Teny Geragos: They remained in multi-year relationships with him.

These women were in love with him.

Infidelity and jealousy drove the violence.

Alcohol and d**** drove things. But he is not racketeer.

This case is about his relationships with Cassie and Jane.

Teny Geragos: You will hear about swinger parties.

They will testify about things that should never be heard in a Federal courtroom, that he liked to watch.

You may not like that.

But you are not here to judge him for his sexual preferences.

Teny Geragos: A wealthy rapper paid for these women's homes and vacations.

He is not charged with being flawed individual.

These women fought to be in a relationship with him.

Cassie, I expect you will hear from her this week about her 11 year relationship.

Teny Geragos: Combs with with Kim Porter, the mother of four of his children.

He continued with her until her death from pneumonia in 2018.

His fights with Cassie were about cheating.

It was a toxic relationship - they loved each other.

Teny Geragos: Cassie will tell you about the jealousy of Kim Porter, then Gina.

The day of the hotel hallway, jealousy was on display.

Violence by the elevator bank, ten years ago.

You will see it later today. What Combs did is indefensible.

Teny Geragos: The video is not evidence of s***trafficking.

Cassie walked out of the hotel room with two bags.

Combs comes down wearing only a towel.

He stomps her and drags her by her hoodie.

He comes back around - to get a phone.

Teny Geragos: What causes a fight about a phone?

Phones keep the secrets of infidelity.

As soon as he gets the phone, he sits down.

He's visibly disgusted.

Cassie calls security. You will hear from him later today.

The guard tells him to leave the public area.

Teny Geragos: You will see Cassie telling him to get back to the hotel room.

They stay together two more years after this incident.

Even into 2018 they are fighting to stay together.

She saw a photo of Combs with Gina, he started with her in 2014.

Teny Geragos: Cassie had a choice every single today to stay with him.

That was her better choice.

Until she broke up with him. She was not coerced.

When she left there were no repercussions.

She ran into the arms of a physical trainer Combs had hired to train her.

Teny Geragos: The only freak offs you will see at this trial were on HER phone, not his.

In November of 2018 Kim Porter passes away from pneumonia.

Cassie did everything to be there for him.

She flew to Georgia. Amidst a break up, she flew to be with him.

Teny Geragos: Combs said, Kim was my soulmate.

The end of the relationship between Combs and Cassie was triggered by that.

Cassie realized all the things she would not be.

She wanted to be Combs' wife the love of his life.

She spent 11 year trying to get that.

Teny Geragos: Cassie married the trainer and is pregnant with her third trial.

Evaluate Combs' intent at the time, for those 11 years.

The messages will show she was a willing participant in their s***life.

Cassie's testimony this week can't change that.

Teny Geragos: In 2020 with Jane, Combs was more upfront. He told her he was dating other women.

She was still jealous. Jane wanted it public.

He proposed a consensual threesome.

They went to a private hotel. I expect her to say she enjoyed it.

Teny Geragos: Jane was desperate to be with him, to give him things others couldn't.

She tried to make it more than sexual - I'm not sure how she will put it.

But it always came back to parties in the hotel rooms.

This was their time together.

So two victims

Cassie and Jane (former partner)
and some escorts

Make up all of the witnesses?

Teny Geragos: Jane did it for the cuddle.

She wanted to make him happy. She was unable to resist him emotionally.

There was a phone call in November 2023, even after it, she flew out to see him many more times.

It was toxic, but she was willing.

Teny Geragos: Being a willing participant in your s***life is not s***trafficking.

If she'd walked away she would have lost him.

You will see her jealousy.

She would see him on social media with another woman and she would sent messages of regret- it's not coerced.

Teny Geragos: She was driven to try to be in first place.

This was the way to try to get there.

That is not a crime.

There was night a year ago when Jane hit Combs.

It was borne out of jealousy. He hit her back.

She was overcome by jealousy. She slammed his head.

Teny Geragos: She slammed his head onto her kitchen counter.

Months later she flew to see him and invited an escort, she will call it one of her best nights, a wild king night, whatever you want to call it.

This will be hard to watch- they are in one word intimate.

There was suppose to be a 3rd main witness but it looks like she backed out.

The prosecution can't find her.

Teny Geragos: The Government told you about someone named Mia.

Why are they making these allegations now?

You will conclude that everyone has a motive.

With Mia, she never said it before, nor when she first started cooperating with the Government.

Teny Geragos: If this was so hostile, why did they not call the police?

They are vindictive.

Their motive is simple: money.

Cassie filed a public lawsuit in November 2023.

She was living in her parents' modest home in Connecticut.

She went to a civil lawyer.

Teny Geragos: The civil lawyer is here today.

They went to civil lawyers to make a money grab.

Cassie demanded $30 million.

Another asked for $22 million. How many millions of reasons do these witnesses have to lie?

The evidence will not make out the charges.

Teny Geragos: On bribery, this is about the Inter Continental Hotel.

He paid a security guard to make the footage go away.

This was solely to prevent bad publicity for Combs and for Cassie.

There was no law enforcement investigation.

A king night is hilarious