwhile, Jane can. hear through the phone Shawn Combmes. taking notes on a notepad with a. Sharpie. Like, Sharpie has a very. distinct sound when you're using it, which is giving, let me just make sure. she doesn't file a lawsuit either. But. he's also the one asking her repeatedly. if she's recording this call. Which. she's like, I'm not. But Combmes is. saying things like, "You even brought me.

a videotape so we could look at what we. did." Talking about the hotel nights. Once again, trying to say this is. consensual while I'm recording you so. that you can't file a lawsuit. And. there's another part in the recording. where Combmes cryptically tells her, you. know, you ain't got to worry about. anything else. Which to her, she took it. as like she didn't have to worry about. rent or anything else. So from November. of 2023 to when the lawsuit drops, like. that's when the lawsuit drops to. February of 2024, they're on a break. They kind of break up for about 4. months. Jane says that she was so.

traumatized, she even texted him. something that a lot of people think. that the jurors are going to really take. this into account. She texts him, "Leave. women alone who don't want to do these. nights with you. Hire sex workers and. stop emotionally harming women who love. you." Combmes responds in a way that is. just very paranoid. Texting, "Are you. trying to set me up? This is crazy. Crazy. You're recording my calls.". What? Meanwhile, one of the jurors has. their eyebrows raised while taking notes. because it's just a very like what is. happening right now. And Jane even tells.

Marine Comey she has no plans to sue. Shawn Combmes even to this day. A month. later, Combmes is texting Jane. And this. is so unhinged, but he's texting her. Are you dating? Be honest. Hello. I want. to know. No judgment. It's giving like. sketch artists, can you make me look. less like a koala? Like I feel like. there's a lot more grave things to be. concerned about whilst everything's. going on. Jane sends him an audio note. saying that she's hurt, traumatized. She's clearly not planning on dating. anybody anytime soon. She just wants to. focus on her life. Meanwhile, I mean,

Jane does in fact make a monetary demand. against Shawn Combmes. There is a text. message that Tenny puts into the. cross-examination and it reads, "I feel. socially exploited, mentally damaged, and emotionally drained by you. I want. my wasted three years of time reimbured. and given back to me in the monetary. amount of $100,000 per year and 15. months left of our two-year agreement of. rent, 450k to move on from the. resentment of feeling exploited, manipulated, heartbroken, drugged, and. all the loss of potential income. Now,

Jane clarifies and she's trying to. explain the only reason I asked him for. money is because all day he had been. calling me, demanding me to give him a. price. He's saying like, "Give me a. price so that we can get closure since. we're breaking up." He even sends her a. message. Charge me. Charge me for your. resentment. I just need you to get over. this. Just tell me what it is. I don't. want any loose ends. Just charge me. Wow. So, she brought that up right then, too. Yeah. And Marine Comey had even.

clarified previously like, "Whose idea. was it to talk money?" And she's Sean. That's why she sent that message. demanding $450,000 because he kept. asking for a price. She sends that. message and he responds, "Fuck you. Don't ever text me again.". Wow. And Jane is like, "You made me lose. out on everything. You're a liar. You. I'm blocking you. Leave me alone, baby. girl. You're a liar. Opportunist. You. I'm calling the police. You're trying to. make some [ __ ] up. I'm clear.". Honestly, a lot of the jurors look. disgusted by his text message. I mean,

they just like a lot of them are. scowlling like they're smelling. something funky. Jane responds, "You are. the only opportunist here. You exploited. the [ __ ] out of me. You win. three years. of being used by you. You had three. years of fun with my body. I said you. broke me. Our situation has never ever. been fair to me. You asked me what I. needed to move on. And now you're upset. I said you were a full-time job. You. consumed my life. I got nothing out of. this for 3 years but demons and. heartbreak. You exploited my love and. made me think this was love so I could. give you these fetish nights. He. responds, "Leave me alone. I'm blocking.

this number and I'm calling the police.". She says, "You used me for your dick. parties." He responds, "God bless you.". Oh, and I was too stupid. Leave me. alone, con artist. You keep describing. yourself. You cornered me into sucking. and. for you and letting strangers run trains. on me. No one has ever treated me like. this. You playing around. Do you want me. to call the police? I'm asking out of. respect for your family. Wait, this is. at what point again? This is like during. their breakup after Cassy's lawsuit.

Cassy's lawsuit came out. His house. hasn't gotten raided yet. No. So, this. would be around like January 2024. His. house gets raided in like March of 2024. The CNN hotel video comes out May of. 2024. So we like the public, we only. know Cassie's lawsuit. Yeah. And he's. probably besides the Cassie lawsuit, he's still chilling. He's living his. same life still, right? Yes. I don't. know when he would have been made aware. I honestly I feel like the raid would. have just caught him off guard. I think. so. Cuz I don't think the feds would be.

like, "Hey, so we're planning on. raiding. We're we're we're going after. you right now." Right. So, he probably. feels like he settled that lawsuit. I. think it just seems like he's just. worried about any other future lawsuits. because he paid $20 million. So, he's. like, I don't want to pay another $20. million. Is probably his train of. thought. I don't know. Yeah. And he's. just going off on Jane. And Jane because. the fact that he said, I'm going to call. the cops. That is crazy. Yeah. Meanwhile, the cops are like, "Hi, we. know who you are. We're actually we're. we're watching right now." Yeah. We're. listening to this. No, I'm just kidding.

They're not. But you get what I'm. saying. It's just so bizarre that he's. threatening to call the cops. Yeah. Now. Jane is sobbing on the stand. A few of. the jurors can't, like I said, they. can't even look at her. It's just a very. tumultuous moment. It's not like the. saddest moment in the courtroom, but. it's like a what is happening? Like Sean. Comb's text messages don't even make. sense. And she's very emotionally. distraught about it. So it's like this. very complicated mix of energy. Jane.

ends up texting him. Nobody loves me. You called me and you asked me to charge. you. You kept pressuring me all day. Even said lawyers would be involved, insisting on this conversation on what I. quote need to quote move on. When I did. what you asked, you spew out all your. evil on me. Then ask who I'm seeing and. if I'm dating over and over again. You. threaten releasing my tapes and. threatened to post them. You jab at all. my wounds and not once have I called you. anything out of your name. You are. psychotic. Jane is asked how Combmes responds and.

she says, he said, "I'm just going to. show your child's father these tapes. I. have nothing to lose.". The jurors at this point honestly look. pretty melancholic. They just look down. Meanwhile, Combmes looks a little bit. agitated. He shakes his head no in like. a short burst. But this entire. relationship breakup ends in February of. 2024. So 4 months after Cassy's lawsuit, all because Shawn Combmes has a dream. Sean Combmes allegedly has a dream that. he and Jane were on his private jet and. he texts her reporting this dream to her.

and she responds and that starts their. relationship all over again. Jane says. she responded because quote, "I missed. him dearly." He starts using this as. like a way to get into her life because. Jane's birthday is in February. So, he's. saying, "I had a dream about you. By the. way, your birthday's coming up. What are. you doing for your birthday? I want to. spend time with you on your birthday.". He says, "Say what you want to do on. your birthday." I'm a little traumatized. from my past birthdays and what they. ultimately led to at the end of the. night. I don't know. I'm just being. honest because remember the past two.

birthdays, the end of the night would. always end up in a hotel night that she. did not want and she would express that. she wanted it to just be her and Shawn. Combmes. I just don't want to get my. feelings hurt. I feel disrespected for. no reason. He responds shaking my head. Didn't mean for the conversation to go. there. I was just asking you what you. were doing and you asked me if I wanted. to spend your birthday with you. Lol. don't know the conversation to take this. turn. You're confusing. No, you're. right. I got flashbacks from the past. and they took over for a second. It's.

okay. I just know me. It's just gonna. actually make me feel worse. Lol. Right. after you got, you know, right after you. got home girl's birthday and then. Valentine's Day. I don't even want to. mix my thoughts and emotions and like. intertwined with seeing all of that. It's always like I get less and you do. you go do the big one. So, basically, she's saying, "Even if we don't do a. hotel night, like it's just like it's. going to be my birthday and then your. other girlfriend's birthday, allegedly, Young Miami, and then it's Valentine's. Day." And she's like, "I just know. you're going to spend time with her. anyway." I'm good. I appreciate you.

