New Diddy Lawsuit Has Image of “Tootsie Roll” & The TRUTH Behind Dawn Richard’s Brutal Testimony

[Music]. Bada bing, bada boom. There's a few. things in the courtroom that we do not. have access to. Well, I would say. there's a lot of things. I mean, clearly. there's the obvious ones, but there's a. few things that keep me up at night. I. lay in bed and I think about if I could. be a fly on that wall. If I could be a. fly on that piece of paper. The first. being I want to know what kind of notes. the Combs are passing on a daily basis. Every time they're in court these days, they're passing a lot of notes. I don't. know what's in them. Sometimes they. produce giggles from each other.

Sometimes they're shaking their heads. responding to each other's notes. I'm. very curious about those notes. Another. person's notes I'm curious about is the. other day there were two girls in the. public section of the courtroom. So they. came in with the public and they were. sitting in the two pews of the very back. behind the defendant Shawn Combmes. And. there are moments where after a recess, after a break, after lunch, we'll all. walk into the courtroom at varying. times. And often times there's not a lot. of people in there yet, especially if.

you don't use the restroom during a. break. Well, we see them. There's two. girls. One of them has white nail polish. on, distinct white nail polish. And they. both hold up the Illuminati sign towards. the defendant, Sean Combmes. He's. turning back. He sees the Illuminati. signs, like pure triangles, like in. front of their face, like at their. chest. So, they're not holding it up in. the air, but they're like holding it in. front of their chest. Sean Combmes looks. and we see him put his hand on his fist.

on his chest and mouth. Thank you. Which is something that he does for. friends and family. So perhaps he. thought these were two fans that showed. up in support of him. I want to know. what those girls are writing in their. notes. Does it look like he knows them. or no? Okay. And then the last thing. that I really want to know is I want to. know what's inside this neon blue. notebook. Every morning we go to the. courtroom, defendant Sean Combmes comes. in, he's got this accordion file where.

he has all of his little court. documents, court papers, and every. single morning he pulls out this spiral. neon blue highlighter blue notebook. And. at the very front in capital letters, looks like it's written in Sharpie, like. thick bold letters, it reads truth. And. every day after court, he puts it back. in his little accordion file. He It's. almost like he's tucking it into bed. He. taps the sides of it, making sure it's. all nice and comfy in there. And I just. want to know if there is anything in.

that little notebook about Tootsie. Rolls. The exact dimensions are 1 to 1. and 1/2 in in length. It's like a. Tootsie Roll. It's a chocolate piece of. candy. It's about half an inch in. diameter. That's the typical size. If. you don't have a Tootsie Roll. conveniently near you, it is. approximately maybe about like half of. an adult pinky finger. Keep that in mind. for reference. This is all from Jane. Doe's perspective as detailed in a newly. filed lawsuit against Shawn Combmes by.

Jane Doe. So, this lawsuit drops, it's a. civil lawsuit by Jane Doe against Shawn. Combmes. And this drops May 14th of. 2025, which is just 2 days after opening. statements. This is in the midst of his. criminal federal trial. There is another. civil lawsuit filed. Now, this is a. civil lawsuit. Just because it's a. lawsuit doesn't mean it's necessarily. factual. This could be completely true, partly true, or just flatout not true. But as detailed in Jane Doe's lawsuit,

she states, "No, it all starts in an. elevator." She's in one of those. high-rise office building elevators in. Manhattan with three of her friends and. there happens to be a man in the same. elevator with her and he's giving her. like the full up and down look and he's. asking any chance you guys want to come. to a party tonight. They exchange. numbers and apparently they end up. building some sort of a friendship. She'll end up at VIP sections with Shawn. Combmes who will tell her, "You're very. well manicured. You really keep yourself.

together. I like your nails. I like your. toes." Now, in the lawsuit, she details. a few odd experiences that she has, like. being in a black SUV with a bunch of his. bodyguards, like more bodyguards than. there are people that they're. protecting. And Shan Combmes would. allegedly try to kiss her, she didn't. really like it. But every time he would. do stuff like this afterwards, when she. clearly signaled that she did not want. this, he would overload her with. niceness, and she would feel like, "Okay, maybe that I was thinking too. deep into it." and then she would agree.

to meet up with him once more until the. very last time she sees Shawn Combmes. Now, this is at a party. Shawn Combmes. allegedly starts smoking marijuana, blowing the smoke back into Jane Doe's. face as well as her friend's face. And. after about 40 minutes, Jane's friend. keeps asking her, "Do you feel weird?". Because I feel weird. Jane says, "I. mean, I do notice that my legs and arms. are really weak in the sense of like. when I'm trying to walk down the stairs, I need to hold on to the banister." And.

so both Jane and her friend are talking. to each other that neither of them have. ever felt like this. They're like, "This. is really bizarre." I mean, I get that. maybe we're tired, but this isn't even. just that. Because Jane feels so weird, they end up leaving the entire party. with Shawn Combmes, and Jane states that. she's just asking him, "Can you please. take me home? I don't feel good right. now." He keeps trying to detour back to. his Upper East Side apartment. He's. like, "I just need to grab something. I. need to stop by there first.". Eventually, when the car is parked, he. gets out, grabs Jane by the hand, and.

she details in her lawsuit, he says, "Come with me real quick." Jane is being. dragged, and he says, quote, "I want to. show you my bedroom." This is what she's. alleging. Sean Combmes, according to. that lawsuit, locks the door behind her. to his bedroom, throws her onto the bed, grabs her by the neck, and screams at. her, "I'm going to suck the life out of. you." The lawsuit reads, quote, "Dependent Combmes released plaintiff. Jane Doe's neck and then held her arm.

down while using his other hand to. swiftly unbuckle his belt and pants. before pulling out his bare skinned. private parts, which appeared to be the. length and girth of a large tootsie. roll." The plaintiff went the extra mile. to include a picture of a Tootsie Roll. for reference and with a comment that. said she thought his penis was an itty. bitty diddy. The lawsuit alleges that. Shawn Combmes proceeded to essay her. after that. Now, I will note that this. document has not yet been reviewed by. the county clerk, but this lawsuit is.

filed again May 14th, 2025, just 2 days. after the opening statements in the. federal court case against Shawn. Combmes, which begs the question, how. many more people are going to come out. in court to testify against Diddy? Because Cassie also filed a civil. lawsuit and she testified. And now with. this episode, Don Rashard, who is a. former bandmate of Shawn Combmes, filed. her own civil lawsuit and she will also. be testifying. This is the testimony of. Don Rashard and Cassie's former best.

friend of 17 years, Carrie Morgan, and. how all of this connects Shawn Combmes. to Michael B. Jordan, therefore Lorie. Harvey, and ultimately, as the internet. has become the most intrigued by, this. is Shawn Combmes's connection to Steve. Harvey. [Music].

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today's episode. Please watch with. caution if these are sensitive topics to. you and this one's going to be a little. bit heavier. Many of the quotes and. statements included have been shortened. and condensed and/or combined for. brevity. Now, there are a lot of parts. where I'm going to be reading like. directly off the transcript, but I want. to I want to convey to you the exact or. at least try to convey to you, do my. best to convey to you the tone and the. delivery in which the transcript and. these words were said in the courtroom.

So, my researchers and I have been in. the courtroom pretty much every single. day, like at least one of us has been in. there every single day since the trial. has started, if not two of us. And so. when we read the transcript at the end. of the day, it's hard to get a gauge of. how words are delivered and the impact. that it might have on the jury. So we're. going to try to deliver at least the. pacing, at least some of the tone that. is how we perceived it in the courtroom. Any descriptions or observations. regarding Mr. Combmes, his legal team, the court, andor the public during the.

trial are personally noted by myself or. my two researchers who are present in. the courtroom. They should not be used. as a definitive source to determine. guilt or innocence. In fact, Shawn. Combmes is innocent until proven guilty, and that burden lies on the government. So, with that being said, let's get. started. There are microphones placed. strategically all around the courtroom. The design is to be capture spoken. words, all spoken words during the. proceedings. There are microphones. mounted on the ceilings, even where.

there are places where people aren't. really supposed to talk, like the pews. Nobody in the gallery is really supposed. to be saying anything. only the front of. the room, you're supposed to talk, but. there's microphones everywhere. There's. directional microphones on the desks of. the defense, the prosecutors, the court. staff. A few microphones are placed. strategically on the exact defense table. that Shawn Combmes is sitting on. And. sometimes when the microphone is placed. and pointed towards Shawn Combmes and. let's say Brian Steel, who's on the left. of him, Combmes will literally grab the.

mic and point it directly at the. ceiling. So, it's like a long thin. moldable black wire with a little mic at. the top and he will point it so that. it's erect and straight up towards the. ceiling. And he's pretty intentional. about it so it's nowhere near his mouth. and the court stenographer will not be. graced with hearing his little whispers. in court. When you say there's. microphone in the ceiling, what does. that look like? They look kind of like. smoke detectors. But they're. microphones. Yeah. How did you find out.

they're microphones? Oh, yeah. I ease. drop a lot in court. I think a lot of. people do. So, it was mentioned by. people who work in the courtroom. Okay. So, like who's listening to the voice? The the court reporter, the stenographer. has these like headphones that amplify. all the spoken words from all of the. multidirectional microphones inside the. courtroom. So, the mic is for them to. hear only. Yes. Wow. And then they will. do the transcript in real time. Oh. And. then actually, okay, speaking of in case.

this is information that might come up. later. So as the stenographer is, I. guess doing the transcript in real time, everyone that works in the court, so the. defense table, the prosecutors, they. have a live feed of all the words that. are being spoken. They have a live feed. of the transcript. Oh, the transcript. Got it. Got it. Not the thing that you. guys are talking about in the back. Okay. But that transcript for the public. and the press, you know, it doesn't you. don't get it live. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly. Wow. Now, Officer Riz, the man. who controls the courtroom, literally my.

boss for this entire trial, he is making. I mean, it's a very interesting day on. Friday. I think anytime it's about to be. the weekend, court seems to be in a. better mood. He's making sure the public. section knows, hey, no talking in the. courtroom. He literally tells us, "If. you want to talk, go outside and tell. your 122 followers." And that gets a. really good giggle out of every single. person, including the people with 122. followers. It was a good joke. Now, outside the courthouse, everyone has. just been live streaming. It has been.

very intense. The press pews don't have. as much of a problem with the not. talking rule. Our problem seems to be. sneaking caffeine into the courtroom. That's what I see press get in the most. trouble for. Another thing I never. really took into consideration, there. are absolutely no glass bottles allowed. in the courtroom because they could be. used as projectiles, which makes. absolute sense. I just really never gave. it much thought until one of our. researchers is chugging coffee from a. glass bottle outside the courtroom. because it's just not allowed. Now, the. defense, they're sitting in their normal.

spot. And one person we haven't really. talked in depth about is Raspberry Air. That's what we call him. He looks like. he might be the youngest guy on the. defense team. Raspberry Air. What does. that even mean? His name is Jason. Driscoll and we call him Raspberry Air. because we know nothing about this man. Only thing that we could find out about. this guy is he's pretty young. He's an. associate from Alexander Shapiro's law. firm and he's sitting at the big boy. table and we don't exactly know what. he's doing yet, but he seems heavily. involved. So, we don't know if he's like.

a dark horse that's going to come out. swinging. So, we have created this whole. plot in our heads where he is secretly. part of the Driscoll family, the massive. berry farmers. So, we call him the. raspberry air. And every day raspberry. air is getting a bit more involved and a. bit busier and a bit more interactive. with Shawn Combmes. So, it's becoming a. daily mystery for the RM team of like, okay, what's his role going to be. throughout the rest of this trial, Combmes walks in and some days he's even. more unassuming. Honestly, he is less. impactful every day that he walks in.

There there have been at least two days. where the press and the public are. seated first. He's escorted into the. courtroom and since the judge is not on. the bench, we are allowed to talk. Everybody's chitchatting. Everybody's. like giggling at Officer Rizz's jokes. And by the time people look up, Shawn. Combmes is already in his chair and. nobody's even heard him walk in. Nobody. even cared. It seems like at this point, everyone. just wants to get a general vibe of his. energy levels and what color sweater. he's wearing. But when he walks in,

there's even less presence every single. day. Like Officer Riz has more star. power than him. So, it's been very. interesting. And then his family members. are also shrinking, right, in size. The. pews are starting to get sparse. So the. rows reserved for Comb's family and. friends, he has two rows, so none of his. family can sit in the pew directly. behind him. It's a safety hazard. They're reserved for government workers. only. Safety concern. But the second pew. behind him is usually filled with all of. his family. Third pew is usually filled.

with all of his friends, representatives, whoever's on his. approved list. So you have these two. rows that were in the beginning of the. trial completely jam-packed. The recent. days, you could fully lay down in the. pew and rest your head if you so wished. I mean, you can't, but you could if you. really wanted to. I do think that all of. his kids went back to California for the. twins graduating high school as well as. prom. Maybe they're still there. The two. sons did eventually fly back. It's been. a thing, but everybody in that. courtroom, it could be because of this. Everybody in that courtroom seems sick.

