David James: I didn't smoke when working, with Mr. Combs.
Agnifilo: But he caught you smoking once?
David James: I thought he was in for the light. I lit up; he came out. He said, What are you doing. I said, nothing.
David James: He said, If you're man enough to smoke, you're man enough to tell me. I said, OK, I'm smoking. He said if I did it again he'd fire me.
Combs' Agnifilo: How about when you picked up two prostitutes and had s***with one?
AUSA: Objection! 403!
Y'all think they gonna call up Scott/Cudi at some point in this case???
yea but probably for literally like 5 minutes just to confirm a few questions
David James: He said, If you're man enough to smoke, you're man enough to tell me. I said, OK, I'm smoking. He said if I did it again he'd fire me.
Combs' Agnifilo: How about when you picked up two prostitutes and had s***with one?
AUSA: Objection! 403!
lmao
David James: He said, If you're man enough to smoke, you're man enough to tell me. I said, OK, I'm smoking. He said if I did it again he'd fire me.
Combs' Agnifilo: How about when you picked up two prostitutes and had s***with one?
AUSA: Objection! 403!
Judge: Overruled.
David James: She asked for $200. I called Bonds, and asked, what the hell. She asked to take a shower. I said, that's $200
[laughter]
Combs' Agnifilo: On that note, no further questions
Judge: Re-direct?
AUSA Slavik: What about the incident in Alpine, New Jersey?
David James: To file a police report and say that Chef Jourdan had been the aggressor. But I didn't file it. I drove around and told him I'd made the report.
AUSA: What have we asked you to do?
David James: Tell the truth.
AUSA: Nothing further.
Re-cross
Combs' Agnifilo: You lied to Mr. Combs about filing the police report?
David James: Yes
Agnfilo: Nothing further. Could we have a break?
for anyone who is interested in more information on the daily testimonies, check out nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/sean-diddy-combs-trial-testimony-live-updates-rcna207378
this innercitypress guy isn't reporting everything
for example, david james has been crying throughout his testimony but it isn't added in his notes
AUSA Slavik: Did you ever take Ecstasy?
David James: Yes. I was drinking Ciroc, I took Ecstasy, I was Diddy-bopping
AUSA: What do you mean?
David James: I was vibing.
AUSA: Did you speak with Mr. Combs about it?
David James: He was reviewing footage of the party
Nigga's a d***. Lol
[They've back]
Judge: Jurors, I'm going to try to get the temperature turned up in here. I'm told it's complicated. But I'm freezing right along with you
[some laughter]
AUSA: The Government calls Regina Ventura
AUSA: Where do you live?
Regina Ventura: New London, Connecticut.
AUSA: How many children do you have?
Regina Ventura: Two, Rodrick and Casandra.
AUSA: Who is this?
Regina Ventura: Sean Combs. He dated my daughter
AUSA: When did you meet Sean Combs?
Regina Ventura: 2006. My daughter signed with his Bad Boy Records. He was her boss. Then they started dating. They moved to LA.
AUSA: Read this message from December 2011. Regina Ventura: Casandra wrote to me
Regina Ventura: She said Sean Combs threatened to release a s***tape and go after her and Mr. Mescudi.
AUSA: How did you react?
Regina Ventura: It made me sick. Sean Combs demanded $20,000, he said to recoup losses due to Mr. Mescudi, from my husband and myself
AUSA: Why did you take a loan to pay Sean Combs?
Regina Ventura: For the safety of my daughter.
AUSA: Look in the binder next to you.
Regina Ventura: These are the photos I took of my daughter's bruises, from Sean Combs.
AUSA: Do you know Mia?
Regina Ventura: She was an employee of Sean Combs.
AUSA: What happened?
Regina Ventura: We were in his kitchen, laughing - Sean asked her why she was laughing. She stopped and looked plane
AUSA: Now to August 2016, we're done with the binder
AUSA: While in LA, did you call the police?
Regina Ventura: Yes. Sean Combs stole Cassie's, Casandra's, phone. They had a bitter argument outside her apartment building. She lived on the 17th floor. They argued at the roundabout.
AUSA: Who else was there?
Regina Ventura: D-Roc.
AUSA: Is Damian Butler his government name?
Regina Ventura: He was standing between us. I tried to hit him. Sean Combs took Casandra's car, a Jaguar.
AUSA: No further questions
Judge: Cross
Defense: No questions
Regina Ventura: She said Sean Combs threatened to release a s***tape and go after her and Mr. Mescudi.
AUSA: How did you react?
Regina Ventura: It made me sick. Sean Combs demanded $20,000, he said to recoup losses due to Mr. Mescudi, from my husband and myself
More context and details:
Regina Ventura, Cassie Ventura’s mother, testified that her daughter emailed her in December 2011 to say Diddy was threatening to release explicit s***tapes of Cassie.
The email said, according to Regina Ventura: “The threats that have been made towards me by Diddy are that are that he is going to release 2 explicit s***tapes of me.
One on Christmas Day, maybe before or right after and another one some time soon after that.
He has also said that he will be having someone hurt me and Scott Mescudi physically (he made a point that it wouldn’t be by his hands, he actually said he’d be out of the country when it happened).”
Regina Ventura said she felt physically “physically sick” when she read the email.
The message was sent under an alias “Veronica Bang,” the mother said.
The email also was sent to one of Diddy’s employees, Regina Ventura said.
“I did not understand a lot of it. The s***tapes threw me.
I did not know the other person, but knew that he was going to try to hurt my daughter,” Regina Ventura said.