remembering my birthday, though. Don't. stress it. Well, if you want to change. your mind and want to have a wholesome, beautiful birthday celebration, just let. me know. Love, I love you. I miss you. And then he responds again. I love you. I miss you. It was great seeing you in. my dream last night. Stay happy. love. But he also continues texting her, "It's. your birthday. You deserve to let me. make you feel happy." Like the wording. on that is honestly criminal. It's not. you deserve to be happy. It's you. deserve to let me make you happy. Like you deserve for me to put some.

effort and make you happy, which is like. honestly pass and go straight to jail. Just like the verbiage on that is. insane. They have a phone call and. suddenly Jane is on her way to spend. time with him for her birthday. She's. flying into Miami. Comey is asking her. what happened and Jane says that when. she flies in, she's just has like. butterflies in her heart. Her heart is. beating out of her chest. She's seeing. Combmes for the first time in a long. time and they're in matching clothes. Everything about the way Jane speaks. about Shawn Combmes on the stand. This.

is a girl in love and she sounds really. young for her age and I can really only. attribute that to maybe being so deeply. in love because like she's very happy. that they coincidentally matched in the. color of clothing like it was a very. unique gray color and she felt like it. was fate and like just the way that she. described seeing him again and he had. this wonderful dinner set up and she. says the whole dinner he's explaining to. her how much he missed her and wants her. to stay and how much he loves her and. Then at the end he passes her a pill, an.

X. One juror has his hands on his temple. and he like briefly shakes his head. No. Another one wipes their forehead because. it just feels like we have seen this. before and it never ends well. Yeah. At. this point, I think I was just high and. I was like, okay. Jane says she doesn't. know why. She just says at this point. I'm just so used to this being the. outcome of whatever we're doing that I. just accept it. So Don ends up coming. over an entertainer and they end up.

having a hotel night again. After that, Jane and Combmes are officially back. together and subsequently there are more. hotel nights following except that they. weren't really at hotels anymore, more. so at his private residence because in. March, the next month his homes are. raided. So now it seems like he's trying. to fly under the radar. He's not going. to hotels and doing all these crazy. things. I mean, the whole internet is. watching him. Everybody is. You walk. into a hotel, the hotel employees are. probably calling TMZ. Yeah. Yeah. Come. on now. Right. So he's he's doing these. hotel nights at his residences most of. the time. That's the one that they raid.

like thousand baby oil bottles and the. photos were just came out recently as. well. Yes. So it's actually insane how. much baby oil and Astroglide he had in. his mansion. And the baby oil in one. cabinet, they're all lined up like it's. a luxury high-end retail store featuring. bottles of baby oil. There's baby oil. everywhere in his garage. He has like. pallets. I wouldn't even call it cuz. remember Marko, he was all like, "No, no, no. Americans just buy in bulk. He.

has a big house. He buys in bulk. I. think they have cotos in every place. where he has a home. Have you sat in in. the parking lot of a Costco and see what. people walk out of there with?" And then. I was like, I think that he believes it, right? Then I saw the picture of the. Astroglide. You can't even buy stuff. like that in bulk. It's like a shipping. palette is what it looks like. It's just. like pallets of Astroglide. Like you. have to contact the manufacturer like, "Hey, I'm opening a store and I need. inventory." Yeah, it's like it's crazy. It's an operation. It doesn't make.

sense. This is not I don't even think I. can't even think of anything a normal. person would have. I think even that. many pallets of. coffee, water or like toilet paper. Even. toilet paper would be weird. It's like. how many people do you have living in. the house? Nothing makes sense. So you. say like the his home got raided and he. moved the whole hotel night to the home. that got raided. Yeah. to Two Star. Island. Two Star Island. Wow.

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it. I don't know if I personally believe. it, but the the speed of the questions, the way that they were formatted, it. made it seem like Jane was almost. grateful for Cassie's lawsuit. It made it seem like the world turned on. Shawn Combmes so she had more time with. Shawn Combmes. and that made her happy. I don't personally think this is true. I. think it was the way the questioning. happened because like two things can be. true at once because she does seem very.

impacted by Cassie's lawsuit. But now. there is the question online and maybe. even in the jurors of after seeing. Cassie's lawsuit after all the mentions. of the freakoffs, why did she go back? I. guess that's up for the jury to decide. if there's a valid reason. So during. that time that when you guys got back. together from February of 2024 until. September, you were able to reconnect in. a way that was meaningful to you. I felt. that I could assert myself a little bit. more. Yes. And do you remember telling. the government you were finally getting. the princess treatment that you wanted?

Yes. They reconnect February of 2024. May of 2024, CNN releases the. Intercontinental Hotel assault footage. May 2024, Jane is staying with Combmes. in his Miami mansion. They're both in. Sham's bed and they get a knock on the. door from the sons. Jane says, "I just. remember sleeping and one of his sons. knocked on the door and that said that. something just happened." And then I was. just by myself. I went downstairs and I. could see that everybody was speaking. amongst each other. I sat down. I went. on my phone and then I saw the video.

Jane puts a tissue up to her face to. wipe away her tears. I saw Shawn. assaulting Cassie in a hotel lobby. I. was physically just at the table. I was. about to eat breakfast. I lost my. appetite. Comey asked Jane, "What do you. remember happening the day that you saw. that video of Shawn assaulting Cassie?". I just remember it was just a very eerie. day. I just remember that Shawn was. huddled with his team and his family. just away and I was primarily just alone. during that day and I was just giving. everybody space. Jane says that she was.

by herself for most of the day until. maybe that evening perhaps. She says, "I. remember kind of like inviting him. inviting me to this little huddle later. on in the evening in the backyard.". Who's in the huddle? Just his sons, his. writer, and some friends. They're all. standing there in this huddle trying to. come up with what we now know as his. god-awful apology video. So difficult to reflect on the darkest. times in your life. Sometimes you got to. do that.

I was [ __ ] up. I mean, I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses. My behavior on. that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my. actions in that video. Disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm. disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional. help.

Had to go into therapy. and going to rehab. Had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I'm so sorry. But I'm committed to be a better man. each and every day. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm truly sorry.

It took multiple people to come up with. that one. Wait, wait, wait. So, that. apology video, who was on there one more. time? Him, his sons, and a writer. That's it. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know where his PR rep was. Yeah. Jane says the next day, and like. by the way, he has PR reps that have. come up, right? I'm not saying that a PR. rep should be used in an apology video, but like he has them. So this would be. the time I would imagine cuz it was a.

bad apology video. Jane says the next. day I remember he showed me kind of like. the final draft of what he would say. that day publicly. She says that she. briefly read through the draft and she. thought it was nice like it felt. heartfelt. She said specifically Combmes. had named Cassie in the apology and it. felt very genuine. But apparently that's. not the final one that he posted because. she would previously tell the government. that she was disappointed by his final. apology that was ultimately posted. because it didn't feel genuine. It. didn't name Cassie. It was not the one.

that she read. Now, this is where things. get suspicious. Okay. Around the time of. this conversation that prosecutor Comey. is having with Jane, Mark Agnil wants a. sidebar and he's telling the judge, "I. think we're headed into privileged. territory." So privileged territory is. any conversation between a client and. their attorney. So even if you are. subpoenaed to the stand, the prosecutor, the defense, they can't say what were. you talking to your attorney about? That's privileged. You cannot ask. He.

said this is privileged. So how much. information exactly is Jane privy to? He. says it's privileged because he was the. one that told Shawn Combmes he cannot. put Cassie's name in the apology because. you have a potential grand jury witness. You cannot name her in this video. So, he took out Cassie's name, but he told. it to Jane. It seems like it. And that. leaves a huge door to everyone of how. much information was Jane actually privy. to that she cannot talk about on the.