Even Sean Combmes is asking his attorney. for a tissue. He's like honking his nose. throughout the day. Mark Agnil will take. up crumpled up tissues and post-its and. like do little air basketballs into the. waste basket before the judge comes in. So, it seems like people having like a. in a very light mood. It's like it's a. very weird feeling. Some days it's. there's so much tension and it feels so. high stakes. And then some days you walk. in and the attorneys are doing air balls. with tissue paper into the waste basket.

and they're giggling and cackling and. it's confusing. And it's very weird. because I think you walk in and you know. the subject matter at hand. You know the. types of crimes that he's accused of. doing and then everyone is like. interactive in like a normal human way. Even the prosecutors and it feels kind. of strange. It feels very jolting. I. will say they're doing air baskets into. the waist basket. He's got impeccable. aim. But the court officers, they're. looking at him like, "Sir, please be a. serious person." They're like the most. serious people. They're the two court.

officers that escort Sean Combmes to the. bathroom. I don't think I've seen either. one of them really ever smile really. Yeah. And it's interesting that the. energy seems so light considering the. thing that we've noticed is it appears. that when there is someone testifying. that is not so closely related to Shawn. Combmes, the defense and the defendant. typically are in lighter spirits. If. it's like a Homeland Security agent. that's testifying, they might not be as. tightly wound. But let's say it's Cassie.

or it's Don Rashard, someone that has. worked with Shawn Combmes for decades. Somebody that is filing a civil lawsuit. against Shawn Combmes. Someone that has. very interpersonal relationships with. the defendant. Typically, I don't see. them this relaxed. But you're saying Don. Rashard is about to come on? Yes. So, why are they so relaxed? We don't know. Don Rashard walks in. She's wearing a. three-piece suit with a pinstripe long. winter coat. It looks like perfectly.

tailored. It looks like somebody. tailored it onto her body. It's so well. fitted. She walks in with four. attorneys. They trail in and they sit. directly in front of us. Like literally. in the row in front of us where Cassy's. attorney, her husband, her brother, and. cousin had sat. So that's like the row. reserve for them. Now Don, her face. stone cold. She starts walking up. towards the witness stand. Her eyes are. trained to the front. She looks somber. That's the word that I kept writing on. my notes. Others say that she looks like.

she's ready for war, but it seems maybe. the best way to describe it is like a. combination of both. Like you're ready. for war and maybe you're not necessarily. motivated and riled up like propaganda. You just feel like this is life. This is. war. And the way that Shawn Combmes is. sitting honestly, he looks like a guest. on Shark Tank. He leans back against his. chair. His chair is pulled all the way. back away from the table. His legs are. crossed and his hands are in his lap. He. looks like he's sitting there while. there are people coming up to the. witness stand to audition for him. That.

it feels like making the band his. reality show where he finds artistic. talent and creates bands out of them. That is what it feels like. Don Rashard is asked to point out Shawn. Combmes in the courtroom. Usually the. prosecutors will say, "Can you identify. him by a piece of clothing?" But before. they can even get those words out, Don. Rashard lifts her right arm and points. directly at Shawn Combmes. The whole. courtroom, you hear a lot of people.

shuffling in this moment, but not. because they're doing other things. They're literally like, this is what it. feels like. They're literally trying to. look at what the hell is going on. because it's a very tense moment. At no. point has anyone physically pointed at. him. A lot of the times the witnesses. will kind of quick glance and then say, "He's the one in the gray sweater." M. but this is like she's looking and she's. pointing and it's so tense it feels like. she's holding up her hand for a century. It's probably no more than a few seconds. if even that to the point where maybe.

Sean Combmes feels awkward because he. goes to lift up both of his hands. Wilston is sarcastic. You got me like. his elbows are bent at 90° and his hands. are near his face, palms out. That's. interesting. It's a very tense, odd. moment. And when these types of tense, odd moments happen, typically people in. the courtroom will try to chuckle. Not. because it's really funny, but because. it's so tense in there. I think.

everyone's just trying to find a way to. release some anxiety, but at this point, nobody's. laughing. The whole thing is just. strange. US Attorney Steiner is the one. that's going to be handling the direct. examination. So during the direct. examination, Steiner is asking Don. Rashard a bunch of questions about just. like establishing how she knows Shawn. Combmes. The first thing that. prosecutors do is they try to establish. Don Rashard's connection to Shawn. Combmes. Don Rashards was signed with. Bad Boy Records, which is founded by.

Shawn Combmes from 2004 to 2011. She was. part of this massive girl group, Danity. Kane. We've talked about them during our. original four-part Diddy series. And. then later she was signed to another. group called Diddy Dirty Money. Diddy. Dirty Money was literally just Sean. Combmes, Diddy, Don Rashards, and a. woman named Kina Harper, another artist. Now, I will say Danny Kane was probably. the more well-known of the two groups. The first album that they ever released, they debuted at like number one on the. Billboard charts. Wo! Many members of.

Danny Kane have come forward to talk. about Shawn Combmes with a few of them. participating in the HBO documentary The. Fall of Diddy. D. Woods, for example, says in that HBO doc, "From the outside, he was a mogul. He was this guy who. could make your dreams come true, but. there was this other side of him who. might not be so safe." I remember this. one time he like had the cameras there. So, they were all part of this reality. show called Making the Band. And it's. exactly what you imagine it to be, a.

reality show of all of Shawn Combmes's. different bands, like girl groups, guy. groups, and they're all just trying to. do all these auditions and trying to. market themselves. I remember this one. time he like had the cameras there when. we were like trying on clothes so he. could watch us. He's going to point this. little camera at us for Diddy so he can. judge our appearance. I called it like. Jedi mind tricks. This happened so early. on. He was going one by one just like. critiquing our style. And when he got to. me, it wasn't about the clothes. In the.

reality show, he would ask D. Woods, "What's your stomach looking like? Are. you still a little thick?" I wonder, "What's your stomach looking like for. real? Are you feeling a little thick?". She's 20, 21 at this point. She says, "I'm working out. I'm running. I always. feel thick next to these skinny girls.". Yeah, you're like a burger away. She said, "I started questioning my. faith. Like, why did I put this on. myself? And I haven't even be been able. to express any of that. And without the. world victim blaming and shaming me and.

telling me I just need to be grateful. because he gave me an opportunity. Aubrey OD another member a former member. of Danny Kane has also been probably the. most outspoken about her Danny Kane. days. Dwood Wood says about Aubrey, "I. remember Aubrey sharing with me that he. had sent her all of these inappropriate. pictures. I saw a lot of the things that. he would email her, very sexual in. nature, just like very overtly. pornographic, like things he wanted to. do with her, and she was just like, "What do I do?" I remember telling her, "Girl, put that in a folder. Send it to.

your mom. Save that." When those. feelings were clearly not mutual between. Ao Day and Shawn Combmes. Combmes. allegedly fired Aubry Day, humiliated. her, calling her promiscuous and runchy. for turning down his advances. Now, another person that has spoken out is. Kina Harper, who was not part of Danny. Dain, but rather Diddy Dirty Money. So, Diddy Dirty Money, like I said, is Shan. Combmes, Don Rashard, and Kina Harper. Don Rashards filed a civil lawsuit. against Shawn Combmes in 2024 after.

Cassie Ventura. Kina Harper goes on to. Instagram to write, "I acknowledge the. recent lawsuit filed by Don Rashard in. which my name has been mentioned 33. times. While I fully respect Dawn's. right to recount her experiences, I want. to emphasize that her account reflects. her personal perspective and should not. be interpreted as a universal truth. applicable to everyone involved. It's. important to understand that while I was. present in some of the same professional. settings mentioned, many of the. allegations and incidents described in.

this lawsuit are not representative of. my experiences, and some do not align. with my own truth. We were not involved. in nor were we aware of any behavior. that could be considered abusive or. unlawful. Sean Combmes will later be. accused of paying off Kina Harper for. that very Instagram statement. What? Don Rashard is in her three-piece suit. sitting at the witness stand next to the. judge where she is shown a picture of. Cassie. Did you observe an incident. between Mr. Combmes and Cassie? Yes, I.

did. Can you please describe that what. you observe generally? I observed Cassie. being attacked and when you say that. Cassie was attacked, who was she. attacked by? She was attacked by Shawn. Combmes. Again, at a high level, what. did you observe at that attack? And Don. Mashard, her answers are softspoken, but. very firm. He came down the stairs. screaming, belligerent, asking where his. food was and proceeded to hit her over. the head and then kick her and beat her.

on the ground in front of us. Where did. that incident take place? In his Los. Angeles home. Don Rashard explains that. they were recording for Diddy's Dirty. Money, the group, in Sean's LA home. So, it's like three floors. This house is. massive. It's a mansion and it's the. three of them. Sean Combmes, Don. Rashard, and Kina Harper. He's got a. studio at the residence at the very. bottom level. And this is nighttime. Cassie is also there, but she's on the. second level in the kitchen. Presumably. during a break-in recording, Don and.

Kina go upstairs. And according to Don, they see Cassie cooking breakfast for. dinner. Basically cooking breakfast. She. was cooling eggs. That's what Don. Rashard says. So now it's the three. women on the second floor. Combmes is on. the floor above the very top level. It's. a three-f flooror home. And Don says she. sees him. He came downstairs angry. And. he was saying, "Where the [ __ ] was his. eggs?" Excuse my language. Don Rashard. says that. Excuse my language. And he. was telling Cassie that she never gets. anything right. Where the is his food?

And he proceeded to come over to her, took the skillet with the eggs in it, and tried to hit her over the head with. it, and she fell to the ground. Can you. describe the skillet? It was just It was. a black skillet, just something you. would cook eggs in, like a flat pan. Can. you describe the material? Like I don't. a regular pan, a skillet that you would. see at any store. I don't You said that. he attempted to hit her. Is that. correct? Correct. Where did he attempt. to hit her with the skillet? Over the.

head. And you testified also that Cassie. dropped to the ground. Is that correct? She fell to the ground. So, did the. skillet hit her? It didn't seem like he. hit her fully. It seemed like she was. anticipating it by going down. When you. said that she dropped to the ground. specifically, can you describe what she. did? She went into a fetal position. You. could see she was literally trying to. hide her face or her head. Miss Rashard, what happened after Cassie dropped to. the ground in the fetal position. He. started to punch her and kick her on. their body and her head. Then he.

proceeded to take his arm around her. neck and put his hand in her hair and. dragged her upstairs to the first floor. What, if anything, did you hear from. upstairs? Glass breaking and yelling. Miss Rashard, how did you react to. seeing and hearing this? I was scared. for her and I was scared to do anything. in fear of what that might mean for me, too. Did you do anything to intervene. between Mr. Combmes and Cassie? No. Did. you call for law enforcement assistance? No. Why not? I had never seen anything. like that before, and I didn't even know.

what that would mean. I was scared of. what that might mean for myself. He was. punching his girlfriend. He was beating. her up in front of us. And I was scared. if I intervened or did anything that I. might get worse. What, if anything, were. you directed to do the next day? So Don. Rashard is explaining after they see. this whole incident, Shawn calls them. and is like, "Hey, can you come back. into the recording studio the next day?". The next day, he locks the door behind. them in that studio. What if anything. did Mr. Combmes tell you and Kina in the. locked recording studio? He said that. what we saw was a like a passion and.

what lovers do in relationships. He said. that Cassie was okay and that it would. be in our best interest if we didn't say. anything. He was trying to take us to. the top and that where he comes from, people go missing. If they say things. like that, if people talk, they go. missing. And then he gave us flowers. So, she wasn't the only one being told. that story. Kina Harper, she hasn't said. anything. She's basically said, "That's. not my truth." In maybe less words. Interesting. When Mr. Combmes told you.

that people can end up missing, what did. you understand him to be meaning? that. people could die death. I don't know. It. just seemed Cassie Mr. Agnif interrupts. I'm gonna object to this entire line, your honor, and move to strike it. Prosecutor Steiner is confused. Your. honor, this is the defendant's. statements that she is explaining her. understanding of. The judge calls for a. sidebar because this is getting a little. bit The emotions are quickly ramping up. It seems like the defense, they're.

getting very passionate. They're getting. riled up. Everybody seems really tense. Even the way that the prosecutor, prosecutor Steiner, is responding to. Agnifil's objection, it seems very. emotionally impactful. Not like they're. emotional and unprofessional, but it. seems like, what do you mean objection? Like, get out of here. That's the vibe. Now, the judge calls for a sidebar, and. when they get back, the jury is abruptly. dismissed. So, we're sitting there and. we we see the clock. We see that there's. time left for the rest of the day,

probably like a good 30, 40 minutes. Huh. And this judge, he does not like to. let us out early because he's all about. trying to get the trial finished like. around the 4th of July. That's his. thing. That's always been his thing. So, he likes to use every single He always. has every 5 minutes. It adds up over the. weeks. But he's just dismissing the. jury. That's it. Sidebar and then. dismiss. Don Rashard was on the stand. for like 20 minutes, not even. And. there's still time on the clock, so none. of this is making any sense right now.

