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On Monday, in Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial, summary witnesses took the court stand. After Ananya Sankar, a paralegal at the US Attorney's Office, special agent Deleassa Penland was called to testify. As per NBC, she was tasked to review data and charts related to Diddy's ongoing trial.
During Penland's testimony, the jury was shown the text messages between Combs and Jules Theodore. NBC reported him as a male escort often hired by Diddy during his "freak-offs" with Cassie Ventura. Penland reviewed hotel records and flight itineraries and testified that a meeting was arranged at a hotel in London in December 2009.
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According to CNN, the payments for Jules and Ventura's travel and hotel room were allegedly made by Combs' American Express card. The jury also reviewed a travel from October 2012, which was sent to Combs' record label, Bad Boy Entertainment. The invoice was for Ventura's flight from Los Angeles to New York City.
Penland then read some messages that took place between Diddy and Ventura, in which they seemingly talked about planning their night ahead.
“You ready for tonight?” Combs texted Ventura.
Penland further read texts exchanged between Ventura and two other men, in which she was discussing the timing of the meeting. The rooms were reportedly booked under the name "Frank Black," and payments were made partly in cash and partly with an American Express card.
More text messages that Jury saw on Monday in Diddy's trial
According to NBC, on Monday, Ananya Sankar, a paralegal at the U.S. Attorney's Office, testified that she reviewed text messages, call records, two charts, and other files relevant to the case. During her testimony, the court was presented with a number of text message threads.
According to the Washington Post, the jury was also briefed on a 33-page chart containing Combs' former chief of staff, Kristina Khorram's, communication records since 2016 with multiple persons. This includes Diddy, his staff members, Cassie Ventura, and Jane.
In these messages, Khorram was allegedly planning the "freak-offs" or "hotel nights" for the rapper. The jury was also shown messages exchanged between Khorram and Ventura in which the latter suggested that Combs dragged her by her hair and asked her to talk to Diddy.
"I’m sure you don’t want to get involved…but no one deserves being dragged by their hair," Ventura texted Khorram.
The jury also saw messages that Jane, the pseudonym of Combs' former girlfriend, sent to Khorram and told her the rapper is threatening her with sex tapes.
According to CNN, during Penland's time on the court stand, the jury saw messages traded between Diddy and his former girlfriend, Ventura, in January 2013.
“Wanna celebrate Christmas and have a freak off tomorrow or Friday?” Combs text to Ventura read.
Ventura then reportedly contacted the man who was in the escort business to set up an escort and also personally messaged escorts to plan their arrival timings. A text sent by an escort to Ventura was also shown to the jury.
“Hello star … this is Santiago, I hope we can do another voyeur encounter again. I really want to do this again with you guys,” the message read.
Before the court was dismissed on Monday, the jury was shown video evidence under seal, meaning its content will not be revealed in the public domain. According to ABC News, the prosecution expects to wrap up their case by Wednesday, or no later than Friday.