stand because it's privileged. information. Like, how much is she withholding. because of that? Okay. What does that. even mean? Exactly. We don't know how. much more information that she cannot. talk about, what experiences she cannot. share. Like, we don't know. It's just. weird. I think this just adds to the. weirdness of the fact that Shawn Combmes. is paying for her attorney. She's met. with his attorneys up until April. Like, I'm sure lots of privileged. conversations have been taking place. Yeah. So, when when Mark brought that up.

to the judge, right, the pre what did. they come out of it? Do they continue. this conversation? Did they stop it? The. judge was like, "Good point." Comey was. like, "I wasn't even really aware, but. like I'm not I'm not going to ask. further questions about it anyway, so. I'm just going to move on to the next. topic." So then they just kind of breeze. past it. But everyone who read that. sidebar, like even the next day, the. press pews are like, "Huh?" Cuz that's. weird. It's just opening this big door. of like, "What else? We don't know. We'll never know." As for why she stayed. with Cones, Jane explains to the jurors.

that Combmes convinced her that Cassie. was the one that was violent after this. hotel footage. he called her a quote. hitter and that this was the one and. only time that he had been physically. violent with her. Now, a lot of people I. I have seen a lot of people having a. hard time believing that part. I think. it's weird because like how do I even. know what anyone's thinking? But I've. heard people saying it doesn't make. sense that anyone could fall for a lie. like that because the assault footage.

was so brutal. It's hard to believe this. was someone's first time assaulting. Cassie. Like it's hard to believe that. this was Shawn Comb's first time. assaulting Cassie. Yeah. Because I mean. for us, we've seen photos of Cassie from. decades ago, right? Yes. So Jane hasn't. They're saying how would Jane even. believe her? Yes. But I just feel like. everything Jane has said thus far, I. feel like she really trusts him. I don't. know how else to put it. It's obviously.

a very toxic dynamic. I would personally. think it's a very abusive dynamic, but. that's up to the jurors to decide um by. the letter of the law if it's. trafficking by coercion. But it's just I. could see her believing it. I could. totally see her believing it. I don't. know why people are questioning her. Jane believes him until January 18th of. 2024. Now, Sean goes over to Jane's. house. He had just gotten back from this. family trip to Utah with his kids, which. was vlogged, by the way. Like, that vlog. is up on the internet. It was so.

fascinating to watch. That's the vlog. that I was showing you. One more time. Who Who vlogged that? Quincy. Family. vacation. Oh. Oh my goodness. Now, Jane did not. believe that there would be any. entertainers coming that night to Jane's. house that Shawn is coming. It's just. them reconnecting cuz he just got back. from this family trip. So, she puts on. this long brown dress, pours champagne. for them, opens up the back patio. They're having a good time. And then. Jane has this sneaking suspicion that. Combmes had brought a girl out to the. Utah trip. She starts asking him if that.

girl was there and Jane says, "I was. making an assumption that he was with. another woman and it just really angered. me." Like I think at this point in our. relationship, I just was bottling up a. lot of resentment and anger towards him. The woman that Jane believes is on the. family trip in Utah is someone that is. 25 years younger than Shawn, which rubs. her the wrong way, and she calls him a. pedophile. Now, this woman is of age, but she's just calling him a pedophile. She says, "I just remember calling him a. pedophile. I said, "If a girl can't buy. her own drink, so it makes you attracted.

to her." Jane says he bent over like he. was about to tie a shoe and she banged. his head on the kitchen counter. Pushed. his head on the kitchen counter. Not. hard enough that she said that she. didn't see injuries later that night, but she did give it a good push. She. gets up and she starts throwing candles. everywhere. I started taking all the. candles and started throwing it. I. started taking all the glass and I. started throwing it. She says she was. very angry with Shan Combmes. She says. it was a built-up mix of everything that. I was angry and hated him for it in the. moment. She's throwing the candle,

screaming, "I hate you." She doesn't. recall any glass hitting him, but she. does recall wax on him on his clothing. What did Shawn say in response as you. were throwing things at him? Marine. Comey is asking. I can't recall, but I. think he was probably cursing and. calling me crazy. Jane then runs into. the master bedroom and locks herself in. there. I just remember he was just. calling me [ __ ] crazy and that I put. my hands on him and I just wanted to. close the door behind me and I was just. like, "Just leave. Just leave. Just. leave." What happened after you locked. the master bedroom door? He kicked it.

open. Who kicked it open? Sean, where. did you go after Sean kicked open your. locked master bedroom door? I went into. the master bathroom. She says that she. runs into the bathroom. He kicks in that. door. She runs into the closet. He kicks. down that door. She runs out the closet. and starts running out of the house. When you say kicked it down, do you mean. literally off the hinges or just open? Literally off the hinges. Whoa. The. jurors are like fiercely taking down. notes. Sean kicked me from the back of.

the thigh and then I fell down on my. butt and then he picked me up in a choke. hold and choked me. He like lifted me up. and I couldn't breathe. I was on my. tippy toes. I remember he came up behind. me and just squeezed my neck in between. his arms and I just remember just. grabbing his arm and I couldn't even. touch my neck. It was so tight and I was. on my tippy toes and I thought that I. was going to pass out. I just squirmed. out of it and he was um I was just. fighting his grip on my neck. I was just. trying to get out of his grip. She makes. it out the front door, runs barefoot. into a bush in the neighborhood and just. hides there for what she felt was 2.

hours. When she thinks she's finally in. the clear, she starts walking back to. her house. Combmes is on the street. walking towards her. I was scared, but I. was just quiet. I just kept walking back. to the house because I didn't want to. wake the neighbors up and cause a scene. She hides in the guest bedroom. He kicks. that door in too. And once he gets in, all she remembers is quote, I just. remember there was just more glass. throwing, candle throwing. This whole. part of the testimony, Combmes is just. staring at the desk. like someone etched into the wood a. secret message like perhaps the nuclear.

codes. Like he's looking at this desk. like something interesting is happening. on it. Jane explains that they end up. outside the patio and Jane punches combs. near the temple and forehead. He punches. her back twice on the forehead. She. makes a run for it deeper into the. backyard, which I'm assuming is fenced, so she doesn't really have many options. right now. She curls up into a ball and. just tries her best to cover her head. Combmes comes after her and quote, "He. started punching my head. He started. kicking me. He started saying all kinds. of things and just kept punching. He's.

screaming at her. Quote that I was. trying to take him away from his kids. and his family." After he's done kicking. her, Jane says he grabs her by the arm. and hair and just starts dragging her. back into the house. Tenny Garagos looks. over eyes wide at Shawn Combmes cuz. she's sitting at the defense table. This. is during the direct testimony. And she. looks at Shawn Combmes and we're just. like, "Ma'am, he's not going to do. anything. He can't even nod at the jury. The judge is going to get mad at him.". Then she turns to Mark like wideeyed. like and he's not doing anything either.

And I'm just curious like what was so. shocking in this line of questioning. So. it's interesting like that she had that. big of a reaction. But she didn't. object. But she would have likely. objected. but she didn't. So, I don't. know. What is it the answer? I don't. know. Now, regardless, Jane goes on to. explain that he drags her back into the. house, calling hering crazy. And she's. just begging him to leave now and she. hates him. And that is when back inside. the house, Jane says that she grabs. Sean's phone and starts calling the girl.

that she assumes was on the family trip. I just remember how I asked her if she. was on the trip and she started saying. really insulting things back. Later, she. says she asked that woman, "Woman. towoman, did you go to the Grand Canyon. with him?" The woman allegedly responds, "Girl, what are you worried about right. now? You're worried about the wrong. things. Woman towoman, you should not be. panicking." She later states that she. was calling that girl mean names. The. other girl was calling her a [ __ ] And. perhaps Jane mentions some of the girls. previous relationships. And the girl. tells Shawn on speakerphone about Jane.