Everybody kind of walks away a little. bit confused. Some would even say, I. think, honestly, as Don Rashard is. walking down the aisle and her attorneys. are following her out from literally the. pew in front of us, she looks confused. Yeah. Like she looks like she thought. her testimony would be done Friday and. she'd be home for the weekend cuz she. doesn't live in New York City, right? And did you guys leave after that? So, we're kind of sticking around trying to. figure out what's going on. And even if. you do read the transcripts afterwards, you realize that the defense and the. prosecutors are in disagreement because.

the defense is wondering what any of. Dawn's testimony so far has to do with. any of the charges that Combmes is. actually charged with. That's what. they're saying. They're saying, "What. does this egg incident have anything to. do with sex trafficking, RICO charges, anything?" The prosecutors argue it is a. few steps removed, your honor, but we. allege that the entire course of. conduct, the way that count two is. charged, so count two is sex trafficking. by force, fraud, or coercion, is that. all the abuse created a culture of.

coercion and a culture of fear. And I. think Miss Ventura testified to that, that the violence was always in the back. of her mind when she was told to do a. freakoff. The judge is trying to. clarify. I mean, I think what you're. saying is that anything concerning Mr. Combmes and violence is now in the case. No, your honor, why wouldn't it be? Now, he's not asking her as in like it should. be. He's asking her to challenge her. legal thought. Anything concerning Mr. Combmes and Miss Ventura and abusing. Miss Ventura specifically, who is the.

victim alleged in count two? So, that's. respect with count two, your honor. But. Mark Agno argues it's not count 2. It's. not sex trafficking. It's domestic. violence that you guys are arguing. It's. not sex trafficking. It's not one of the. charged offenses. It's too far. It's. just too far removed. What the. government is trying to say is anytime. Mr. Combmes does anything somewhat. violent to Cassie Ventura that anyone. who sees it, you know, remote in time. the next day in a different place. without Miss Ventura, they then can. therefore add evidence to this trial. about how afraid they were. It's unduly.

prejuditial and this is wholly. irrelevant. The judge is trying to kind. of negotiate with both sides. I think. the government's arguments is that. they're saying that the freakoffs were a. result of force, fraud, or coercion. So, if they can show that Mr. Combmes, as to. Miss Ventura, imposed physical violence. on her on a routine basis, then a jury. can rationally infer that when these sex. acts occurred, they also were a result. of the same physical violence. So, why. isn't that an inference that the jury. could draw, could permissibly draw? And.

I always find these like back and forth. between the attorneys so fascinating. But Mark Agnif is saying I mean Miss. Ventura first of all was on and off the. stand and she didn't mention this in. incident. So let's start with that. She. didn't mention this incident. There's no. testimony from her about almost being. hit with a frying pan. She didn't say a. word about it. So we know she was not. afraid of that because she didn't. mention it. So that's the first thing. The second thing is our position is that. this is just a drop dead lie. This. didn't happen. And the way we know it.

didn't happen is because Miss Ventura. didn't talk about it. My point is, if. the government's theory is when Cassie. Ventura is subject to violence, that is. something that's in her head that. compels her to do something that the. government is saying is illegal, we. can't make that connection with this. event because Cassie Ventura does not. have this event in her head because. she's testified this entire week and. didn't talk about it. So, it's already. on dubious ground to start with. The. prosecutors argue it's because there's. so much violence in the past 11 years. that Cassie does not remember every act.

and instance of violence. But the judge. even mentions that some portions of the. testimony from Don Rishards quote. strikes me as a case built on gossip as. opposed to what witnesses actually saw. or did or communications that would. otherwise be admissible. So he's not. saying the egg incident but other. questions that maybe the prosecutors. were trying to get admitted into the. testimony. He's not saying like Don is. gossiping. He's just saying certain. questions that the government is. proposing and the way that they're. trying to structure the testimony he.

feels is not to his liking in some. regard. So with that, Don Mashard is. more or less stuck in New York City for. the weekend. She's got to come back. Monday morning back to the courthouse. So again, why did they call it off, dismissed it so early? Because there was. so much sidebar. This is the whole. argument that they were having. Uhhuh. So they don't want to continue. They. want to think about it or no. If they. were to have this whole argument and. then go back to the testimony, it would. have been time for the jurors to go. home. So the jurors would have just sat. around during a massive side. Oh, they.

dismissed everyone and they continue. this discussion. Yes. Ah, okay. And this. is in open court a lot of it. So you're. just sitting and everyone's gone, the. jurors are gone, the witness is gone, and you're just listening to them argue. Okay. Yeah. Now, Monday morning, Don. Rishards walks back in. She's in another. perfectly tailored outfit. And this. time, Shawn Combmes barely gives her the. time of the day. He doesn't even really. look up at her or watch her as she makes. her way to the witness stand. He's. either taking notes or whispering with. his attorneys. He seems extra confident.

So, that's Friday. This is Monday. He. seems even more confident. Now, I will. say I feel like him not even giving Don. Rashard a glance while she's walking to. the witness stand is intentional. It. just feels intentional. It feels Yeah. It just feels like something someone. would do. And he's been staring down. Like you said, when Cassie walked in, he's like trailing her, right? Yes. But. even on the last day of. cross-examination, I recall he was not. watching her each time. Watching who? Cassie.

Because it's almost like a I really. don't care about you type of feeling is. the feeling it gives because most people. are watching Don as she's walking. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Huh. He seems very. confident. The cross-examination is. going to happen soon. So, is that why. once everybody is seated, he's leaned. back up against his chair again, his. shoulders are slightly up, his head is. cocked to the side, and he will go from. either staring at Dawn while she's. talking to jotting down notes. Brian. Steel is on the left side of him. He. looks super stressed. And they are back.

to like leaned in super close. I feel. like in the beginning they were leaned. in close, then they were separated, and. now they're sitting so close if they. both look at each other too quickly, I. feel like they might exchange a kiss. Like that's how close they are. H Don. tells the jurors just to refresh their. memory after she saw Cassie get abused. by Combmes over eggs. He invited her and. Kina Harper over the next day and told. them that quote that he the relationship. that he had that was an incident of. passion and Cassie was okay and that if. we say anything we could go missing. When Mr. Combmes told you that you could.

go missing, what did you understand him. to mean? That we could die. Miss. Rashard, how did you react when Mr. Combmes threatened you in this manner? I. didn't react at all. I was shocked but. also scared because it was our first. time really getting started to record. and that was my first time really being. in a group with everybody and I couldn't. believe that this would be the beginning. of a journey for us. After the incident. in Mr. Combmes's LA residence, were. there other occasions where you observed. acts of violence between Mr. Combmes and. Miss Ventura? Yes. How frequently did.

you observe Mr. Combmes being violent. with Miss Ventura? Frequently. Can you. please describe for the jury what you. observe? Generally, he would punch her, choke her, drag her, slap her in the. mouth. Um, I saw him kick her, punch her. in the stomach. And generally, based on. your observations, what would prompt. these acts of violence? It varied. It. could be Cass speaking up for herself. It could be um random, like we didn't. even know where it came from. It could. be she wanted to perform or she had an. opinion about something. It just varied.

At this point, Combmes is taking notes, and we wrote down he looks like he's. taking as many notes as the press, but. so are the jurors. They're a lot more. captivated by Don Rashards on Monday. than they were on Friday. Maybe because. the testimony was so abruptly ended on. Friday, it just it felt like something's. about to happen. So, they're all. scribbling down notes when she's. describing the violence. Many of the. jurors, they start taking notes down at. the same time. And when you state that. it happened sometimes when Miss Ventura. would speak up for yourself herself, can. you describe what you mean by that? Cass.

is like quiet. She would be quiet. She. had a quiet demeanor. She was soft. And. then when she would have these moments. of like trying to be stick up for. herself, trying to be more for herself. He wasn't having that. He would hurt her. for it. Did you ever observe Miss. Ventura with injuries after these. instances of abuse? Yes. We're on her. body, her face, and when I say face, her. eyes, her lips, her arms, her knees. How, if at all, would Miss Ventura. attempt to cover up or hide these. injuries with makeup, clothing, and.

sometimes sunglasses? So, they bring up. another incident where Don, Kina, and. Combmes, and Cassie were in his New York. City house getting ready for a. performance in Central Park. Don says. that she and Kina were in the bathroom. getting ready. They hear Shawn and. Cassie arguing in the hallway and then. they look outside the door. He punches. her in the face with a closed fist and. afterwards Cassie comes into the. bathroom with them crying and he's. walking away angry and she's just. everything was uncomfortable. She says. we were with her and it was really.

quiet. You could see her you could see. her upset like she was just hurt and she. was embarrassed which the jurors are. told to disregard the last sentence. because Don Rashards cannot tell us how. Cassie felt. But she did observe her. eyes swelling and she just like Cassie. started doing her makeup to try and hide. it. She wore sunglasses that day. Don. says so did she for quote solidarity. And at this point Sean Combmes is. shaking his head. There are a lot of. points during witness testimonies where. he shakes his head or he'll look okay.

not with people like Don Rashard but. more so maybe like his former PA's. personal assistants. He'll kind of like. look at them like now where are you. making up this story? Like that's the. vibe he gives when he looks like I've. never heard this before. Can you believe. it? But with this one, it's like shaking. his head. How could you tell a lie like. that? It's that feeling. And clearly he. probably wants the jury to see that. She. says for a friend to be a support system. for someone who needed it. I wanted her.

to feel supported. I She wanted to be. with us. We wanted to have her back. In. another instance, Don says that they. were in a Mercedes Sprinter going back. home. and Cassie and Combmes are. arguing. He had just punched her in the. stomach in front of all of these people. in public and she was telling him that. she was embarrassed in the car like on. the way home. She's like, "That was very. embarrassing that you hit me in front of. all your friends." How did Mr. Combmes. respond? He grabbed her by the neck and. popped her in the mouth. He slapped her. in the mouth and told her to shut the. [ __ ] up like an open hand slap to the. mouth. At one point, at this point, one.

of the jurors looks up mid taking notes. So he's like writing down probably. Mercedes Sprinter like quote popped her. in the mouth. They peer up at Shawn. Combmes eyebrows raised takes a second. looks at his side profile and then goes. back to finish writing up the notes. I. guess they were trying to see his. reaction. What did Miss Ventura respond. after she was hit in the mouth? She. looked outside the window and everyone. was quiet for the rest of the ride.

There's this really sad moment where. after all that the prosecutor asks Don, "Miss Rashard, what what if anything. would you discuss with Miss Ventura. about her music career?" And Don, you. can hear her smiling when she. talks. She said, "Cass had big dreams. She really love Objection overruled, which means Don can continue." She. wanted to put out her album and I told. her I would write for her. She wanted to. do more modeling. She wanted to do well. with her career and D, myself and Kina,

we encouraged her to do that. We wanted. to support her in any way that we could. But she says clearly Combmes didn't want. it. He didn't like that we knew or we. talked to and often times we'd we'd pay. for it. Pay for what? Oh. Oh. Oh. Pay. for being around Cassie. I see. What if. anything do you recall Mr. Combmes. telling you? Oh man. Um, stay the out of. my relationship. You [ __ ] are here to. work, not be part of my relationship. You [ __ ] don't know real work. It's always you do this or else. something bad will happen to you. It's. always like that, a threat that if you.

didn't stay in line, there were there. was a consequence. It was mean. It was. mean. It was mean. She says that even. the president of Bad Boy, Harve Pierre, once told her. Harve said, "It gets dark. and lonely." And Mr. Combmes used to say. this, too. It gets dark and lonely if. you don't listen. It was very much like, "Y'all need to listen to him. Y'all. don't want to deal with what happens if. you don't." At this point, many of the. jurors start taking notes. And I think. it's it's so specific and it evokes a. strong feeling. It gets dark and lonely. if you don't listen. Like are does that.

mean you're iced out of Hollywood. forever? She says clearly she's. terrified of him because I had seen and. witnessed brutality in a way that I I. had to believe that if the person that. was supposedly in love with Cassie did. what he did to her, what would he do to. an employee? How did you respond to. these threats? My thought was to be as. kind as possible. Like I tried to. please. I saw what if you spoke out. I. saw what that looked like. So I would. oftentimes approach Mr. Combmes like. with softness and like, "Hey, how are. you?" It was always very much like, "If.

I do this, like this, maybe I'll have a. better chance than what the other option. looks like." Did you continue to try and. intervene in Mr. Combmes's. relationship? No. I made the decision. that it would be best for the safety of. myself to not interfere because I don't. think she was ready to do anything. From. our perspective in that courtroom, it. does seem like Don appears to have a. harder time testifying to the fact that. she didn't help Cassie in certain ways. That's just the listener's perception.

