Combs' Steel: This 2019 message?
Mia: I wrote, I had a nightmare I was being chased by R.Kelly & you saved me
Steel: The person you say raped you saved you?
Objection
Judge: Need to rephase
Steel: Here what did you write?
Mia: Sending you all the love in the world
Combs' Steel: You were not in his grip anymore.
Mia: It's psychological-
Steel: Why do you keep referring to psychology? Why did you do this? Kim Porter's tragic death was five months before. Why were you reaching out to Mr. Combs?
Mia: 5 months is not a lot
Combs' Steel: What didn't you understand that Mr. Combs was brutal to you, how did you write this?
AUSA: Objection! Argumentative!
Judge: Mr. Steel, let's have a very brief sidebar
Sidebar
[They've back]
Combs' Steel: Now May 14, 2020 and you texted to Mr. Combs, what?
Mia: My heart is broken about Dre, in my spirituality I know that when people are done with the physical world, it's that they have completed their mission... I love you
Combs' Steel: What's this about?
Mia: He auditioned for the James Brown part that Chad Boseman got. I told Puff I'd email him videos of his audition.
Steel: You carried about a video camera?
Mia: He required me to do it, pre iPhone, I was required
Combs' Steel: Do you have any footage of Mr. Combs berating you?
AUSA Smyser: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Mia: I would not have been allowed to record that.
Steel: Do you have anything about Mr. Combs berating you?
Mia: It would have violated confidentiality
Combs' Steel: You have no text messages -
Mia: They should me one on direct.
Steel: Showing what?
Mia: Puff saying f*ck it, let's go to war.
Steel: Nothing else?
Mia: Only reaching out to other people in the office, things others had seen.
Combs' Steel: What did you write here?
Mia: I wrote, We had so many funny memories, OMGGG.
Steel: Anything in your phone about being brutalized by Mr. Combs?
Mia: I don't think so...
Steel: How would we find out?
AUSA Smyser: Objection!
Judge: Sustained.
Combs' Steel: Mia, didn't you have time away from Mr. Combs to write, today he sexually assaulted me?
Mia: I did not have time, and would not have written that
Steel: August 29, 2020, he wrote to you, Glad you're well, Love. Please send me the footage, for the doc
Combs' Steel: Mr. Combs let you go from your employment?
Mia: I don't know why. It was confusing. I was called back.
Steel: Here he says, He'll only remember the good times.
Mia: Yes.
Combs' Steel: It's 2020. The MeToo movement is strong for 2 years. You could say, I remember the bad times, right?
Mia: I would never have said that.
Steel: Because it's not true.
AUSA Smyser: Objection!
Judge: Overruled.
Steel: You wrote what?
Mia: Love you too!
Mia: I wrote, So many crazy things, like Mick Jagger trying to take me home... And that baccarat game, my pink bedazzled iPhone. There're trillions of stories. Of course I'll send to you. I was bamboozled by Heather. Remember the scrapbook I made you. I've got you
Combs' Steel: Why didn't you write, You bamboozled me?
Mia: Because I was brainwashed.
Steel: By whom?
Mia: Puff.
Steel: How did he bamboozle you with a part of his body in your without your consent?
AUSA Smyser: Objection!
Judge: Sustained
Combs' Steel: What does brainwashing mean?
Mia: The highs were really high and the lows were really low. I was punished whenever Puff was violent, making me believe I had done something wrong. He was praised by the public.
Combs' Steel: You were aware of the MeToo movement, no outcry out of you, why?
Mia: He said he was going to tell Cassie what happened, I internalized blame & shame.
Steel: Who threatened to tell Ms Ventura about Mr Combs supposedly sexually assaulting you?
Mia: Puff
Combs' Steel: Why didn't you respond, Great, let's tell everyone what you did to me?
AUSA: Objection!
Judge: Sustained. Let's move on.
Steel: You said you have a moral obligation to speak up?
Mia: Now I do.
Steel: Why not in 2017?
Mia: I was brainwashed
Combs' Steel: When did you first say, Me Too?
Mia: When I first saw him being held responsible. Now I have therapy -
Steel: Mr. Combs wrote, I gotta find that, you got a copy - what does it refer to?
Mia: I think he means the James Brown video
Steel: Scrapbook
Mia: I wrote, I think I have PDFs, I think I gave it to you for a b-day in your house on Mapleton. I customized that purple leather suit so you could walk not giving an F. If y'all can't find it, I will. But I didn't
Combs' Steel: You had a PDF?
Mia: I thought so
Combs' Steel: What did you write here?
Mia: My grandmom went into hospice, so I have to fly out, I have to miss your event here in my home town. C'est la vie. F*cking crush it and make history. Heart emoji.
Steel: Deepest sympathy for your grandmother
Mia: Thanks
Combs' Steel: What was this about?
Mia: There had been some terrible event with the police, Pharrell organized an event to change the narrative of beach week, which I think is a college thing?
Steel: You wanted to see Mr. Combs.
Mia: I did not. I only said so.
if someone could be so kind and loop me in everything that's happened since last Tuesday
Combs' Steel: What was this about?
Mia: There had been some terrible event with the police, Pharrell organized an event to change the narrative of beach week, which I think is a college thing?
Steel: You wanted to see Mr. Combs.
Mia: I did not. I only said so.
Mia: My home town of Virginia Beach doesn't usually get this type of attention.
Combs' Steel: You're telling the jury you were scared of Mr. Combs, true?
Mia: True. I was scared of him when he was scary.
Steel: Listen to 1750, tell me if you recognize it.
Combs' Steel: Move to admit 1750 and 1750-R.
Judge: Ms. Smyser?
AUSA Smyser: We object. The proper basis for admission has not been established.
Judge: Let's have a sidebar
[Sidebar]