Let her mind wander. She needs to fix. her life for real. In the direct, Comey. asks Jane, "What happened as you spoke. with this woman on the phone? Shawn was. holding me down and making me listen to. her insults. I told her to shut up and. that he was beating my ass right now.". "What did Shawn do after you said quote, "He's beating my ass right now." He hung. up. Combmes glances at the jurors and. does a small sigh like he lets his. shoulders fall and then looks back at. his table. Jane says after all of this, she goes into the shower to try and wash. off, like wash up, cool off. And that's.

when in the mirror she sees these giant. golf ball- sized welts on her forehead. and a black eye that's forming. Combmes. follows her in the shower. He's still. wearing his pants and he's just quote he. started slapping me, smacking me really. hard in my face. I just remember being. so exhausted and I just remember sitting. there in the towel and I was so tired. and then Sean said, "Put some ice on it. and put an outfit on. Lingerie and. heels." So she does. What happened after. you iced your welt and put a lingerie.

outfit and heels on? I remember in the. living room and I remember he's using my. phone to play explicit videos. Then he. starts texting one of the entertainers. on her phone and he tells her he said. because we're not going to end the night. like this. He said because we're not. going to end the night like this. Like. this is not how it's going to end. Jane. goes to put makeup on to cover her. injuries. And she put her hair to the. side so you couldn't see the bruising or. the welts too much cuz that's what combs. told her to do. He said, "Just put some. makeup on, put your hair to the side, you'll be fine." I remember him opening.

his hand with a pill in it, and he said, "Take thising pill. Take thising pill. You're not going to ruin my [ __ ]. night. You better go out there. You're. not going to ruin my night. Get out. there. S is D. F him. I don't care. You're just not going to ruin my night.". So, the entertainer had come over to. Jane's house and he's telling her to. take this pill. Jane was trying to. explain that she doesn't want to. And. according to Jane, Shawn Combmes just. straight up looks at her and says, "Is. this coercion?" They get back into the. bedroom and Jane starts trying to be.

polite to the entertainer who is now. there in which Jane says that she had to. perform or activities for quote, "It. just felt like forever." And Combmes is. just watching. He's not self-pleasuring. He's just watching. Jane can barely. testify through this whole story. In. between her sobs, her hair is just like. fully covering her face. It's almost. like she's trying to shield herself away. from Shan Combmes. I just felt sick. I. just felt like I wasn't even in my own. body. I just felt disgusted. I just felt. terrible. Afterwards, Sean Combmes gets picked up.

by a security and just leaves. What did. you do after Shawn left? I remember I. just laid down and I just started crying. and crying. I just cried. I just cried. until I fell asleep. The defense will. later use this entire testimony, this. incident, and make try, at least in my. opinion, it seems like they try to make. it appear that Jane Doe unprompted, unprovoked, physically assaulted Shawn. Combmes, trying to get him to physically. assault her back. Almost like a setup.

Like they they may they infer that after. seeing Cassie's lawsuit, it's almost. like she wanted similar things after the. hotel video came out cuz she could prove. DV. They say the timing is strange. They. say that there had never been any. elements of DV in their relationship. prior to this moment, which it's kind of. giving victim blaming, is it not? It's. giving she started it. So in a sidebar, that's what Marine Comey is saying. Like. your honor, they're literally victim. blaming. And the defense team says, "We.

are not victim blaming." I just want to. say that out loud. We wouldn't victim. blame. And we are not victim blaming. She is writing a letter on behalf of. Shawn Combmes to get him into a domestic. violence program. So, he was trying to. get in. They wouldn't let him into this. program. So, she was going to write a. letter on his behalf. And it's. significant that when she slams his head. on the counter and beats him up. I'm not. saying that means he has to fight back, but that the vulnerability and all of. the things that would lead up to that. moment are relevant. And the judge asks,

"Why is this relevant?" Because Comey. has already argued that this is straight. up victim blaming. She says, "Your. honor, the only relevance I'm hearing is. to suggest that Jane should have known. better when she was that she was poking. a violent man and when she started the. fight, she was putting herself at risk. of being assaulted. That is victim. blaming. that is suggesting that she was. asking for it. That is suggesting she. brought this violence upon herself and. is somehow it is justified which finds. no basis in the law whatsoever. The. defense argues, you're now, you know, why are you then now fighting with him?

It's an unprovoked fight. For the first. time ever, she starts an unprovoked. fight. They've never been physical and. she chooses to be physical with him on. the heels of trying to get him into a. domestic violence program. I don't know. why she did that, but she did it. I mean. there's no dispute it happened. The. judge looks at them, the defense team, and just says, "Well, that is victim. blaming. That is that is literally. that's like if you had a dictionary that. had a term victim blaming, like that. would be the explanation that you'd. given, so it can't be that. It has to be.

something else." Wait, the judge called. them out? Yes. Saying you guys are. literally victim blaming right now. Well, okay. So they he called them out. and saying what you're trying to use in. your line of questioning is victim. blaming. Yeah. Yes. Now he's vulnerable. I'm not victim blaming and I wouldn't. victim blame. This is Mark Agnifo. And. of course the judge is saying I'm not. saying you I'm saying that that line of. questioning would only have relevance to. that. Basically again saying your line. of questioning is victim blaming by.

definition almost. The judge sustains. the objection. And Tenny asks in the. cross-examination about this violent. altercation. Okay. And then do you. remember Mr. Comb saying to you, "We've. never fought like this before and now. the lawsuit comes out and now you're. attacking me." I heard him say that. Yes. Now you want to attack me. Basically again trying to insinuate that. Jana is attacking Comb so that she too. can have evidence of DV and potentially. file a lawsuit and that all the words. that she was using to try to instigate. him were to instigate him into violence.

Tenny says, "You were calling him a. pedophile the whole night in the. shower?" Yes. Okay. And you were saying. that he's a son of a [ __ ] I think I. was just calling him a [ __ ] Okay. Do. you remember calling him a piece of. [ __ ] Probably. Do you remember calling. him a fraud? Yes. The defense then asks a series of wild. questions about physical strength. Okay. Do you remember Miss Comey asked you. about your strength in comparison to Mr. Combmes? Yes. You're a very active. woman. Would you say that? Yes. You go. to the gym every day? Yes. You lift.

heavy weights, right? Yes. You care very. much about the strength that you have, right? Yes. And about taking care of. yourself and your body, right? Yes. And. you lift very heavy weights, right? Yes. And that's because you want to be a. strong woman, right? Yes. Okay. And you. would consider yourself strong. Yes. But. a woman's power does not override a. man's. Tenny just repeats the answer. A. woman's power does not override a man's.

Then she moves on to her next line of. questioning. But I guess the defense. would argue, could she really be that. much in fear of Combmes if she sees him. just a few days after this violent. attack on her? Jane says that she just. missed him so badly. She goes to see him. with a bruised eye and welts on her. forehead. But the next month, July 2024, things get extra rough between the two. Jane says that she learns from a media. outlet that Combmes took another girl to. Wyoming and she says, "I was absolutely. furious because we had just ended, you. know, that kind of night." And amidst.

all sorts of the controversy and. everything, he was still able to plan. another beautiful vacation for someone. else he was dating. She starts texting. him that she wants to break up, blocks. him and his entire team so that he can't. reach out to her anymore. And they take. about a 2 to 3 week break. They end up. getting back together and Jane plans on. flying out to New York City in September. of 2024 to see Shawn Combmes, but he is. ultimately arrested. Now, to prove that. this is sex trafficking, the government. has to be able to demonstrate that. Combmes used fraud, force, or coercion.