It just sounds like maybe she's more. traumatized by that than actually. witnessing the violence. Like it just. sounds like she's beating herself up. about it is the feeling. She does say I. told her she should leave, but Cass. looked torn. Like she she would listen, but you could I could see the fear. And. again, Sean Combmes shakes his head. lightly at that. And at the very end of. the direct, she is asked, "Did you. yourself file a civil lawsuit against. Mr. Combmes?" "I did." "Are you aware of. any details of any settlement.

negotiations with Mr. Combmes?" "No, I'm. not." "Are you aware of how much money, if at all, has been requested to settle. the lawsuit?" "No, I am not." As a. result of your testimony here today, Miss Rashard, are you expecting any. compensation? I'm expecting justice. Are. you expecting any compensation, Miss. Rashard, for your testimony? No, no further questions, your honor. At. this point, like is it half a day of. Monday already or it's like super brief? It's pretty brief. The whole direct was. pretty brief. Now, I will say there were.

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the cross- examination. Mark Agnifila. was the one, but he told the judge. Monday morning, "I checked with the. government on Saturday to see if the. government would be okay with the fact. that Miss West Morland would be doing. the cross of the current witness rather. than myself, and they said they were. fine with that." So, I don't know what. changed over the weekend that made. Nicole West Morland take the cross. But. Nicole West Morland, she worked with. Brian Steel on the Young Thug case. She's an attorney from Atlanta. She's. very petite. She was one of the last. attorneys to be added to the defense.

team. She wasn't even here for I think. like the first few days of jury. selection or at least like the beginning. portions. That's right. Yeah. Because I. believe she was still either in Georgia. or working on another case. She finally. makes it to New York City. And since the. trial kicked off, she really has not. been that particularly active in the. courtroom. I'm sure they're all working. crazy after, you know, behind the. scenes, but you don't really hear her. talk. Even amongst attorneys, it's not. like she's this booming voice that's. just constantly socializing. And I mean,

we haven't really taken that many notes. even on her demeanor, just that she. wears really nice Christian Louis. Vuitton. She has a Chanel bag and she. looks good every day. She just kind of. flies under the radar until she takes. that podium on Monday for the. cross-examination of Don Rashard. Now, I'm going to try to include clips of. Nicole West Morland during other trials. where it has been televised. I don't. know if it's maybe the echo in the. courtroom. She's got this incredibly low.

octave velvety rich voice and I can't. even do it for you. Good morning, Miss. Rashard. My name is Nicole West Morland. I represent Mr. Combmes. Okay. How are. you? I'm good. How are you? I'm doing. pretty good. Okay. So, you do not know when this video, the. social media post, you do not know when. it was created. Correct. I do not. All. right. This woman, she sounds incredibly. authoritative. The best way that I can.

describe her aura when she's on that. lectern is she sounds like a southern. professor, a cutthroat professor that. you admire because she knows what she's. talking about. She's probably the best. professor in her field, but she's very. intense. She doesn't like to play. around. She holds herself and all of her. students to very high standards. And. when she finally does crack a joke with. you or give you a compliment on. anything, you're going home kicking your. feet the entire weekend. You feel. special. That is the best way to.

describe West Morland. This is the very. first thing that she's been doing, at. least public facing, of course, in this. trial. I'm sure she's working really. hard behind the scenes, but she doesn't. seem nervous at all. Some of the other. attorneys during their first cross, they. seemed a little bit nervous. Even like. Brian Steel before his second cross that. we're going to get into in another. video. He's like in and out of the. courtroom. It seems like he's going to. the restroom. He seems like really like. got a lot of pentup energy, but not West. Morland. She's got her hip popped up. against the podium. Her body is.

naturally angled towards the jurors. She. looks like she lives on this podium. I. need to ask you a few questions. Okay. Now, before filing a lawsuit against Mr. Combmes, you're aware that your attorney. sent a demand letter on your behalf, correct? I'm not aware of what my. attorney sent. I'm sorry. Without. telling me any conversations between you. and your lawyers, you hired civil. lawyers. Correct. I have civil lawyers. And you understand that the civil. lawyers that you hired are litigating on. your behalf. Correct. Can you give that.

in a term that I can understand? You. hired lawyers to do a job on your. behalf. Yes. Thank you. And you do not. know who posted it. Correct. You cannot. say that for say who posted. Okay. And. in fact, you do not know who filmed the. video. Correct. I do not. You do not. All right. And you do not know what. approximate time that you saw the post. Correct. Miss Rashard. Now, after filing. a formal lawsuit against Mr. Combmes, you had an interview with the. government. Do you remember that? What. are you referring to? Like just a. conversation with Can you give me more?

I'm sorry. You've had the opportunity to. sit down and speak with federal. prosecutors, the government. Correct. Correct. And you sat down and you spoke. with them numerous times, right? a few. times. You sat down with them eight. times. Does that sound right? One thing. I will say is West Morland does not look. at her notes like much during this. cross. She's very prepared. To give you. the idea of the exact feeling I had. during this cross was, first of all, the. jurors, they're all looking at Wes.

Morland when she talks. A lot of them. don't even glance at Don Rashards in the. beginning when she's responding. later. they'll like be bouncing back and forth. like they're at the US Opens, but in the. beginning when she's just going through. like these little yes and no questions, some of them don't even look at Don. Rashards for her response. Wes Morland. has complete control over this. courtroom. You asked Mr. Nichols for his. name. I did. He provided it to you. He. did. He gave you his real name. He did. It's fair to say he was cooperative. He.

was okay. She's come prepared and she. did not come to play or just wing it. I. don't recall the number. I'm sorry. Would several be fair? A few times. Would you agree with me that over the. few times that you sat down and spoke. with the government that your. allegations, the one that you've. testified to today, have changed over. time? No. I think they've been as best. as I can recall. You think they've been. consistent? As best as I can recall.

First, I want to speak with you about. your testimony on Friday about the egg. in the kitchen incident. Do you remember. explaining a situation like that to the. jury? Yes, ma'am. So, already Don. Rashard is going into her yes, ma'am. responses, which it does like I don't. know if it's just interesting. It feels. like Nicole West Morland is completely. in control of this conversation. So, he. attempted to hit her on the head and. then you testified Miss Ventura dropped. down into a fetal position. She covered.

herself. Yes. And that's your testimony. Yeah. This isn't the first time. testifying on Friday and today is not. the first time you spoke about this egg. alleged incident, right? Spoke in my. civil case and right now. And you've. also spoken about it to the prosecutors. We've spoken. Yes. Let's start with the. civil part. Are you aware in the letter. sent on your behalf to Mr. Combmes that. the egg incident that you allegedly saw. that is described? Are you aware of. that? Side note, even Nicole West.

Morland's reference to the incident as. the egg incident does not seem to be. unintentional. Even the judge on Friday. called it the incident with the skillet. Later he said, "I will call it the. skillet incident, but Nicole West. Morland consistently calls it the. alleged egg incident." That's crazy. Wow. She is prepared. Yeah, it it's so. interesting because it's so subtle, but. it's likely very impactful over time. these types of changes in the wording. and rebranding in real time if you will.

Are you aware in the letter sent on your. behalf to Mr. Combmes that the egg. incident that you allegedly saw that. it's described? Are you aware of that? No, I'm not aware. I'd like to show it. to you to see if it would refresh your. memory. Okay. Even the way she says that. is just very interesting. like she's. able to build trust really quickly. because a lot of the times the records. that she's showing Don Rashard, we're. not privy to. The press, we don't see. them. They're not admitted into. evidence, but the way Nicole West.

Morland is saying it, I'm like, I feel. like I trust whatever's on that. document. Like, you're telling me that's. on that document. It probably is on that. document because of her the way she. presents herself. And I wonder if it's. the same impact for the jurors. And I'm. not saying this as like a way to side. with one party or the other. I think. everyone should be innocent until they. are proven guilty. And that burden is on. the government. But I will say her. presence in that courtroom was very. trustworthy. It was very. authoritative. That he may have been in.

that car. Correct. You don't know. I asked you. that earlier. Correct. Okay. She's so confident, so. firm, so natural. It just feels like if. she told me the sky is pink, maybe I'm. naive. Maybe I would be a victim of a. cult one day. I would be like, "The sky. is pink." Miss Rashard, could you please. read that to yourself? And once you're. finished, please look up at me. And she. sounds like a professor. Like, just.

please look up at me. Don is just. following her complete lead. She looks. up. Are you done? Yes, ma'am. Did you. ever make the statement that you heard a. pan hit the wall? You didn't see it? I. don't recall. Does looking at the. document refresh your memory? I don't. recall that though writing that. Are you. aware that that was said on your behalf? Objection, your honor. Sustained. Interestingly, in this moment, instead. of just asking a new question, Wes. Morland goes to rephrase it and even. guides the jury on where to go now. So,

I think this was cuz I was looking into. how to handle a really good. cross-examination because I'm not an. attorney. I don't have any legal. experience and I was getting confused. because certain cross-examinations or. even direct testimonies. I'm like, why. are the attorneys asking such convoluted. questions? They keep bringing us. everywhere. And I feel like if I'm. confused, probably the jurors are also. confused because we're just normal. people with no legal background. And. they were saying that a lot of the times. framing questions, giving timeline is.

very specific and very important because. you don't want the jurors to feel like, wait, what topic are we on now? Nicole. West Morland is very good. Let's go. back. You hired civil attorneys, correct? Correct. And you are aware that. civil lawyers reached out to lawyers in. reference to Mr. Combmes. You're aware. of that, right? I'm not aware of that. I'm sorry. You're aware that you that. they filed a lawsuit on your behalf. Correct. And you understand what a civil. suit is. Correct. Correct. That's when.

you're suing someone. Correct. And. you're asking for money. Correct. You. understand that? I'm asking for. compensation for the work that I had. Compensation. Money. Whatever term you'd. like to use, that's what you're asking. for, right? Correct. At that moment, if. I'm not mistaken, I did see one of the. jurors. smirk. I don't know if that smirk is in. reference to perhaps West Morland is. grilling Dawn and it comes off a little. mean. Or could it be that Yeah, I mean,

compensation is money. I don't know. Meanwhile, Combmes is looking up at West. Morland. He looks very impressed. Not. confused or agitated like he did in some. of the other crosses. He looks very. impressed. Miss Rashard, let me ask you. this. You sat down with the federal. government on October 31st, 2024, didn't. you? I don't remember the date. I'm. sorry. May I show you something to help. refresh your memory, please? Yes. Thank. you. Now that you had the chance to look. at the document, does that help refresh. your memory that you met with the.

government on October 31st, 2024? It. doesn't help me because I don't know. what the document like I've never seen. that document before. Do you have any. reason to disagree with me that you met. with the government? I was saying I. didn't see this document. No worries. No. worries. I want to get to the substance. of it. When you met with the government, didn't you tell them that Mr. Combmes. actually hit Miss Ventura with a frying. pan? I said he attempted to hit her with. a frying pan. I didn't ask you that. Did. you actually tell the government, not. that he attempted to hit her, that he.

did hit her? Yes. Wait, so are you saying that based. on the document that they've reviewed, Don told the government that he did hit. her? He did hit her. Yes. And she's like. honing in on that point. Hey, you say. that he hit her on that date. Yeah. Okay. And now Friday testimony, you're. saying he tried to hit her. Like he. didn't hit her. It didn't look like it. fully hit her. Right. You told the. government that that he hit her. Yes. And do you agree with me that there's a. major difference between attempting to.

hit someone with a frying pan and. actually hitting them? You agree with. that? Yes. And you understand that when. you were sitting down with the federal. prosecutors that it was very important. for you to tell the truth. Yes. And at. some point the jurors are like watching. this back and forth again that this is. like the US Opens. In the beginning it's. just Nicole West Morland. They're only. looking at West Morland. And now it's. like their heads were making me dizzy. And you understand that it was important. for you to be as accurate as possible to.

the best of my ability. Yes. And you. know that you need to tell the ladies. and gentlemen of this jury the. truth. Absolutely. And you would agree. with me that there is a difference. between hitting someone with a frying. pan and throwing a frying pan. Correct. Correct. But you gave two different. stories, didn't you? I did the best that. I could recall. How about you gave. another interview? Would you have reason. to disagree with me that your next. interview was on March 18th, 2025? I wouldn't disagree with you. That.

sounds right. And in that interview, isn't it true that you told the federal. prosecutors that Mr. Combmes actually. threw eggs at Miss. Ventura? No, I don't recall that. You. don't recall that? And that after. throwing eggs at Miss Ventura that he. actually set the pan back down. Do you. remember saying that? I don't recall. that. Let me show you something to help. refresh your memory. Okay, please read. that to yourself and then look up at me. when you're done. Are you done? I am.

Does it refresh your memory that you. actually told the prosecutors that Mr. Combmes didn't hit her with the pan at. all? I don't recall saying that. I'm. sorry. You don't recall saying that? Uh-huh. And we discussed that when you. had these interviews that there was a. noteaker, right? Yes. You agree that. throwing eggs and then setting the pan. down is different than hitting someone. with a pan, right? I do. And you agree. that hitting someone with a pan is very. different from attempting to hit someone. with a pan, right?

