AUSA: Why did you sent this?
Mia: He told me to return. Then he told me to stay. I couldn't afford the change fees. I told him, CC says she really need me right now, but of course I'll do whatever you want. I love you.
AUSA: Who is CC?
Mia: Cass
AUSA: Why did you write that?
Mia: Because I worked for him. To him that's all that mattered.
AUSA: Why did you cc Ms. Khorram?
Mia: Because I needed an answer. I was in limbo.
AUSA: When you got back from South Africa, where did you work?
Mia: The office in LA
AUSA: Did you have less access to Mr. Combs?
Mia: Much less.
AUSA: Did it make you jobs easier or harder?
Mia: It made it almost impossible. I needed his OK for everything, but I couldn't get any responses from him.
AUSA: How did it make you feel?
Mia: Defeated
AUSA: Did you have less access to Mr. Combs?
Mia: Much less.
AUSA: Did it make you jobs easier or harder?
Mia: It made it almost impossible. I needed his OK for everything, but I couldn't get any responses from him.
AUSA: How did it make you feel?
Mia: Defeated
AUSA: What is this?
Mia: A note for HR to me.
AUSA: What was the date?
Mia: March 31, 2011. Judge: Ms. Smyser, can we take the document down? I think it needs... further redaction.
AUSA: What was happening?
Mia: I was suspended without pay.
AUSA: What had happened?
Mia: He came in and didn't see I have laid all the options out. He started ranting. I tried to point to the other options...
AUSA: Who was this with?
Mia: James Cruz. He worked for Puff in like a managerial role. He asked for tickets
Mia: I wrote back, Puff is currently firing me right now. He wrote back, LOL. I wrote back, No, seriously, Sad Face.
AUSA: What is this?
Mia: Email, D-Roc to me. March 25, 2011. AUSA: D-Roc asked, What happened?
Mia: I wrote, He went batshit crazy about his shirt
AUSA: Where was Puff?
Mia: With D-Roc going to the doctor and some other errands. I asked D-Roc to give me a heads up before they came back, so I could be out of the way.
AUSA: What did HR tell you?
Mia: Puff wanted me suspended without pay. And I was
AUSA: Mia, does this memo document the reasons you were suspended?
Mia: No, HR told me Puff said I was being insubordinate.
AUSA: Did you get other documents like this from HR?
Mia: Yes.
AUSA: How did they make you feel?
Mia: So sad. That I did something wrong
AUSA: Did you continue working for Mr. Combs?
Mia: Yes.
AUSA: Did you feel you could leave your job?
Mia: That wasn't a thought. I had tried to run away before and it didn't work.
AUSA: Did you feel you could get other jobs?
Mia: Oh, no. He would have made sure
Mia: I was scared of him.
AUSA: When did you try to run away from your job. New Years 2010 to 2011. Where were you?
Mia: St. Bart's.
AUSA: Who was there?
Mia: Me, Puff, Kim, the kids, some others.
AUSA: Where did you stay?
Mia: A yacht that Puff chartered
AUSA: What did Mr. Combs ask you to do?
Mia: To count the money in the safe. He yelled I was counting too slow. He chased me out and told me, you better learn to walk on water like Jesus, b*tch, get the f*ck out of here
AUSA: Who's job was it to count?
Mia: Security
Mia: I asked the crew to take me to land. But it was a hurricane or something. I hid on the third floor.
AUSA: Who spoke to you?
Mia: Kim. She tried to console me and said, Don't worry about it. I saw Puff coming toward me. I ran and hid in the crew cabin
AUSA: Did the crew take you to land in a tender boat?
Mia: Yes. But then they got a call I had to come back.
AUSA: Were you able to leave the country?
Mia: No. My passport was on the boat. Puff's staff had it
AUSA: Did you go back to the boat?
Mia: Yeah
Mia: I was told to get in the car, to go on the plane to Vegas with Puff.
AUSA: In the car could you hear Puff's call?
Mia: He was telling his chief of staff I needed to be suspended, making up a story. I didn't get to finish. He yelled, Shut the f*ck up
AUSA: You left Mr. Combs' companies in 2017?
Mia: Yes. I spoke with Brian Offutt. We were editing the Bad Boy documentary, I was producing that.
AUSA: What did Brian tell me?
Mia: That Mr. Combs wanted to end Revolt Films. The company was going away.
AUSA: How did you feel?
Mia: I think I saw snot coming out of my nose for a while. I was worried. I had been told Revolt Films was the only company that had made money that year.
AUSA: How did you feel?
Mia: That I had done something wrong.
AUSA: What did Brian Offutt say?
Mia: That they would work out severance. But it was the holidays.
AUSA: Did you speak to anyone else?
Mia: KK. I had a little bit of time to horrifically process what had happened. KK said, You're still working on the documentary
AUSA: Did you?
Mia: Yes. Until March or April.
AUSA: What did you do after it?
Mia: Cried myself to sleep. I ignored all the calls.
AUSA: Did you have conversations with Cassie after?
Mia: I could never tell who was with or without Puff. So I didn't respond.
Mia: KK said Puff couldn't believe I would go against him. I had gotten an employment attorney. KK said Puff couldn't believe it.
AUSA: Did you get paid?
Mia: After nine months my attorney proposed a mediation. They asked for, like, $10 million.
AUSA: Who came up with that figure?
Mia: My lawyers.
AUSA: Did you bring up the violent incidents?
Mia: A few of them. I feel that I was doing something horrible, I was breaking the idea of confidentiality, tellign secrets. I felt wrong and shameful
AUSA: Did you bring up the sexual assaults?
Mia: Oh, no. I was going to die with that.
AUSA: How much did you receive?
Mia: $200,000. My lawyers got that much too.
AUSA: What was it for?
Mia: Bonuses I hadn't been paid, and out of pocket.
AUSA: Would you return the money, to have this never have happened?
Combs' Brian Steel: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Mia: Oh absolutely.
AUSA: Do you have any other lawsuits against Mr. Combs?
Mia: No.