I mean, it's clear the way that they're. outlining it. There's elements of. physical violence, drug distribution. And also, coercion can mean emotional. support. To promise or try to threaten. to withdraw emotional support can be a. form of coercion. Even if we personally, like as individuals, you might think, well, that wouldn't be a way to coersse. me. It doesn't matter. It doesn't really. matter if you think that that wouldn't. work on you, right? It's just a matter. of how the law is written. And even the. drugs, it's very important because if.

that's used to keep people obedient and. compliant during hotel nights, that's a. huge element. There's the financial. control over the victims, potential. blackmail to ensure continued obedience, silence the victims. It seems like the. government is making a lot of strong. points when it comes to the letter of. the law. Now, Jane testifies that she. had witnessed Comb's drug dealers coming. to the hotel night to sell drugs and. then when they would run out, they would. deliver the drugs. But more alarmingly,

she also states that she carried drugs. for Combmes before in 2022 from LA to. Miami across state lines. Jane says that. before she was going to fly out to meet. with him, she was asked to pick up a. package. Jane talks to KK, the chief of. staff, and she even asks KK, "Is this. safe? Is this okay?" And KK tells her, "It's fine. I do it all the time. Just. put it in your checked luggage. And. that's what she does. There's also heavy. discussions during her direct testimony. where Jane mentions that certain. entertainers would be flown across state. lines or be flown from city to city or.

even perhaps Turks and Caos for those. hotel nights as well as paid in cash. One text message shows Jane telling an. entertainer, "I'm going to ask what the. status of the cash is right now. Hit you. in a few." Jane testifies that she's. asking Combmes about the status of the. cash. It feels like the government is. just going down and like taking off a. bunch of the boxes needed for the sex. trafficking conviction, but it's still. up to the jurors. And the defense argues. it's not sex trafficking. The defense. argues it was consensual adult.

activities. Tenny Garagos is asking. Jane, "And you chose to participate in. that lifestyle for many years, right?" I. would say that my choices were made. under a lot of emotional pressure due to. my relationship aka coercion. But Tenny. is asking Jane why though. Why did you. continue to participate in such a. lifestyle if you don't like it? Tenny. says, "Is it because quote because you. wanted to be a really good girlfriend. and partner? You use that word partner. over and over again." Yes. On direct, you wanted to be a very good partner for. him, right? Yes. And lover for him? I.

did. So, this is a debate. There's a. pretty heated back and forth on whether. or not Jane repeatedly referring to. Shawn Combmes as lover or partner is. helping or hurting the defense. Some. argue it helps because she sounds like. she still has a fond association with. him. It sounds like a consensual. relationship. Others are saying it harms. because it's so clear the power that he. mentally held over her even to this day. The defense is now trying to frame the. hotel nights as a secret that Combmes. shared with Jane about his. vulnerabilities of well they don't say.

it but it's like said being a cuck and. Jane wanted to because it made her feel. special. And you tried. Tell me if this. is right. To be very sexy for him in. those rooms because this is something he. liked, right? I don't think I tried. I. think I did. And I was. You were very. sexy to him, right? Yes. Because you're. a beautiful woman, right? Thank you. Combmes is like nodding intensely at. this point. Father Arun looks in his. direction and he just like freezes. midnight. Frozen. Really? Yes. Jane even tells.

Tenny that a big part of why she wanted. to move into a large home in LA that. cost $10,000 a month that we are not. allowed to forget was because they could. shift the hotel nights from hotels to. the privacy of her home. By this point, the hotel nights have been going on for. 2 years, but she chose a house this big. because she wanted it to be to Comb's. taste level, saying, "I would say that. Mr. Combmes had really nice properties. that were always decorated well and very. well manicured. I wanted to pick a home. that was a home away from home that he. would visit me and he would still feel. like he was at home." Combmes is again.

nodding at this part because he's hoping. the jurors are liking the defense. arguments on this. The defense shows. messages where Combmes references Jane. as his crackpite as if he's addicted to. her. Tenny clarifies and Jane responds, "Yeah, to my sex." To which Jane texts. Combmes, "Baby, you make me laugh. Lol, the addiction is real. I really had to. get to this point to stop, honestly. [ __ ] or die trying. No apologies. Nothing's going to stop us or me.". Wonder Jar is smirking again. And it's. just a lot. It's a lot of smirking. You. mentioned a few times on direct.

examination that there were times that. he felt bored or you thought he felt. bored and you would mention an. entertainer coming, right? In that. instance, because you wanted him to be. excited and feel fulfilled, right? Yes. Do you remember telling the government. that you accepted the dynamic at that. time because you just wanted any amount. of time with him? I accepted the dynamic. as far as that's a little fuzzy for me. I guess I Yeah, I I guess I kind of knew. what I what I was seeing this was. becoming and I was already hooked onto. the love and I just kind of was going.

with it. And do you remember telling the. government in one of your meetings with. them that you felt that you couldn't say. no because you wanted to prove yourself. and make him happy and to be the one. that he desired because I loved him very. much and I liked making him happy and I. liked to make him happy and satisfy him. Even when it came to filming of the. hotel nights, Jane tells Tenny she was. okay with it being filmed because he. told her it was just for them. But Tenny. brings up a little nickname that they. had. Do you remember what the nickname. that you, Paul, one of the entertainers,

and Mr. Combmes had for each other? The. trifecta. Jane says that she was Kobe Bryant, Paul. was Shaq, and Combmes was Michael. Jordan. Why are you Kobe? Because I'm. the best. Okay. And why is Mr. Combmes. Jordan because he's the best. So this. whole thing goes viral on TikTok with. people trying to use this as an argument. of why Jane wanted the hotel nights as. much as Combmes did. I will say it was. kind of an awkward moment in the. courtroom in the sense that I don't.

think the jurors took it very well. I. guess the comparisons because to call. them athletes and to have these hotel. nights that have been testified to be. long bouts of activity, it just I don't. know. Oh, I guess they didn't like it. I. mean, the whole point of the defense, what they're trying to achieve, and you. tell me if you think they achieved it. for the jurors, is to show that Jane. wanted the hotel night. And these types. of nicknames, I guess to them helps. their side. Whether that meant she liked. the hotel night itself or she liked the. treatment Combmes gave her after the.

hotel night, I don't know. That's up to. the jurors to decide. But they're also. trying to argue that she liked it so. much that she would facilitate the hotel. nights. She would argue that Jane would. even set up the hotel nights and grab. things to her liking. Tenny says, "What. would you get?" Outfits. I'd get. stripper shoes. I'd get lube. I would. get male erection pills or liquids. I. would get shorts. I would get maybe. whips. So, what are the shorts for? The. shorts are for Shawn and Paul. Okay. And. is that something you like them to wear?

Given my circumstances, I was really. turned off whenever these men would come. in with their regular shorts. And so I. started incorporating shorts for them as. well for these nights just so I could. find them attractive. And Mr. Combmes. would wear matching shorts with the. entertainers. Yes. Now Combmes has his. hand on his chin and he's just like. shaking his ne head. No. Like I can't. tell if this is how could you be so. disgusting and sex or like this is. wrong. That's not why you didn't get the. shorts. I don't know. Honestly, it seems. more like the first one. That makes a.

little more sense because purity culture. is like specifically only for women. apparently. But Tenny pushes on. Kenny. confronts Jane with more text messages. She's referencing a text Jane sends. Combmes. The next page, you say, "You. did say you wanted to go ape, lol.". Right. Jane looks straight at Tenny. Yes, I loved pleasing my partner. You. loved pleasing him, right? I do. Someone. in the gallery does a little snort. again. I'm not sure if it's related or. not. Meanwhile, I think a juror is like. fully falling asleep. I don't know if.

they are, but like they kept their eyes. downcast and it's hard. I will say it's. really hard to tell if a juror is. falling asleep or taking notes because. when their eyes are down like you don't. see where a lot of their notepads are. So a lot of the times they will just be. taking notes. But like this one. particular moment like when they would. open their eyes it just looked kind of. like nappy eyes like you know when you. just wake up from a nap and they're kind. of glazed over. I can't tell. And. there's so much going on in this. cross-examination. For example, when all. of this blows up, when Shawn Combmes is.

about to get arrested, there are other. things that the public never knew about. For example, Jane gets a call from one. of the entertainers and he tells her, "I. am about to put our video on the dark. web.". And she starts freaking out like, "What. do you mean?" And he explains to her one. time Shawn Combmes had taken his phone. thinking it was either Jane's or Shawn. Combmes's phone, but he had taken the. entertainer's phone and filmed 30. minutes of a hotel night. And this man.