Correct. And you agree that hearing a. pan thrown against the wall is different. than all three of the other ways, right? Correct. Miss Rashard, let me ask you, would you agree with me that it's been. hard for you to keep your story the same. in reference to this egg. incident? Objection. Overruled. No, I I wouldn't agree with. that. You would agree that you told. multiple different stories, though. No, I would agree that I told it to the best. of my recollection and it was as close.

as I could give it. To the best of your. recollection. You have four different. recollections on what may have happened. that day. No, I don't. Let's talk about. the day after. Now, you testified on. Friday and you furthered that testimony. today and you explained to us that Mr. Combmes called you to the studio the. next day, right? He did. And that you. went to the studio, Mr. Combmes locked. the door and he told you this was love. and passion thing. Right. Correct. And. then he told you, "You better not say. anything." And excuse me, you he told.

you and Miss Harper, right? Miss Harper. was there. And he told both of you, you. better not say anything because where. I'm from, people go missing. Correct. And that's what you told the ladies and. the gentlemen of the jury in this court, that's what you. said. Correct. And that's the truth. That's the truth. Now, testifying Friday. and today, that's not the first time. that you've had the opportunity to. explain the alleged incident, right?

Correct. Because you sat down with the. prosecutors on numerous occasions, right? Correct. October 31st, 2024. We're going back to what you don't argue. with me is the first interview. So, she's not saying like don't argue with. me. She's like saying you didn't argue. that this was the first interview. Like, you're you verified it's the first. interview. That's Wow. The framing of. even that statement is so interesting. Yeah, she's so sharp on her feet and I. would lose I would like watch every word. that I say because even if I phrase it.

differently, it will be used against me. somehow, you know? So, it's like she her. logic is really logicying. I felt like. if I were up there, I wouldn't be able. to breathe. M I could see myself just. yes ma'am yes ma'am and then just trying. to get out because it was so now isn't. it true that at that interview during. that interview you explained to the. prosecutors that Mr. Combmes told you. this was nothing but a love argument. right no one was hurt correct and you. did not tell the prosecutors that Mr. Holmes told you where I'm from, people.

go missing. Can I see what you're. saying? Because. absolutely. So she's like, "Can I see. the document of the notes from the. government meeting?" And she's like, "Absolutely. Thank you. Please read to. yourself and look up at me when you're. done." That whole line, please. Thank. you. You're done. Mhm. Does that refresh. your memory that you did not tell the. federal prosecutors that Mr. Combmes. told you people go missing? I always. state what I've stated. So if not, it's. not my recollection that wasn't stated, but that was what happened. Let's go to.

your interview on March 18th, 2025. That's your next interview. And isn't it. true in that interview, you stated that. Mr. Combmes said this was a love thing. No one was hurt, right? And you did not. say anything about Mr. Combmes telling. you people go missing. Is there what was. the question? You didn't tell. prosecutors that on March 18th, 2025. Isn't that true? No, that's not true. I. don't recall not saying that. I'm going. to show you a document to refresh your. memory. I'll ask you one question. You. didn't tell the prosecutors on March. 18th, 2025, your second interview with.

Mr. that Mr. Combmes told you people go. missing. I tell my story as I remember. it. I think I tell my story as I. remember it. Those are not the best. words to be used. Regardless of how one. feels about Don Rashard and about this. whole testimony, I think that was. generally not the best response. I felt. like a lot of people kind of winced in. the courtroom because those are words. that could be so easily twisted. I tell. my story as I remember it. Just the word.

choice was not optimal. But later, Don. further clarifies, I spoke as best as I. could as I remember it. It was a long. time ago. I'm doing my best to. understand these questions as best as I. can. Let me ask you this. When you were. in that room with the federal. prosecutors, Mr. Combmes was not there, right? No. None of his lawyers were. there. I wasn't there. And you felt safe. in the room with federal prosecutors. Yes, ma'am. And you know it was. important to tell the truth. Yes. Right. And you would agree that you alleging.

Mr. Combmes threatened you was something. that you would want to tell the United. States federal government. Right. Yes, ma'am. And although that's what you're. saying here in trial, you would agree. with me that even in your second. interview, you didn't mention that. I. again I mentioned it. Whether or not I. don't know what the notes were taken. I. don't know. I can't know what the notes. are going to be taken. Sorry. You did. another interview on April 17th, 2025. Okay. Do you have a reason to disagree. with that date? No. During that.

interview, you and the United States. government, you guys spoke about this. incident that you're alleging. You spoke. about it again. Do you agree with that? I would have to see the docu. No. worries. Could you please pull up. 3574-012, page two, first paragraph? Please look up at me when you're done. I'm done. We're on our third interview. Mr. Combmes was not there. No, he was not. I. wasn't there. No. None of his lawyers. were there. No, ma'am. You felt safe in. this interview. Yes, ma'am. You didn't.

tell the federal prosecutors that Mr. Combmes told you people go missing. I. told them exactly what my recollection. of that event was. So, your recollection. that day was that Mr. Combmes didn't. threaten you by telling you that people. go missing. He threatened me and said. people go missing. I understand that's. what you're testifying here. I'm asking. you. You didn't tell the government that. on April 17th, 2025, your third. interview. Correct. I'm telling you, I. told them what I remembered. So, you. just didn't remember the threat. No, I.

remembered everything I'm telling you. now. Miss Rashard, isn't it true that. the first time that you mentioned and. alleged that Mr. Combmes told you people. go missing was a week ago on May 10th, 2025? No, ma'am. Would you like me to. show you the rest of your interviews to. refresh your recollection? I know what I. said, ma'am. Now, you said that when Mr. Combmes told you people go missing, you. took that to be a death threat. Yes, ma'am. That's what you're telling us, right? Yes, ma'am. A death threat that. you didn't recall on seven different. occasions.

Objection. That's sustained. Let's move. on. Miss Rashard, you testified to some. other incidents that you allegedly. witnessed. Now, you told us about a. restaurant, right? And that Miss Ventura. and Mr. Combmes were arguing and that he. punched her. He hit her. Yes, ma'am. Please tell us who was at this. restaurant. Harve, Pierre, Capricorn, Clark, Mia, and myself, Kina, our. bodyguards, which were Bonds and Drock. and Cassie. Side note, this was covered. in the direct. In the direct, and this. is the part where I was like, wait, now. I need to see those government notes.

because I'm confused. This is the part. where I was like, wait, maybe I'm. mistaken. I'm mistaken because I kept. looking through the direct and I'm like, I don't understand the point being made. in the cross. Now in the direct, the. prosecutor asks Dawn about this exact. incident perhaps not even an hour prior. to West Morland asking her, "Miss. Rashard, directing your attention right. to the following year in 2010, did there. come a time where you were in a. restaurant in West Hollywood, California, and Mr. Combmes and Miss. Ventura got into an altercation?" Yes.

What happened at that restaurant? Mr. Combmes punched Cassie in the stomach. Can you please describe what you. observed leading up to that incident? We were having a private conversation. and we were all sitting eating at the. tables together when I saw we I mean. some bad boy uh some from our label and. even some celebrities were in the room. and they were secretly arguing and he. punched her in the stomach. Sean Combmes. punched Cassie in the stomach. She. immediately bent over and then he was. like he told her to leave because I.

could see him point out and she went out. and left the room. Who if any of Mr. Combmes's employees were present? Harve, Pierre, Capricorn, Clark, Mia, Drock, Bonds, myself, and Kina Harper. What, if. anything, did Harve Pierre or the other. employees present do to intervene after. the incident? They didn't. No one. intervened. We didn't. So, now back in. the cross- examination, West Morland is. asking Dawn about it. Now, you've spoken. about that incident before, and you. remember being asked who was all there, right? Mhm. Do you recall alleging.

several celebrities were actually there? Yes. So when the government asked you. who was all there and I asked you who. was all there right now you didn't. mention any of the celebrities right. please recall those celebrities now. Usher was there Jimmy Ivine was there. Neo came through there were a lot of few. others I don't recall those people but. those were the ones I remember talking. to those are the ones you remember. talking to any reason why you left those. individuals out when I asked you the. question I just I thought you were.

recalling what I mentioned here asking. me to give you the names of the people I. mentioned. any reason you left these individuals. out when the government asked you the. question? She just asked me who was. there and if those individuals were. there, why didn't you say their name? I'm not sure. So, this part I didn't. quite grasp. It felt like in the direct. she did mention that a few other. celebrities were there. She did tell the. government that Oh, she say boom boom. boom boom boom and then a few others. Yeah, like a few celebrities were there. Okay. But she didn't mention them by. name and the government did not ask her.

to elaborate. I also don't think that if. I were done, I probably wouldn't want to. bring a bunch of celebrities names in. because anytime a celebrity name is. dropped in this trial, it seems like. there's hairline news a spawns of Tik. Toks and conspiracies. And so I get it. Like I don't think maybe she's trying to. do them a favor of not mentioning their. names unless she absolutely has to and. is going to commit perjury. So I just. this part I didn't really understand. Yeah. But for West Morland, this is. another opportunity for her to discredit. her. Right. Yeah. West Morland moves on. to her next point where she asks Don.

Rashard of all the times she saw a gun. near or on Shawn Combmes, which she. states that it was never mentioned to. prosecutors during the eight interviews. she's had with them. And out of eight. interviews, you didn't tell the. prosecution, "Hey, I saw a gun. It was. at the studio at Daddy's house." That's. the studio name. You didn't tell them. that. I answered what was asked of me. They didn't ask you any detail. That. wasn't asked at the time. Well, when you. say at the time, I'm talking about eight. times. It wasn't asked. I'm sorry. Okay.

Thank you for that. I feel like Combmes. is getting a lot of confidence from this. cross- examination. So, this actually. takes place Monday. Tuesday he comes in. He's like in the best mood of his life. Really? How that we've seen so far. Just. like lots of um more interactions with. the jury. He seems very upbeat. He seems. like he's got like a pep in his step. And I feel like maybe a lot of it is. coming from this. Even during Nicole. West Morland's cross, he is more. frequently looking over at Nicole West. Morland and probably the jurors sitting.

right behind her. One point he even. passes a note to Mark Agnif. Mark. Agniflo reads the postit, looks back at. Shawn Combmes, and just smiles and nods. It feels like it's not an actual note. It feels like, "Hell yeah." And then. he's like, "Hell yeah." Like that's the. feeling I got. I mean, it could be not. It could be something else like I'm. hungry. And he's smiling and I don't. know, but it just felt like that. Wow. You never saw Mr. Combmes do cocaine, right? Objection. That's sustained. I'm. asking, have you ever seen Mr. Combmes.

do cocaine? Yes, you have. Okay. Was. there a time that you told the. government in interviews that you've. never seen Mr. Combmes do cocaine? I. don't recall that. Let me help refresh. your memory. Can you please pull up doc. 3574006? Wow. Can you take us to page seven? This. is for the parties. First bullet point. Can you highlight that, Miss Rashard? Can you please Does she recall these. pages like instantly or does she have to. look for it and then call it out? She. looks down to read it, but she's not. like flipping through her pages. So, a.

lot of the other cross-examinations and. to be fair to Esteeo, her. cross-examination of Cassie Ventura was. 2 days long, but a lot of it was like. going through and then it was like, wait, what are we moving on to right. now? Like, I don't even know what this. question is in reference to. Like I. don't know what timeline you're asking. this of Cassie, but with Nicole West. Morland, I mean, she's like just. glancing down looking for the numbers. That's it. Did that refresh her memory? It did. So, I'll ask you again. Isn't it. true that you told the government that. you've never seen Mr. Combmes do cook?

At the time, I hadn't recalled. No, I'm. sorry. At the time that you did the. interview on October 31st, you hadn't. recalled that. No, I hadn't. But the. government asked you about Mr. Combmes's. drug usage, right? They did. And you. didn't say to the government, "Hey, I. don't know." No, I didn't say that. You. told the government, "Mr. Combmes, I've. never never seen him do cocaine." That's. what you said. Yes. And you would agree. with me that your testimony has changed. on that. It has. I mean, you would agree. with me at this point that your.

testimonyy's changed on quite a few. things. I think I'm As time progresses, I get better with knowing it because it. was so long ago. So, you would agree. with me that as time progresses, your. story changes? Yes. And isn't it true. that you've never actually seen OneTop. sell drugs? Okay, so OneTop is the drug. dealer that would allegedly drop by the. studio to sell drugs. And it's inferred. that he's called OneTop because he's a. one-stop shop. He even sells Plan B and. like Advil along with co. So there's.

that. A whole CVS and an alleyway on one. person. And isn't it true that you've. never seen OneTop actually sell drugs? No. I've seen OneTop sell drugs. Who did. you see give OneStop money? That varied. It could be an assistant or it could be. Puff giving the assistant money to pay. for it. You said could be. I'm not. asking you to speculate. That's not. allowed here. I'm asking you to answer. the question if you know. Yeah, I've. seen him give money, an assistant give. money to OneTop and he would give drugs. Can you please pull up document.

3574015 page 2? This is just for the. parties. Isn't it true that you had an. interview with the government, right? And you discussed one stop. Mhm. They. asked you questions. They meaning the. government and whether you had witnessed. OneTop selling drugs. Isn't it true that. you told the government that you never. saw anyone give payment to OneTop? Yes. You didn't know who paid for the drugs. Correct. Right. So when you testified. today in front of the ladies and. gentlemen of the jury that you saw. OneTop sell drugs, that you saw Mr.

