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Diddy’s ex-employee, who has been testifying under the pseudonym “Mia,” claimed on May 30, 2025, that she had to beg the rapper so that she could attend her grandmother’s funeral. According to CNN, Mia’s identity was confirmed via her passport with her real name and date of birth given to the jury.
One of the trial updates shared by the outlet said that Mia shared a close friendship with a lot of people outside her job. However, she was not allowed to communicate with any of them. She was then questioned if she could reach out to them as per her wish.
"No, there was absolutely no time, and I had to get permission to leave or do things. I had to beg to go to my grandma's funeral," she replied, as reported by CNN.
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CNN reported that Mia also told the court that she got scared whenever Sean “Diddy” Combs was not satisfied with anything. She mentioned that she did everything she could to ensure that Combs was happy, which was the only way for her to stay safe.
According to USA Today, the former assistant said in her testimony that she had once created a scrapbook for Combs around ten years ago on the occasion of his birthday. Mia said that the scrapbook was based on a conversation with Diddy, when he told her that he used to look at the world the way she did. Mia said that she added a note in the scrapbook, which, according to CNN, read:
“Puff, sometimes life goes by at catastrophic speeds where you never get to live in and enjoy the ‘now.’”
The outlet also reported that Mia testified that she had added some magazine articles published back in the ’90s to the scrapbook and that she intended to make Combs “nostalgic” on the special occasion.
Mia was questioned about reposting a photo originally shared by Diddy
During the cross-examination, defense attorney Brian Steel questioned Mia about an Instagram post she had reshared in June 2014, as stated by CNN. Diddy was the one who originally shared the post on Mia’s birthday, which included a photo of him and Mia posing together. CNN reported the caption to have read:
“Beside every great man is a great woman. Ps sorry I was acting crazy last night.”
Mia had praised Diddy’s caption while resharing the photo, describing it as the “nicest caption ever.” Notably, as per USA Today, Steel questioned Mia if she shared the post despite knowing that Combs was the person who ruined her life. Mia agreed to the same, following which Steel questioned her reasoning, when she was reportedly scared of Sean for most of the time.
“It’s easy cause the dynamics would shift. So when things were good, we felt really safe and we forgot, we almost forgot about those things,” Mia replied, as per CNN.
As per NBC News, the posts Mia shared every year on Diddy’s birthdays on her Instagram handle were also shown to the jury. When asked about the photos, Mia replied that she was “expected to” do so since she was employed under Combs.
According to CNN, Mia reportedly began serving as a personal assistant for Diddy in 2009 and continued working for him until 2017. She had also reportedly served as the director of development and acquisitions for Revolt Films, as per the outlet.