is now threatening to put it on the dark. web, specifically the dark web. That's. what he's saying. Unless he is paid. $10,000. Jane freaks out, tells Shawn Combmes. I. think the attorneys find out about it. and then eventually she stops responding. to him because she's like this is. blackmail. This is literally like. extortion. You can't legally even ask. for money like this. So she's freaking. out and then that man calls back and. they find out that this video, this. 30inute video was sold to a major news.

organization, a media company, but for. whatever reason never gets published. Yeah, they probably know how bad this. could be. But the public finds out. during this testimony. Whoa. Like, we. didn't even know this was happening. But. it's interesting. And so people are. like, what media organization? Like. that's what we want to know. Yeah. Tenny. goes on to ask about another time that. Jane had organized for two men to meet. with them for a hotel night. You. suggested two men coming to the room,

right? Unfortunately, yes. Something. that you organized, right? Under my. circumstances, it was something I. suggested and something I organized. Yes. Tenny brings up a text message that. Jane had sent to Combmes previous to all. of this where she's very upset that. Combmes had taken Young Miami on a. birthday trip. And she says, "And your. circumstances were that he was with. Karisha for her birthday and you told. him, quote, get your ass back to Miami, otherwise you don't get a hotel night, right?" My circumstances were my options.

in this relationship was that I had to. adjust, which was if I see him, there's. a request for a hotel night. So, I'm. just adapting to my circumstances. I'm. adapting to my environment. So, there. are moments where I suggest and organize. things under the pressure of my lover. Yes. And again, there's another smirk. happening. This is a rare occasion that I pulled. the hotel card. Yes. Because it would. mean that you would break up. No, because it would mean that I'm sitting.

here across from somebody with this. unspoken pressure and this is my option. and my dynamic of my relationship. So. either I accept it or I would be faced. with some sort of agitation or another. option where it still leads me to a. hotel night. She says I really didn't. feel like I could say no. And so a huge. part of this trial has been like how. much do undertones play a role in. coercion? And I think it's so true. because I think a lot of people think.

that coercion means, hey, if you don't. do ABC, I'm going to do D, E, F. But a. lot of the times it's like it's said, it's implied, but it's not said. But the. defense is trying to argue, but it's not. said, is it? Yeah. Yeah. And she's. trying to say, but it's implied because. humans don't say everything. Yes. Like. we imply every sentence is an. implication of something. Yes. So, it's. just been like this back and forth. debate and this like while we're sitting.

in the pews, it just made so many of us. realize. we still like society is so far gone. Like we're still on this debate of like, well, he didn't say gun to your head. If. you don't do this, I'm not going to pay. your rent, did he? Like, it's like, okay, but like I I mean, look at some of. the text. Like, do you think he sounds. like a happy camper right now? It's. crazy. There's other parts where Tenny. brings up how they were going to go to. like the Nou hotel or they were staying.

in the Nou hotel. They were going to go. to the Nou sushi restaurant to eat. dinner and Jane had asked Sean Combmes, can we please go somewhere else? Her she. was saying like the insinuation felt. like we're just going to stay inside. this hotel and it's going to lead to a. hotel night. She just wanted to leave. the hotel building, go on a proper date, not just like dinner downstairs, go back. up to the hotel room. Tenny's like, "Okay, then you said that when he asked. you at Nou whether there would be. entertainment, you also basically. reacted like nothing, right? I was just.

going along with my lover was proposing. to me." Yes. You accepted it, you said. Right. I just complied with it. And you. felt that these hotel nights really put. him at peace, right? Yes. And that's why. you did them, right? Yes. Because you. felt that they brought him peace, right? Yes. And that you being there with him. helped him bring that peace, right? Yes. Okay. And the jurors also hear another. audio clip of Jane talking to Combmes,

telling him, "I take accountability for. participating in these nights with you. I should have known I was never going to. get a trip after the first year. I just. feel stupid about myself." So, the. defense is trying to say, "So, you just. wanted to go on vacations, right?". Basically, what? Yeah. Like, they were. using some very interesting arguments at. certain points. Jane tells the defense. that she tried to get these hotel nights. to stop by giving Shawn hints that she. didn't want to do this anymore, telling. him that her stomach hurt, that she was.

hungry or she would sigh. And Tenny asks. her, "And your excuse would be, I'm. hungry, right?" Yes. And when you asked. for food, he would get you food, right? He knows what I meant by that. He knows. you asked for food, correct? Yes. And you got food, right? Yes. Which. it just looks like Combmes is clenching. his jaw so hard not to smile. Like. that's what it looked like because you. don't really see him clench his jaw like. that. Usually his mouth is slightly a. gape. It's argued by the defense that.

Jane even purchased a mobile TV for him, like one of those LG TVs that you can. roll around the house. She got in that. for his birthday so that they could have. movie nights together for his birthday, aka nights where they would watch the. hotel night footage that they filmed. But James states that she only did that. because she thought if they have a movie. night, then they don't have to have an. actual hotel night and this would be the. activity. During her direct, she. testified she did in fact surprise. Combmes with a hotel night or two. because that was what was expected of. her, which is again similar to Cassie's. testimony. Comey is asking her and you.

said you could read between the lines. What do you mean by that? I mean, he. didn't have to tell me directly, specifically tell me to do things. If he. said things like, "I can't wait to see. what you have planned for me," or. something along those lines. I just knew. what task was being asked of me. Meanwhile, Combmes is just sitting with. his entire cheek in his palm like a. pouty child, like opposite energy of. cross-examinations. But during the. cross, Tenny brings up that Jane even. suggested to Combmes that for a. Valentine's Day celebration, they would. have two men in the room at the same. time. Tenny asks her, "Was Mr. Combmes.

excited when he heard about that?" Yeah, he was. And you were proposed this idea, you know, just a few days earlier. You. said that you did not enjoy the hotel. night that you had on your birthday, right? Yes. Which a few of the jurors. look like. I guess they like turn away from Jane at. this point. On one occasion, while high. on drugs, Jane promises Combmes an. allstar party. She describes it as an. all-star party in this fantasy talk just. coming out of my mouth. I was just. saying that I would invite like the top.

three or four guys and bring them all in. one night. Comey asks her, "Why did you say that?". "Because I was high. I was with my. lover. I wanted to play into what he. likes to hear. I like him making feel I. like making him feel excited. I was just. riing him up and it made him smile.". However, there are text messages that. show Combmes being like, "Hey, when's. this allar night happening?" And she's. trying to explain to him like, "I just I. can't do it. Like, I need to wrap my. head around it. It's just too much." She. sends him a picture of pink toilet paper. to show him that she's about to start.

her period. And Comey asks her, "Why did. you send Sean a picture of the beginning. of your period?" "Because I needed to. prove to him that my hesitation was real. and I needed to be excused for the night. and just hope that he's not mad at me.". Which is already in itself so crazy. Like I feel like if I sent my partner a. picture like that, the bigger problem in. question would be, why do I feel. obligated to prove to him that I'm. menstruating? Like that's not normal. human behavior. Or well, it shouldn't. be. But clearly she feels the need to. send that. And Combmes clearly doesn't.

believe her anyway because he texts. back, "This whole [ __ ] is too weird for. me and it doesn't feel true. You have. had your period so many times before.". What? He's also like cuz she's. explaining her body's been taking a. toll. And he says, "Don't do drugs. Just. drink champagne." Then he continues, "I'm too stressed to get pressed for. money this week. For today now you. acting weird as [ __ ] I've tried to talk. to you about that all day. Is too weird. for me to accept. Now I'm in my head and. I'm mad as [ __ ] I've had another.

successful week and this is whack. Don't. stress me about money ever [ __ ]. again. You're playing with me. I don't. believe this fake ass [ __ ] You're. getting your hair done. You're working. out now. You're tired and getting your. hair done for no reason. I don't believe. you and you're playing with me. I'm. going to fall back. Love. You not being. completely honest with me and that's a. no no deal breaker for me. It's not. adding up. You ain't even suggest a. movie night or even coming to see me. [ __ ] weird. I'm done. He is so pressed. right now saying some crazy because she. basically saying, "Hey, I couldn't do a.

