AUSA: Did you give Mr. Combs $5000 cash in another contexts?
Brendan Paul: No.
AUSA: You said you wouldn't work for a criminal, but you bought d**** for Mr. Combs?
Paul: Yes. More than five times, less than ten.

AUSA: How do you feel about Mr. Combs?
Brendan Paul: It's complicated.
AUSA: No further questions.
Combs' Steel: No re-cross
Judge: Thank you, you may go, Mr. Paul.
[Brendan Paul leaves]

Judge: Government may call its next witness.
AUSA: First, some exhibits
[reading texts between Combs and KK 4/25/23]
Combs: I can't take it no more, album not done
KK: You can have release after the studio, we control our energy.
Combs: Whatever. Get me Frank.

Objection!

AUSA: Play the audio message by Mr. Combs
Combs' voice: Have Jonathan do it.
AUSA: Ms. Khorram replies, Jon will go to hotel.
AUSA: We have a bit more, then we request a break.
Judge: OK
[A message is shown on screen involving Veronica Bangs, then taken down]

AUSA (reading) Ms Ventura says, you bashed my head in. Combs says, You're crazy, stop talking, flipping on me for what? We're taking a break? Ms. Ventura: I don't want to be beaten down for standing up, or ever.
Combs: I try to figure out how to get this nut out

AUSA (still reading, no witness on the stand) Ms. Ventura: All I wanted was to have a good time and you took all your anger out on me as per usual. You drag me down the hall by my hair. This is not play fighting anymore. I was serious about Rita coming over

AUSA (reading) Boris had to tackle you, Puff. That's not love, that's possession. I have bleeding cuts.
From Combs to Ms. Ventura: I'm not going to let someone sh*t on my when all I've done it be nice. You don't treat me like the king. You was acting like a b*tch

AUSA (reading) From Ms. Ventura to Mr. Combs: Talk to your people and they'll tell you. Or they won't, since all they do is s*ck you. I asked to have my record come out, after a million years.
Combs' Geragos: I would like to read other portions of those exhibits

AUSA Johnson: May I confer with Ms. Geragos?
Judge: Of course.
Combs' Geragos: We need a break.
Judge: OK
[break]

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[With jury out]
Combs' Geragos: We want to read in the next page, Ms. Ventura saying I love our FOs when we both want them.
Judge: There are in evidence but for some reason we are just reading these to the jury. There was no objection by the defense.

Combs' Geragos: This leaves a prejudicial impression with the jury.
Judge: What's your basis for what you want to do?
Geragos: We didn't know they were only going to read portions.
Judge: You just want to read the 4 messages?
Geragos: Yes

Judge: I think it's fair for the defense to read the four messages.
AUSA: I didn't intend to be misleading. So if your court is saying these four should be read, I should be the one to read them
Judge: Fine. Now we'll break

[Jury re-enters]
AUSA: Let me read again, I had read the wrong version. Ms. Ventura to Mr. Combs: you want to party and have a good time, I have to focus or I'm ever become anything. You treat me like a hooker, for ten years... I love our FOs when we both want it

Next witness is Joseph Cerciello, who works in Homeland Security

AUSA: The Government calls Joseph Cerciello, of Homeland Security Investigations, 18 years. How many records have you reviewed for the charts in this trial?
Cerciello: Thousands.
AUSA: What is the only female name in this chart?
Cerceillo: Jane.

AUSA: Turn off the public screens.
[All the these exhibits must be provided by Monday, June 23 - no time given, we'll be on alert & publish]
AUSA: What's the name of hotel?
Cerciello: One Hotel, South Beach, Phil Pines. 5/22-23/21. $3050.90 for one night

AUSA: And this flight?
HSI's Cerciello: Jane by JetBlue from NY to Miami.
AUSA: With the public screens off, play the Instagram videos
[Loud music]
AUSA: Does the meta data match up?
Cerciello: Yes

AUSA: What's the name?
HSI's Cerciello: Jessica Ruiz, Mr. Combs' travel agent.
AUSA: What was the charges for losses and damages?
Cerciello: $6000. AUSA: Who flew on this one?
Cerciello: Jane and Cabral. Jane from LA to Miami to LA.
AUSA: And Cabral?
Cerciello: Atlanta

[Note: While AUSA and Cerciello go back and forth about exhibits that are not being shown to the public, here's one "Jane" message the prosecutors just belatedly made available]

AUSA: What is this?
HSI's Cerciello: Hotel damage report at London hotel, room 229. The report says, "Bodily fluids spread on the floor... pictures attached as evidence."
AUSA: Names column?
Cerciello: Jane, Combs, Reggie, Paul and Cabral.

AUSA: And these, between Paul Arthur and Combs, then Jane -
Cerciello: Arthur Fitness LLC - an ATM cash deposit of $900. Then $600.
AUSA: And this?
Cerceillo: More hotel damages
AUSA: Faheem's cell phone was seized?
Cerceillo: Yes

Combs' Geragos: Your Honor, take that one down [Public couldn't see it anyway] Can we please have a sidebar?
Judge: Take it down. And yes.
[Sidebar]

[They've back - but due to stop in 3 minutes]
AUSA: Did Jonathan Perez send this to Faheem?
HSI's Cerciella: Yes.
AUSA: And this is about Anton/ Antoine - is it sorted by date? Please sort it, Ms. Becker.