Combmes pay him for drugs, that was a. lie. No. So you agree with me that what. you're testifying to today is different. than what you told the government in. that interview? Correct. Another story change. Not a. story change, but yes, different. Miss. Rashard, I don't know the exact count, but at this point, you would agree with. me that we we have several story. changes. Objection sustained. Let's talk about. your testimony in reference to how. threatened you felt by Mr. Combmes. You.

were scared. Yes. Very. So, Miss. Rashard, you separated in 2011, meaning. you went on as a solo artist, right? Correct. And you were no longer around. with or around Mr. Combmes, right? And I. mean, you being pretty scared and so. fearful in fear of your life after 2011, you were away from him, right? Correct. And I'm sure you being pretty fearful. and scared of him that once you were. able to get away from him, you. definitely wouldn't want to come back, right? Correct. But you would agree with. me that you actually asked Mr. Combmes. to come back, didn't you? No, not to.

come back. No. They pull up a text. message thread just for the party, so we. don't get to see it. Isn't it true that. Mr. Combmes didn't just reach out to. you, you reached out to him. Correct. So, you weren't just responding in kind, you were initiating conversation. Don. tries to bring up the fact that yes, she. did reach out to Shawn Combmes multiple. times after she left in 2011, but it was. mainly because she was either trying to. get in contact with somebody else or she. mentions that Kina Harper was going.

through some things and maybe they. wanted to get Diddy Dirty Money back. together. So she was doing it more so. for Kina Harper versus like I want to. spend time with this guy. Like that's. kind of what it's it is implied during. the testimony. Wes Morland brings up. Don's solo career and how when she was. part of both Danny Kane and Diddy Dirty. Money, they're getting platinum for. songs. And since she's gone solo, you've. released over 100 songs. Correct.

And you would agree with me that the. songs that you've released haven't. reached the levels of success as Dirty. Money and Danny King. I mean, no. offense, but you agree with that, right? Correct. And do you agree with me that. you actually asked Mr. Combmes to sign. you as a solo artist before I left? So. there's this whole debate and back and. forth about why would you if you were so. scared for your life, if he had. threatened you and said people go. missing back where I'm from, then why. would you even want to work with him? And it's it just is like a continuation.

of this back and forth. And there's a. lot of parts in the cross-examination. where it just feels like a lot of power. play. That's what it feels like. For. example, West Morland would say, "Music. is your dream." Yes. And you've been. trying to succeed at it for a long time. I did succeed at it in the past now. Like it just like in the moment, I know. when I say it, it doesn't seem like a. ooh, it doesn't seem like a power play, but I think in that moment, there was a. level of tension.

It was a level of like there was so much. tension in that courtroom during the. cross-examination. I think this was. probably the most brutal. That's the. word that I hear most people say in the. hallways. It was just brutal to watch. It was brutal to hear, to witness. In. one line of questioning, West Morland. asks Don, "You once yourself had fame, right?" It just everything seems like. there is an emphasis on Don Rashard only. doing well in her musical career when. she was associated with Shawn Combmes. And there's really just it just was a.

lot. By this point in the cross, most of. the jurors aren't even taking notes. They're not even looking at Don Rashard, but at Nicole West Morland. At one. point, there is a brief sidebar and I'm. watching the jurors. Two of them from. our perception. They look at each other. Their eyes are wide and they're like. nodding kind of. It gave the damn it. It. could have been something else, but it. looked like that to me. Even after the. sidebar, Combmes, he's not even paying. attention. He's just pouring himself a.

water. It feels like he believes West. Morland has it down pat already and. there's nothing more. Once he's done. pouring his water, he's pivoting his. entire body towards the jurors and West. Morland continues her line of. questioning about the lawsuit and that. after Don Rashard read Cassie Ventura's. lawsuit, she then filed her own lawsuit. So Nicole West Morland is trying to make. it seem like a money grab, like a cash. grab. And shortly after Miss Ventura. filed suit, you filed suit yourself, right? And it is your want to get a lot.

of money from Mr. Combmes. Correct? No. So, you're not filing a lawsuit to get. money? I'm filing a lawsuit to get. compensated for the work that I've put. forth. And you would agree with me that. your definition of compensation is. money. Yes. Correct. I have no further. questions. There is this incredibly long. sidebar where Don Rashards looks. incredibly uncomfortable. I mean, it the. whole thing, everybody's looking. uncomfortable. And during this sidebar, okay, so right behind the defendant is a. sketch artist on that first pew. And. then the second pew is a family friend.

because the family that's usually. reserved for the family family, but. they're not there. So like a lot of the. family friends have been sitting in that. pew and he's like looking at the sketch. artist trying to do a thumbs up. A court. officer was passing by and so the family. friend is peering trying to look over. the sketch artist's shoulder at the. sketch. The court officer is walking by. So clearly they see the sketch and the. family friend looks up at the court. officer and does like a thumbs up. towards the sketch as in is the sketch. good. And it's just so interesting that.

the family friend puts emphasis on the. sketch. Uh Christian Combmes, one of the. sons also had a moment with a sketch. artist that we noted in beginning of the. trial. And so I just wrote in my notes, does defendant get pissy about sketches? Because some of these sketches have not. been favorable to the defendant. So it's. just interesting to see. And what did. the officer do? The court officer did a. thumbs up and then so my researcher and. I, we fully pivoted our bodies to try. and take a look at the sketch. It was.

not a thumbs up sketch. So I'm not Yeah, I think the court officer was just. trying to keep everything peaceful. But. it it's very interesting this strong. level of intrigue coming from the. defendant's side about these sketches. This has been very fascinating for the. redirect after the cross-examination. and the prosecutor goes back up. And I. will say it's the prosecutor, they're. not going to be aggressive in any of. these because right now it's the. government's case and chief. All of.

these people are either government. witnesses or they're subpoenaed by the. government. I do believe when it's the. defense case and chief, the prosecutors. are going to be a lot more aggressive. grilling a lot of the witnesses when. they are in the cross-examination spot. So naturally, the prosecutor is just. trying to rehabilitate the testimony and. the witness's credibility. So during the. redirect, she's asking clarifying. questions of why did you now decide to. talk about it? Like what's going why did.

you try not to think about all of the. events? Because that's why Don is like, "Yeah, I'm trying to remember all of. these things, but it happened so long. ago and for so long I just tried to. suppress the memory of these." and she. says, "Because it was a hard time. It. was a bad time for me and a bad. environment for me." Can you describe. the process for the jury of trying to. recall these events that you've tried to. forget for so long? They don't all come. back immediately. I have to go back to. memories that I don't want to. And it. takes time to remember things that have. happened during that time that you try.

to forget. Miss Rashard, without. speaking about your personal condition, what if any memories have you been. trying to suppress? the environment was. volatile and it was very hard to work. and so I tried to erase those things. from my mind. She said that every day it. does get easier but one thing to note is. during the redirect they mentioned that. every single time in every meeting with. the government Don Rashard has detailed. interactions between Shawn Combmes and. Cassie and they were violent and it was. Cassie being attacked and beaten that.

has always been consistent. Now, there. is a quick sidebar that's held before. West Morland does her recross where she. asks the judge and we don't hear this in. court. We only see this on the. transcripts after. So, we like come home. for the day and then we can see what was. happening during the sidebar. So, West. Morland is asking I'm asking this out of. abundance of caution. You might not have. an objection. We talked about it. yesterday, but you asked her about the. financial contention of the lawsuit. I'm. going to ask her if she's aware of the.

$22 million demand. So this is what they. were referencing earlier in the cross of. like this is the letter that your lawyer. sent in demand. Mhm. To which the. prosecutors don't like this. She's. already testified that she doesn't know. there's a $22 million amount that is. included, but I don't think that you've. laid the foundation that she would have. any reason to have knowledge of that. amount even though she said she never. looked at that document. Wes Morland. continues to argue, I don't think she. needs to look at the document to have. knowledge. I think she authorized them. to file suit on her behalf. I want to. ask if she's aware. If she's not, she.

could say no. Agnif makes a further. comment. Your honor, can I add one. thing? I think the number is so large. It's just it goes to her credibility. when she says she doesn't know that a. lawyer asked for $22 million on her. behalf is different than she doesn't. know that a lawyer asked for $100,000 on. her behalf. One strains credibility. I. think the judge though fully disagrees, saying that's not true. I mean, if she. doesn't know what demands have been. made, she doesn't know. You can ask. questions if you think that someone in. her position would know what the number.

is. Then there are a number of questions. you can ask to try and establish that. she does or does not know. So you can do. that and let's take it from there and. see if you get to a point where the. witness says that she's been following. and receives the updates from her. lawyers and all the other stuff and then. you can take it from there and you can. raise your objection there. So during. the reacross, West Morland starts with. the point Don Rashard's requested. regardless of if it's for a friend or. not that she wanted to get the band back. together and she's just pointing out. that means you're going to be spending a. lot of time with Shawn Combmes even.

though he threatened your life and you. were deathly afraid of him. Like you. still want to spend time with him and. then she moves on to the lawsuit and. then you went and hired your own. lawyers, right? Yes. And you filed your. lawsuit. Yes. And you were hoping to be. nicely compensated for that. Correct. for justice and justice for you would be. money. It would be to be made whole and. also be paid for the time that I was. with Puff with Sean Combmes, which means. money. Yes. No further questions. Was. dismissed? No, you're not. H no further.

questions. And with that, the judge looks at Don. Rashard. Thank you very much, Miss. Rashard. The government may call its. next witness. Wow. How long does did the whole thing. last? Like a full day, half a day. I. would say not even half a day. Oh wow. But it was intense. It was very intense. It was probably the most intense. cross-examination. I did hear a lot of. people. Okay. So the press line and the. public line are outside of the.

courthouse near each other. And I was. listening to members of the public. I. don't know why I'm always easedropping. Okay. But I was listening to them and. they were talking about they were. anticipating that Don Rashard is going. to be testifying. And one of them who. the exact verbiage I believe they used. was along the lines of and they're going. to come at Don Rashard. And he was. saying, you know, she's not pregnant. like Cassie is. She didn't have this. romantic relationship with Shawn Combmes. like Cassie did. And she is a darker.

skin black woman. Like they're going to. come at her with everything they've got. Wait, who said this? A this was a black. man that was in the public line. And so. I thought that was very interesting. insight that I maybe would not have come. to that conclusion before the testimony. And I don't know why I just kept. thinking about it during the entirety of. the testimony. And then I don't know if. I was thinking too much into it because. you know it's very easy to start going. into conspiracies when you're sitting in. that courtroom for eight hours because.

there's so much going on and then your. mind starts running. But I was thinking. about that and then I was thinking about. it is interesting that Mark Agnif was. originally supposed to do the cross and. then he didn't. So, I thought maybe that. had something, but it was very. interesting that that was pointed out. I. don't think that was insight that I. would have had going in, but it did make. sense once I was in there to some. degree. So, I guess the question is, what are your thoughts on that comment? Do you think that has anything to do. with how the cross was handled? Because. it was genuinely one of the more intense. crosses.

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human aspect of testifying. I mean, even. when she went up there, she pointed at. Sean Cones. It's it's a lot because Don. Rashard is a musical performer, so she. is comfortable in front of a lot of. people, but this is not her field. And. what she said was that a lot of. witnesses that do end up testifying. sometimes the feeling that they might. walk away with is like I wish I could. have clarified something or like I wish. like I feel a little bit misunderstood. And that's just kind of what happens. when you get cross-examined as a.

witness. I think a lot of people feel. like uh I didn't really get to say what. I wanted to say or I my words got taken. out of context. I got I didn't get to. explain, you know, I mean, the cases I. have representing victims of sexual. assault, um, my team and I, we spend a. lot of time reaching out and trying to. get people to be witnesses, to come in. and testify. And I would say 99% of. people don't want to do it. They want to.

stay as far away as possible from the. courtroom. They're terrified. They have. every excuse in the world. They say yes. and then they don't show up, right? It's. just very very difficult. So those who. do show up, we have to understand how. hard it is and how brave it is and um. you know they're there now. I mean Don. is just one of them. So it must have. been incredibly frustrating for Don. Rashard after that type of cross where. it like the speed of that cross was also. crazy. like I don't think I would have.

been able to even think before. answering. Mhm. And it's like it there's. some sort of expectation when the speed. ramps up to keep up with the speed. So I. I can see how that was very daunting. And then as they were walking out of the. courthouse, Don Rashard and her attorney. Lisa Bloom, they were getting harassed. outside the courthouse. It's a bit of a. circus. Um there's some. very disturbed people out there. screaming and yelling at witnesses. Unfortunately, just as they're walking.

from the courthouse to the car and then. there's kind of the more normal. journalists. Yeah. How big is Diddy's. now, man? Going too far. Get my ass beat for 10. million. I want to get my ass beat for 10. million. Is it a freedom of speech? have freedom of speech. Let's get down. to the issues that. Yeah, I mean I I imagine it was a very.

difficult experience, but there are lots. of mixed net comments with one reading, Don Rashard was complicit. She watched. Combmes violently abused Cassie and a. former assistant, but she continued. working with him anyway and for what? I. can't name a single Don Rashard song. But another one reads, "She was. terrified to tell what he did because. she didn't want to go missing. What do. you not get about that? There are points during the day where. Shan Combmes looks like he's about to. fall asleep, which I do write in my. notes, how much caffeine does he get?