hotel night because I'm on my period and. my body is like falling apart." And he's. like, "How could you possibly think to. say no to me for those reasons? Those. are absolute lies." Yeah. And he's. getting honestly like, "Okay, this is. what I'm saying of like I don't know why. in the big grown 2025 this is like. aggressive. It's basically saying you. can't say no without saying you can't. say no. Yeah. Yeah. He's like losing it. Which, side note, stressing her about.

money. Again, that $10,000 a month that. he's paying in rent. And I do think that. some people thought that he's only. paying $10,000 in rent and more of her. other things. It's really only like. $10,000 a month and then sporadically. gifts and sporadically other money that. she would ask for. And sometimes he. would give it, sometimes not. Continuing. on, he just starts bombarding her with. angry messages like, "Wack as so mad you. played me. [ __ ] you in games. I had a. rough week. [ __ ] you for real. Leave me. the alone." To which Jane feels the need. to send him a picture of her dirty.

tampon. She writes, "I wasn't playing. games. I said I was still making it. happen last night. You asked me what was. wrong. I admitted I finally was not. feeling good and said I just got my. period. I politely just asked if I could. sit this one out." Jane responds saying, "All because I ended up not feeling good. and asking if I can postpone. You have. flaked and disappeared so many countless. times on me. I've non-stop giving you. these nights for 2 and 1/2 years, and. this is the first time I just hit a wall. and was honest and asking for space to. go feel better. Now I'm waking up to. more me. I'm not a liar, a cheater,

user, or a sex robot. I'm just as hurt. and upset, and we need to have a serious. talk about everything." He just ignores. her. And then a few days later, he just. says, "Let's move on and stay in the. light." Jane says this was the usual. routine. If she told him anything about. her body being tired, she needed to. rest. He would yell at her. One time he. yelled at her and told her to just. [ __ ] take all. Comey is playing the. jurors an audio message that Combmes had. left Jane. And in it, he says, "Hey, um, I really don't know what's going on with. you, but I just want to just give you a. heads up that I'm about to really.

disappear on you. You feel me? I'm not. going to be playing these games with you. at all. at at all. So, I don't know. You. think you silence treating me, treating. me, and you think I'm going to be nah, you'll have a rude awakening. You'll. just have silence. And ain't nobody. threatening you. And I don't ain't. trying to go back and forth with no. woman. You know what I'm saying? I'm. telling you, I ain't got no time for no. more games. Where my life is at right. now, I don't have no time for no games, baby girl. Me and you could be mad. I.

could have a spat. We could have. whatever. Then after that, you better. get on your job. That's really that. that's that's that's all it is. Cuz you got me on my job. Nah, it ain't. g it ain't never gonna work like that. over here. You know what I'm saying? I. was trying not to leave this message, but you have left me no choice. So either you you you you going the. direction of like moving on and like. that or you like just like have me just. keep moving. Ain't no threat. I'm just. being clear. I can't do this with you.

every time you get upset. So, you got to be on your job. Jane. says, "I understood that he had certain. expectations of me and I had to fulfill. them." Basically, her job is a hotel. night. His job is to pay rent. He's like. holding that. He just texts her. Oh, yeah. And happy Sunday, love. Listen, sure, innocent until proven guilty, but. like this man is so vindictive and petty. and rude. Like, legally, it's up to the. jury to decide, but morally, again, straight to jail. Like to send that. audio message and then to say, "Oh yeah,

happy Sunday." is like so vile. In. another text message thread, Jane is. explaining how she says that she just. hates that she's being used for hotel. nights while other women get quality. time. And he just ignores her and he. keeps asking her, "What? Girl, what time. you tomorrow? I need you to don't say no. to me. Like, don't say no. I need you to. don't say no to me, please." The jurors. did not seem to like this text message. Like one of them looked genuinely. disgusted by this message, but I don't. know. Maybe they smelt a fart. I don't.

know. But they just looked like like. that very like like nasty scowl like. when you smell something really stinky. That kind of look. So again, I don't. know what it was towards, but it was it. just didn't seem good. Combmes text. again, I really need you. I'm asking you. not to do this. I'm serious. Please, for. real. This is a waste of time. Jane. responds, you just said you're going to. call someone else. Call them. I said I'm. not an animal. I'm not a star. Our. experiences are desensitizing for me. I. don't want to be effed and mistreated. I.

don't feel like performing loveless, cold, intimate relations. My spirit and. my soul are tired. I need a break. mentally and spiritually. He responds, "You're wrong." I don't even know what. that means. She also states that 3 years. of hotel nights put her in a constant. state of brain fog, especially because. of the drug usage. So, she was unable to. really focus or even work on her. business. So, there's clearly copious. amounts of times where Jane expresses to. Combmes throughout the years that she. does not enjoy these hotel nights. And.

the defense, they don't really want to. focus too much on that. They just want. to focus on the hotel nights happened. Sometimes she planned them, sometimes. she organized them, and also she was. receiving money. The defense says, "You. were just asked by Miss Comey during the. direct whether you would give up all the. things Mr. Combmes gave you if you. didn't have to do any of this." Right. Right. You are not willing to give up. your home though, right? There's a very. long pause where she says, "That's where. me and my child live. That's a very hard. question to answer." Combmes is like.

doing the most. He's nodding his head. Okay. You receive I think you testified. almost $5,000 a month in child support, right? Yes. Okay. And your child's. father is a very, very wealthy. individual at the top of the. entertainment industry, right? Yes. Okay. And how much do you make per month. now from Only Fans? It varies. Do you. make over $10,000 a month? Yes. Okay. And so you have the financial ability to. pay for this home yourself, right? I'm. catching up on 3 years of debt. Okay. How much is the most you've made per.

month on only Only Fans? $50,000. And this 3 years of debt that you're. referencing during those three years, Mr. Combmes has sent you wires of over. $150,000, right? Is that a healthy 3. years? Oh, so they're saying that Comb gave her. 150K for the last 3 years. Yes. Is that. like the total amount? Um, I don't know. if I don't think that's including the. rent because the wires I don't So that's. like on top the rent maybe more maybe.

Okay. Yeah. But also he was like a. billionaire at one point. That doesn't. sound like a impressive number for 3. years. You're talking about 50 grand a. year for, you know, which again is a lot. of money, but then you have to compare. it to how much money he makes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I feel like. personally when I hear that, I'm more so. like, okay, like what point are we. making here? And so Jane is saying, is. that a healthy 3 years? I'm asking you a. question as to whether Mr. Combmes has. sent you over $150,000 during your 3. years with him. Yes. Did you want more.

than that? Does he think I'm worth more. than that? I'm asking if you wanted more. than that. No. At this point, Combmes is. clenching his jaw for whatever reason, and again, it looks like he's. suppressing a smile. Tenny tries to show. the jurors that Jane liked a lot of. things that were just in a very specific. tax bracket, such as Jane not wanting to. go to Nou again, that high-end sushi. restaurant, because remember, she didn't. want to just go downstairs for dinner. But Jane is saying again, I just didn't. want to go downstairs in the same hotel. for dinner. And Tenny's asking her, is.

that an example of an undertone or. subtle cue that you would send to him? That is a subtle cue to my lover and my. partner. Yes. But what you say is, maybe. would you want to try something. different? I've heard good things about. Poppy Steak and Carbone, right? And. Poppy Steak is a very nice restaurant in. Miami, right? I wouldn't know. Tenny's. arms are crossed and it just feels like. things are getting tense again. Are you. sure? Poppy Steak is a very nice. restaurant in Miami, right? So, I've. heard it's owned by a luxury restaurant.

tour, right? I'm sure it is because. you've heard of it, right? I've heard of. it. Yes. And Carbone is another. international Italian restaurant, right? I guess so. You knew of Carbone, right? I just wanted to recommend fine dining. so that I could be romanced properly on. my birthday, but again, they just kind. of make it seem like she's just obsessed. with it's just weird. Yeah, it's just. all of it's weird. The defense argues. that Shawn Combmes did not threaten to. take away her house every time they.

