Diddy trial live: Ex-employee to reveal ‘secrets’ and details of alleged abuse

The defense has suggested that some of Deonte Nash’s testimony doesn’t match what he told prosecutors in pre-trial interviews, CNN reports.

Nash has testified several times that he didn’t give many details to prosecutors before the trial and that he wants no involvement in this case. Yesterday, he even testified that he did not want to be in court.

Yesterday, stylist Deonte Nash testified that Sean “Diddy” Combs threatened to release explicit footage of Cassie Ventura and send the videos to her parents’ jobs to get them fired.

Nash said he tried to comfort Ventura by assuring her that Combs was in the videos, too. Ventura then told Nash that Combs filmed the videos, which showed her having sex with other men, he testified.

Today, Nash told Combs’s defense attorneys that the incident marked the first time he learned that Ventura was having sex with other men despite their close friendship.

Stylist Deonte Nash said Cassie Ventura was concerned about how Sean “Diddy” Combs might affect her career by “running around with other women.”

Nash testified that Combs contacted him and Ventura when he discovered she was dating actor Michael B. Jordan.

Nash said earlier that he set up Ventura and Jordan.

Deonte Nash told the court he set Cassie Ventura up with actor Michael B. Jordan.

Nash offered the information unprompted, telling Sean “Diddy” Combs’s defense attorney, “I know where we’re going with this. He fine, she fine. I mean, why not?”

Judge Arun Subramanian told Nash to wait for attorneys to finish their questions before offering information.

Stylist Deonte Nash says he was told by Sean “Diddy” Combs’s staff that he and Cassie Ventura broke up before she started dating Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi in late 2011.

Much of the testimony so far has centered around allegations of what Combs did after discovering their relationship. Mescudi alleges Combs broke into his home in December 2011.

Mescudi’s Porsche was bombed just weeks later. The rapper testified he knew Combs had something to do with the bombing. But Mescudi says Combs denied any involvement when confronted.

Judge Arun Subramanian has banned courtroom sketches of Mia, a former employee who allegedly faced abuse from Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Mia, who is going by a pseudonym, is set to testify later today.

The 12th day of Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex trafficking trial has begun.

Stylist Deonte Nash has returned to the witness stand to finish testifying.

Sean Combs is back at Manhattan federal court wearing a sweater and a white shirt.

Today’s hearing is running about 10 minutes behind schedule, according to the Washington Post.

Judge Arun Subramanian, who is now on the bench, denied the prosecution’s request to cut the video feed to the overflow room while Mia, Combs’ former assistant and alleged victim, delivers testimony.

Instead, the prosecutor asked for just the audio feed to remain on, which the judge refused, according to CNN.

Judge Subramanian stated that those in the overflow room would be in the main courtroom if there was space.

As Judge Arun Subramanian hopes to keep the trial rolling along at a brisk pace, the defense has argued that an inability to visit Sean Combs in jail after 7 p.m. may slow down proceedings.

Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo made a plea to the court, asking permission to meet with Combs until 10 p.m. He argued that the current curfew means that the defense has to spend more time debating strategy without Combs, slowing up trial preparations.

“We just need more access to Mr. Combs” Agnifilo told the court Wednesday.

Judge Subramanian said he would call the jail to see if arrangements could be made.

The defense previously requested last week to have additional videoconferencing time with Combs from his jail after stating he was “out of minutes.” Prosecutors said they would call the Bureau of Prisons and ask on Subramanian’s behalf, after the judge expressed that he had had no luck with the agency.