One would hope that he does not have. access to other drugs and stimulants in. prison or jail, but coffee-wise, how. much does he get? I'm looking at the MDC. commissary list because I know that the. inmates only get coffee on the weekends. with their breakfast. But on the. commissary list, it lists Colombian. coffee. You can only purchase three at a. time. And then there's another one that. says decaffeinated coffee. But then I go. on Reddit and a lot of people report. that the coffee in these jails that they. sell at the commissary have barely any. caffeine. They don't want the inmates to. be awake. They don't want them to be.

stimulated. And so I see him. He looks. like to me and to my researchers, he. looks like he's kind of falling asleep. at certain parts. Now, for this next. witness, at least in the beginning, Shawn Combmes appears to be very. invested because it is Cassy's former. best friend of 17 years, Carrie Morgan. She was also Carrie Morgan was the one. that was at Cassie's house when the. Intercontinental Hotel incident. happened. So, when Cassie went home, Carrie Morgan was there. When Carrie. Morgan walks in, Combmes does stare and.

follow her with his eyes, which is. intriguing because if you remember from. Cassy's testimony, there was a text. message admitted into evidence where. Cassie says, "It always goes back to, well, maybe Carrie would have been the. better one to go after since I've. witnessed more than once you realizing. that she is way better fitting for you. than I am.". Yeah, weird. Perhaps he was showing. displaying interest at some point. invested in Carrie Morgan. But when. those court doors open, she walks in. He's watching her walk all the way to.

the witness stand. Prosecutor Foster. walks up to the podium. They exchange. good mornings, and she's clarifying. statements. So, they were best friends. from 2001 to 2018, and now they don't. speak. Their friendship ended in 2018, which is the same year that technically. Cassie and Shawn Combmes also broke up. for good. What if anything happened to. you in 2018? her boyfriend assaulted me. So Carrie explains that her friendship. with Cassie ended because Shawn Combmes.

assaulted her. Carrie Morgan. Now Carrie. explains that she was also subpoenaed to. testify. She doesn't want to be here. She doesn't want to testify. Like I. wrote that in my notes. She literally. does not want to be here. What did she. say? Just every response is like she. just does not look this is the last. place she wants to be. She flew in. likely from LA with her best friend who. was sitting in front of us and she just. doesn't want to be here. I've moved on. with my life and away from all these. people and their problems. So Carrie met. Cassie at a photo shoot. Carrie was 16.

Cassie's 15. They hit it off. They end. up living together in New York City at. one point doing the back to school. circuit. That's how she describes it. So. they would do the Target ads. J Penney. ads like back to school where they got. the backpack with the little notebooks. Oh, they would do that circuit every. single year. And she does mention later. that Cassie was doing really well as a. model. She was making, this is before. the Me and You song came out. She was. making like some years a million dollars. a year. Cassie starts dating Shawn. Combmes. She describes Cassie as I mean.

very confident, worked really hard, very. successful as a model and then she. starts dating Combmes and the three of. them start hanging out more. Prior to. it, they didn't really drink or do. drugs, but with I guess the lifestyle, they start drinking a little bit more. Maybe it's age, maybe it's the. lifestyle, maybe it's Shawn Combmes. They do drugs with Shawn. And when you. first got to know him, what did you. think of him? I thought he was very. nice, extremely generous, also sort of. intimidating and a strong presence. And. as you got to know him more, how did. those views change? Um, you see that he.

had mood swings. Sometimes he would get. aggressive or he would just be upset. instead of always having fun. What would. he do when he was aggressive or upset? What would he do? Sometimes he would. just yell at Cassie or you could feel. like he was mad. Carrie's explaining. that after they start dating, Cassie. lost her confidence big time. She lost. her spark. She was not like the same. Cassie. Carrie says even her body, she. was always very slumped, kind of just. bad posture. She just became like this.

and she's hunching over showing the jury. and the jury, a lot of them are heads. down like taking notes on all of this. The key points that Carrie Morgan. testifies during her direct testimony is. when Combmes can't get in contact with. Cassie, sometimes he would call Carrie. Some days he'd call Carrie 50 times. Some days he'd call her a few times. It. really depends. Sometimes he'd send over. an employee or have an employee call. Carrie. 50 times is actually scary. Yeah. 50 times is like I expect she say. 50 times. Yeah. That's actually scary.

Like alarming. Alarming. She said 50. times in a row. Yeah. That's Wow. She. did notice over the years that Cassie. was building a frustration because she's. constantly working on this music, but. she's getting frustrated that it never. gets put out. What types of things did. you see him do to her? Hit her, pull her. hair. I've seen him kick her, push her. She said on one of those occasions, there was a bodyguard around. And she. told the bodyguard, "Do something?". Because they can both clearly see that. Cassie is getting pushed and kicked. And. Ruben, the bodyguard, she claims he's.

not doing anything. And that particular. assault on Cassie, got so bad, the. bodyguard, Ruben, does nothing. It gets. to the point where Cassie and Carrie end. up escaping out of the house away from. Shawn Combmes, hiding on the steps of a. neighbor's house, like laying flat on. the stairs because their house was on an. incline so that they couldn't be seen. And they said that they were laying face. down on the concrete stairs for 20 to 30. minutes while they could hear combs and. the bodyguards just driving back and. forth looking for them. Carrie says, "I. didn't know what to do, so um I just.

wanted to stay there until everyone. calmed down." Another event, Carrie says. happened while they were on vacation. She just hears screaming. Can you talk. through the chain of events? What if. anything happened before the screams. happened? Cassie had gone to the. bathroom and then after a few minutes, Sean said she's taking too long. So, he. left me and I was just in the bar by. myself. And then a few minutes later, I. heard her screaming. And how would you. describe her scream? Like guttural. Like. terrifying. What did you do? So, I heard. her screaming. I went to the hallway.

The hallway was extremely long. And they. were coming out of the master bedroom. and he was dragging her by the hair on. the floor. And how far did you see him. drag her by the hair? I saw probably saw. like 10 ft. And then I ran back to get. my purse so that we had credit cards and. a phone and stuff. And when I came back. um they were outside so I didn't. actually see him drag her all the way. down the hall. Carrie says that she ran. and got her bag just in case they needed. to run away and she wanted to have money. and a phone. I saw him push her on the. ground and she hit her head on the.

brick. And how did you see Miss Ventura react. after she hit her head on the brick? She. didn't move. She fell on her side, so. she was like in a loose fetal position, I would say. Were her eyes closed or. open? Closed. Carrie says she thinks. that Cassie knocked out because she. didn't move for like 20 or 30 seconds. Sean and I were yelling at each other. And while we were arguing, she got up. and ran into like a wooded area. barefoot. What did you do? Um, I jumped. into a golf cart that was There was two. golf carts in the driveway in the circle.

driveway. I got in one, Sean went in the. other one. We went different ways. looking for her. Carrie ends up finding. her. She came running out of the woods. She got in my car. I turned the lights. off. We drove. I don't remember. We. parked the golf cart, but we ended up. hiding in a ditch again. They could hear. Shawn and his friend looking trying to. find them. So, they're hiding in what. feels like ours in this ditch. And. Cassie is crouched down with what she. describes as a really big bump on her. forehead. During this testimony, it's. interesting how much Combmes's body.

language resembles someone from the. press. Like he will [ __ ] his head to the. left, listen with his hand over his. notepad, and then once he hears. something that he thinks is of interest, he'll start jotting it down. Like that's. one thing all of us, the RM researchers. are writing down is like sometimes he. genuinely looks like a member of the. press found a way to sneak up there. The. way he like takes notes, the way he. [ __ ] his head to listen to certain. testimonies and then starts jotting down. notes. which I know is that doesn't mean. anything, but it's it's just I'm trying.

to paint the picture, I guess. Yeah, cuz. even the way that the other attorneys. jot notes, I wouldn't necessarily say. they look like a member of the press. jotting down notes. Sometimes they look. more serious, sometimes they look a lot. more casual. During those times you saw. violence, did you ever see fighting. back? Um, eventually. Yeah. Can you. describe what you saw from her? I don't. remember, but I know she started. fighting back. So throughout this trial, prior to this, we just had the. Intercontinental Hotel footage, right? Then during the trial, we find out that.

there was a male escort in the hotel. room during the day that this all. happened. This was during a freakoff. Then we find out that when she gets. home, when Cassie gets home from the. Intercontinental Hotel, Carrie Morgan is. there. Mhm. So she walks in through the. apartment door, quote, she had her. hoodie completely covering her face and. she kind of like slumped down. She. dropped her bags and she didn't say. anything. She was just standing there. When she pulled her hoodie back, she had. a black eye. Then 30 minutes later, Shawn Combmes comes to the door. And. they know this because he starts hitting. the door with a hammer trying to bust it.

open. How did you know this, Mr. Combmes? He was yelling. I could hear. him. There was a peepphole that we could. see through. She even says that she sees. the actual hammer that he's trying to. burst through the door with. Meanwhile, Cassie is just fully numb. That's how. Carrie describes her after the. Intercontinental Hotel incident. She was. just sitting on the couch. She wasn't. doing anything. She wasn't I was. freaking out and she was just like she. didn't care if he came in and killed. her. She was just like wow. I think. other parts of Car's testimony that some.

jurors looked locked in. Um other jurors. they looked kind of bored like they were. falling asleep but at this part it felt. like all of them were taking notes. Carrie doesn't really remember who but. somebody called the police and the only. thing is they asked Cassie for her ID. and she wouldn't give it to them. She. wouldn't tell them her name and. eventually they left. She says the whole. relationship was very toxic. I wanted. her to do what she wanted to do, but. sometimes I would tell her that she. could leave. Cassie would tell Carrie,

"No, I can't because my job, my car, my. apartment, he controls everything. She. would lose her entire livelihood." Not. only that, Carrie mentions that she was. the only friend really in Cassie's life. at the time. All of her other friends. were all employees of Shawn Combmes. And. the thing that she noticed is every time. Cassie talks to them, she's more adamant. than before that she's going to stick it. out, if you. will. She didn't want to leave after. spending time with associates of Mr. Combmes. She would see some people that. you could tell that they were convincing. her that it's okay. But the incident.

that ruins their nearly two decade. friendship is Carrie and Cassie are in. Cassy's house in the Hollywood Hills. They're listening to music. This is in. 2018. Cassie is using the restroom when. Shawn just comes into the house. Carrie. says, "I guess he had a key and she. didn't know." So, she was in the. bathroom. She saw him come in and she. locked herself in the bathroom and I was. in the living room and he came up behind. me and choked me. And then when I got. away, he boomeranged a wooden hanger on. my head. What? How did he choke you? I'm.

not sure, but I had finger marks on my. neck. So, what type of hanger did he hit. you with? A wooden coat hanger. In what. part of your body did the hanger hit you. with behind my right ear? Without. telling me Mr. Combmes's specific words, what did he express concerns about when. he hit you with? Who Cassie was cheating. on him with at the time? Did you know. what he was talking about? I had no. idea. Carrie is trying to flee the. apartment. She ends up seeing Combmes's. old assistant, Ryan, and she's telling. him he's going crazy, like he's lost it.