broke up. They also argued that Jane. absolutely did not need to go into debt. trying to furnish her home or not work. to put herself in a position where she. financially depended on this man. And. they also mentioned multiple times that. Jane was 35 years old when she met. Combmes. So a lot of people on the. internet believe this is a big factor in. the sense that Cassie was 18. She was. likely groomed and she was financially. locked in. So her work and Shawn Combmes. were directly impacted, whereas Jane was. not signed to like a 10 album record.

deal, but Jane argues because of all of. this emotional baggage of the hotel. nights and how it opened Pandora's box, it was nearly impossible for her to. concentrate on work. It just wouldn't. work. Mhm. She says, "In that time, I. lost so many work opportunities just. following and she's texting this to. combs like following you around being. high and coerced into this dark and. humiliating lifestyle. Meanwhile, my. peers and my colleagues excelled in both. meaningful personal relationships and. financial stabilities. Whereas in 3.

years, I turned down work opportunities. and healthy relationships to cater to. all of your exhausting fetishes and. needs.". Comey even reiterates asking her in the. direct, "How did you end up in debt when. you were dating a millionaire who would. send you thousands of dollars at a time. sometimes? I feel that I wasn't working. myself. I was almost kind of penny. pinching. And with the house, I just. wanted to make it look really nice for. us. So, I took on credit card loans in. order to make the house cozy for us.". Jane says he always held it over her. head. Quote, "I just hated being on my.

tippy toes. Like, the roof over my head. was just going to come off like if I. made him upset or anything. I just felt. obligated to do what he wanted me to do. And so Jane's testimony has had mixed. reactions. Some people on the internet. are commenting things like testifying on. the stand while having an only fans is. diabolical. I'm not really sure how it's. diabolical. Some people are saying she's. no victim here. And just like Cassie, she volunteered and even paid for the. hotel night they claimed to hate. They. stayed due to greed and wanting this.

lifestyle. Others comment, "She did it. for money. It's her decision and her. responsibility that she feels awful. after. It's a price you pay. Others are. commenting, "Adult decisions were made. Adult accountability is to be had.". Another writes, "So she basically only. brought the situation to the light. because she was jealous of Young Miami.". Another says, "Baby, that's why all of. them started talking. Because they were. jealous. It wasn't because they got peed. on. They were not abused. It was because. they were jealous of other women. Period." To which someone comments back, "Y'all are disgusting. Jealousy didn't.

lead them there. Diddy's actions did. Y'all literally watch a video of Cassie. being viciously beat, which side note, she was viciously beat trying to leave a. freak off. Mhm. But you don't think that. she was being abused? Countless photos. and a video isn't enough. It's crazy how. even one text thread can have people. feeling multiple different ways. For. example, in one text thread, she tells. Combmes, "You haven't stopped. threatening me over the livelihood of me. and my child. Go take youring meds and. watch the rest of the [ __ ] you say to. me. You got meed up you and your fake.

apology." Combmes responds, "All good.". She responds, "Match the two years like. you said and we're leaving each other. alone. Don't call me. Don't text me. I'm. dead to you. Remember that before you. call me." So, she's saying, "Match the. two years and give me money for the two. years that I spent with you." Combmes. responds, "I'm super clear now." She. responds, "Threatening me over the roof. over my head ever since I [ __ ] got. here. You have me on constant pins and. needles and now I'm sick because of you. Leave me alone." I will. Let's just. leave each other alone. You're [ __ ]. crazy for real. Everyone warned me. Now. you went too far, baby girl. wish me the.

best and I'm not angry. I'm more. surprised. But the beauty is we both. don't have to do anything we don't want. to do. Jane says, "Fuck you. You got me. sick and now you threaten the house for. the millionth time and you're mad at me. about a grown ass man." She's saying. that Con is mad at her about her child's. father. Now, some people are using this. to argue she's scary. She's not backing. down without a fight. She's cursing at. him. She has power. She's a strong. woman. Others are arguing this woman was. probably pushed to a breaking point. which made her text these types of.

things. It's not because she's an. independent woman who can stand up for. herself. Like she had to be pushed here. Some argue the fact that she's angry. should not be seen as she's any less of. a victim. Victims can get angry. They. don't have to be weak and soft all the. time. What is so hard to grasp about. such a concept? Is it really that. nuanced? It's not that difficult to. comprehend. Additionally, she probably. felt like this because part of her. feeling was that she wasn't a victim at. the time. She probably felt like she. wasn't a victim because she probably. felt like this is I'm doing this for my.

lover. So, she's trying to even cope. mentally and maybe even her brain is. protecting herself from realizing that. she's being victimized in this. situation. Yeah. In the redirect, Comey. brings in a text message thread into. evidence from Shawn Combmes to one of. the entertainers. and he texts the. entertainer, "I'm going to need you to. persuade her. Call me in 5 minutes and. tell her we've been holding it since. last week. If she hears from you, we're. in." Jane says she's never seen those.

messages before. Wow. As for the other. woman, Comey asks her, "Jane, what were. you jealous of?" Jane starts breaking. down. how they just had more ease and I. had more pressure and that I just was. made to be like they weren't forced to. carry this impossible pressure and that. they didn't have to hold any of that. That they didn't they weren't asked to. hold that pressure like I did. And I. just felt that it was unfair that I was. the one being asked to just hold all of. that pressure. What are you referring to. when you say all that pressure all the.

nights with these men? What I was trying. to express every time I brought up women. was, "Why do I have to be degraded in. order to be with you? Why do I have to. break all of my boundaries and. compromise myself and they don't have. to, but they can still experience you in. ways that I want to? It was never about. the other women. It was about why I was. being treated like this." It just feels. like Jane's trauma is very real and. fresh. But she does tell Comey that she. has been in therapy for 3 months now. So. maybe she's on her journey to healing.

And once Jane is off the stand in a. testimony that lasts like almost six. days, Jane is off the stand and on her way. out, she walks past the prosecutor's. table. She leans down and hugs Marine. Comey. Then she walks past the first. defense table and then the next defense. table, she leans down and hugs Tenny. H. And everyone in the courtroom was. shocked. One comment. What kind of hug? like a side hug, like lean down and hug.

cuz they're sitting. And one comment. reads, "As an abuse survivor, she did it. because of the tense moments. She's been. conditioned that you have to apologize. in order to keep peace. I still say I'm. sorry for everything. Even a stranger. that bumps into me, I say I'm sorry.". Another writes, "It's a very transparent. moment and deeply telling. It was due to. emotional overload, conditioned. compliance, not wanting to make anyone. mad, and seeking validation. Hugging. both sides suggests how deeply shaped. she's been on the need to preserve peace. even at her own expense.

Another reads, "It's absolutely horrible. the way Diddy uses financial coercion to. control so many people in his lives.". And that is the end of Jane's testimony. So, I have one more episode on this case. we're going to be doing cuz there's so. much lore and he shows up and he. actually shows up in Jane's testimony. There's so much to that and then I think. it'll just be the verdicts, the defense. It's very interesting. There's so many. conspiracies about this. So, let me know. in the comments. The defense when they. first started, they were saying their. defense case and chief could last like 4.

weeks. We don't know. Then it went down. to, okay, we think it's going to last. maybe like a week or two. Then it went. down to it's probably going to last a. week. And now the most recent update, Mark Agno is saying it's probably going. to be like a day or two. So, they're. only going to bring in like a handful of. people even. I don't even think it's. like a handful. Maybe like two, three, four. And they're like, "We're done.". Yeah, we're done. That's it. we're going. to arrest and then they're going to do. closing statements and then it's going. to be the verdict. So, this case is. actually wrapping a lot wrapping up a. lot quicker than we thought. We don't.

know if that means the defense is so. confident that the prosecutors did not. provide their burden of proof like they. didn't meet the requirement or if they. really have nothing. What are your thoughts? Leave it in the. comments. And with that being said, I. will see you in the next one. Be safe. [Music].