Ryan doesn't really do anything, just. kind of shrugs. Carrie walks away. concussed from the wooden hanger. She's. dizzy, throwing up. up. She has to go to. urgent care. And this is the point where. she's just over it. She gets an. attorney. She plans on filing a lawsuit, but she doesn't. Instead, she meets up. with Cassie at a pizza place in West. Hollywood. Cassie offers her $30,000 to. sign an NDA and not file a lawsuit. What. did Cassie say when she told you about. the money? She told me that she thought. I was milking it, that I was. overexaggerating, and da da da. But she.

signs the NDA without even really. reading it. There's no lawyers present. She gets the 30,000. This is the last. time she's ever spoken to Cassie. This. is where the friendship completely ends. She hasn't spoken to Comb since the. wooden hanger projectile was flung at. her head. Now, one very interesting. thing to note is that during Carrie. Morgan's entire direct, I keep writing. in my notes, she like does not want to. be here. And I think even the way she. answers, yes, she's answering the. questions, but she's not I don't think. she even wants to be. I don't think she. should be, but she there she's just very.

this is what happened. I'm ready to. leave. Like that's the tone that. everything was. But when Mark Agnifil. takes the cross- examination for the. defense, the best way our team could. describe it collectively is he is. incredible at disarming the witness. He's so good at building trust and. rapport. Not even just with the witness, but with the jurors, too. He will make. strategic jokes. At least in hindsight, they feel strategic. You grew up in. Buffalo, you said. Yes. Came to New York. for the vastly improved weather. And all. the New Yorker jurors are laughing.

because it's been so cold and windy and. like the weather has been honestly. heinous going to the courthouse. All the. jurors are smiling and they can clearly. relate. He also hates using the. microphone. Agnif I've noticed. And I've. always wondered if he is literally just. an old teddy bear dad or if this is. strategic because it comes off more. approachable and just like oh clueless. me. Where's the microphone? Margno is so good at disarming Carrie. She starts opening up. She's way more. receptive to his questions. She seems.

way more engaged than she was during her. direct. During her direct, Yeah. she. answered just enough to show, hey, I. answered your questions during the. cross. She's giving out more. information. Really? Yeah. And another. side note is West Morland and Agnif are. great at addressing the members of the. jury. The prosecutors, I feel like they. do say things like, "Could you explain. to the jurors? Could you explain to the. jury?" But they kind of act like the. jurors don't exist. Is the vibe. Mhm. I'm sure if I pour through the. transcripts all over again, just.

specifically searching for the parts. that they address the jury, I will find. it. But it's done in a way that feels so. minimal or non-existent. But Mark, even. though for the witness, he acknowledges. Carrie Morgan was subpoenaed. You don't. want to be here. Like he tells her that. he's going to do his best so that she. can get out of here. With the jury, he's. always like, "Wait, I'm confused." Also, maybe the jurors are confused. So, could. you explain it for us? like it's very. like he doesn't say those exact words, but he doesn't make it seem like. invisible force field. They're just.

watching like the press in the public. She he knows exactly what he's here to. do, which is convince the jurors. Yeah. Even Nicole West Morland is like, you. know, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, could you explain to the ladies and. gentlemen of the jury? So, it feels very. like a three-way conversation almost. instead of like, I'm invisible and. you're just acting like I'm not here. type of feeling. Carrie mentions in the. cross- examination that Cassie was. probably jealous of Kim Porter. She was. jealous because she could never go to. the New Year's Eve parties. Also, a.

bunch of celebrities get name dropped in. the cross-examination. In one giant. group picture, Kiki Palmer is in the. picture, so her name comes up. But. again, there's no sinister context, just. she happens to be in this massive group. picture with like a dozen other people. Mark is trying to prove that Combmes had. helped set Cassie up with other artists. for collaborations that were much larger. than her, aka trying to help her career. He casually just throws out in the. middle of the cross. I think you said. Lil Wayne. Carrie Morgan is like, I. didn't say that. You didn't? No. Sorry.

Do you know if that's true that she. worked with Lil Wayne? Yeah. Not that I. can't. That's fine. That's fine. Do you. remember any other artists that Miss. Ventura did work with? And at that. moment, I was like, I feel like he did. that on purpose because nobody heard Lil. Wayne unless he's maybe he's looking at. um the meeting notes from Carrie Morgan. and the government, but then he would. have pulled it up. I don't know. It was. just so bizarre. No, I can see it. I can. see him just like like Yeah. Eminem like. just throwing names out there to Wow.

Wow. Wow. That's fine. That's fine. Do. you remember any other artists that Miss. Ventura did work with? Yeah. French. Montana. Fabulous. Too short. I'm sure. I'm missing a bunch, but she did a. mixtape that had a features on every. song. But probably the biggest part of. the cross was that Carrie Morgan says. when the hanger incident happens, Sean. Combmes was wondering who Cassie was. cheating with. And she said, "I have no. idea who she was cheating with at that. time." But it turns out she was cheating. on him with somebody. Yes. Okay. And at. that time, at that moment, you didn't.

know who it was. I had no idea she was. cheating on him. So, it's kind of. unclear whether or not Cassie was. cheating or not. Not that it would in. any way absolve anyone the guilt of. giving a friend a concussion, but it's. unclear. It just in the cross it made it. seem like perhaps perhaps she was. cheating, which I don't know. It just it. did kind of feel like a aha moment when. she said that. Wait, so wasn't Diddy. always had multiple girlfriends? Like I. guess the the picture that the defense. are trying to paint is it was like a.

two-way toxic relationship. Oh, okay. Now, the cross ends and the redirect. The main focus of the prosecutor is that. Combmes was violent. And he was not just. violent when he was jealous and accused. Cassie of cheating. Like the defense is. trying to make it appear, but he was. violent for all things. They asked. Carrie why Combmes was attacking Cassie. during the vacation and she said that. she was taking too long in the bathroom. One very interesting moment, Mark Agnif. tells Carrie Morgan that she has to. speak or say yes or no into the mic.

rather than shake her head because the. court reporter is only taking down a. spoken word. Do me a favor. If you don't. say yes, he will hit me. Talking about. the court reporter that's sitting right. in front of her. I just thought it was. an interesting choice of words. I don't. know if it's strategic, could be, could. be not. Even when he asks about the NDA. signing and the $30,000 exchanged at the. pizza place for the wooden coat hanger. incident, Mark asks if there were any. lawyers present and he comments cuz she. says no. He comments which is probably. why the exchange got done. Withdrawn. withdrawn. So he's like making fun.

attorneys and making fun at the. situation of like come on guys, you. can't be doing these things without. attorneys. Everyone was giggling. The. press were giggling. The public was. giggling. The jurors were giggling. It. was very interesting. And at the start. of the case, which feels like three. years ago, but this was basically like a. week ago, right? Michael B. Jordan was. all over the news because he was listed. on the people and places list for jury. selection. It was said that Cassie and. Michael B. Jordan dated briefly, which. was confirmed by Cassie and now by. Carrie Morgan. Carrie admits that.

Combmes was jealous of Michael B. Jordan. Because while Cassie was in. South Africa to shoot a movie, she was. not dating Shawn Combmes. She was in the. midst of talking to Michael B. Jordan. Now, in terms of the relationship, Carrie said she didn't really ever meet. him or know anything about him, but she. just knew that Shawn Combmes was jealous. of him. Now, this is where it gets. strange. We go from Michael B. Jordan. because he's brought up in this. testimony. And then I go home, I go. online after court, and everyone's like, "Steve Harvey." And I'm like, "What's. happening?" Everyone on the internet are. making quote Steve Harvey and the.

Diddler jokes. That's not me making the. joke. That's the internet making that. joke. the public timeline of what we. kind of know and we've briefly went over. this in our four-part series. There were. sources in 2018 that stated and. suggested rather that Lorie Harvey and. Justin Combmes Combmes's second son with. Misa Hilton were dating. The next year. in 2019, Lorie Harvey was linked. romantically with Shawn Combmes, Justin. Combmes's dad. They were photographic in. Italy with Steve Harvey and Marjorie. Harvey, Steve's wife. Their relationship. seems a little bit more confirmed but.

unconfirmed. like they seemed like. there's pictures of her kind of with her. arm around him. It seems like they had. some sort of close friendship or. relationship. Lorie Harvey has come out. to categorically deny the allegations, stating that she never dated son and. father. So, it seems like perhaps maybe. she only dated Shawn Combmes and not. Justin Combmes. But the next year in. 2020, she starts dating Michael B. Jordan in a very public relationship. that is confirmed by both of them. That's how people connect all of this.

Now, some people are stating that Shawn. Combmes dated Lorie Harvey to get. revenge on Michael B. Jordan for dating. Cassie, but the timeline doesn't add up. because Lorie Harvey started dating. Michael B. Jordan after she was pictured. with Shan Combmes. Others say that the. vacation to Italy between Combmes and. Lorie was not for Combmes and Lorie. It. was for Combmes and Steam Harvey because. they were secretly dating, which I tried. to find some actual substance to that. It's just a bunch of internet rumors so. far as well as a lot of AI generated. content. However, Steve Harvey does make.

what I think a normal person would. consider, rightfully consider an. alarming amount of baby oil jokes. With. one segment on his show, someone asks. him for tips. This cute little. middle-aged lady asks, "My husband and I. watch the show." He often takes your. advice and well, recently I was in the. room laying down. He came in there and. he squirted cold baby oil on my back. It. was very cold. It was ice cold. And. whatever mood I was in, I wasn't in it. anymore. And neither was he. So, Steve, you give good romantic tips. Can you.

share some techniques? Steve says, "Player came in here with that cold ass. baby oil." Listen to me. I talk about. baby oil all the time because it's a. specialty. You got to be a baby oil. professional. You need to microwave this. baby oil before you come in there. Now, most people don't have a microwave in. their bedroom. I've installed one. because I need hot baby oil at handy. Now, you don't want to put no microwave. in your bedroom. Here's a couple of. lowbudget ways to accomplish it. Run a. sink full of hot water and just lay the. bottle of baby oil in there for about 15. minutes. Turn it. Let it heat up like.

that. Oh my god. Don't ever, ever not. include baby oil in your love life. You. are missing one of the greatest. inventions. Baby oil ain't really for. babies. It's for your damn baby. In. another episode, he's going over. someone's vacation packing list where he. says he's reading it. Three bottles of. baby oil. Whoa. Whoa. My all-time. favorite. Got to have that baby oil, baby. My alltime favorite, baby. Three. bottles of baby oil. Wait, when was. this? Is this before the whole diddy. baby oil thing? Oh, this is before the.

the baby oil diddy situation came up. Yeah. Oh, okay. So, he's just been like. a baby oil lover. I see. Which a lot of. people are. A lot of people use it. It's. not unheard of. It's pretty common from. what I can see for intimate situations, but I guess you don't really hear Yeah. Not like 50 bottles like Yeah. and you. don't really hear people like talk about. it on TV with such enthusiasm of like. greatest invention. In another segment, he's giving advice to a pastor and his. wife who have been married for 32 years.

I'm just going to keep it real with you. Y'all have been having bowling night and. pizza night. And like that, just throw. baby oil in there, pastor. It ain't. nothing simple about throwing some baby. oil in there. I'm telling you, baby oil, it just goes with everything. You can. get baby oil on pizza. I done got it on. pizza. Before you taste it, you can't. even hardly taste it. I had baby oil all. around my mouth before. I don't even. know what's on there. I'm just a baby. oil type of night. It's just baby oil. Praise the Lord. Baby oil. Praise the.

Lord. Baby oil. Yeah. So, that's why Steve's Harvey's. Instagram comments are now filled with. baby oil comments and memes, but there. doesn't seem to be an actual direct. link. But back to the cross-examination. with Carrie Morgan. Mark Agnif moves to. admit defense exhibit 1620, which is a. text message from Carrie Morgan to Shawn. Combmes and is a poem, which the. prosecutors object. But Mark argues the. reason that the poem can be admitted. into evidence is quote, "I've never. known a poem offered for its truth.".

He's basically saying, "No one's going. to think that this poem is definitive. truth. So that's why it should be. admitted. It is admitted." And the poem. reads condensed, "Deep at the center of. my being, there's an infinite well of. love. I now allow this love to flow to. the surface. It fills my heart, my. consciousness. The more love I use and. give, the more I have to give. The. supply is endless. It's like a self-love. poem. And Mark is just pointing out that. Carrie sent it to Shawn. So, he's. telling the jurors that Shawn and Cassie.

had friends all around them from both. sides that wanted them to work out. unrelated to the case. Well, semi, but. there's this really sad moment where. Mark asks, "For 17 years, you guys were. best friends, and you haven't spoken to. her since." No. I'm trying to understand. this at the sake of being Captain. Obvious. It's May 2025. You have not. spoken to Cassie in what, almost 7. years. Yes. In that period of time, she. left Shawn Comb 6 and 1/2 years ago. The. reason I stopped speaking to her was. because she was not supportive of me.

after that incident. It all comes back. to what you said on Direct. Tell me if. I'm right where she said that you were. overreacting about that wooden hanger. Yes. And that ended the 17-year-old. friendships. From what I understand, I. draw my line of physical abuse. She also. has not reached out to me. I don't know. why she doesn't reach out to me. So, I'm. sure she doesn't have the same phone. number anymore also. And there's this. other part where she's asked about if a. text message was sent around Cassie's. birthday, and she's like, "Yes." And she.

lists Cassie's birthday. like she still. remembers Cassie's birthday to this day. It's just kind of sad. It feels very. strange. It's like a very weird feeling. And then when she walks off the stand, she goes to the friend that she came. with that's sitting right in front of. us. As she's walking down the aisle, she. just smiles happily at her friend and. says, "Let's go." And they just walk out. the courtroom together. And that is the testimony of Don. Rashard, Carrie Morgan, and the new.

lawsuit filed against Shawn Combmes. Coming next, we're going to be going. through Kid Cuy's testimony. I've been. trying to save that one because. Capricorn Clark is testifying and she's. heavily involved with the Kid Cuddy. situation of the blowing up of the car, the breaking into the house. So, I. thought it might be cleaner cut to. combine those as well as potential. witness tampering. New hiring of. attorneys that has been happening. Also, where is Gina has been a question that. has been more or less spoken out in.

court by attorneys. So that's going to. be a whole different I mean I'm trying. to move some of these testimonies around. because the government they call. witnesses based on schedules and then. sometimes it's like there will be an HSI. agent that's testifying and then all of. a sudden it's someone that's a friend. and it just feels it would just be like. and then and then and then it doesn't. like it's not coherently coming. together. So I'm trying to group them in. a way where it's like here's what the. government is trying to prove. These are. the witnesses. These are the crosses.

So, all of that will be coming up as. well as the eye drops that have drugs in. them. That's a whole thing. So, stay. tuned and I will see you in the next. one. [Music].