“Jane,” one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers who is testifying under a pseudonym, continued her cross-examination today. Her testimony so far, going back to her direct questioning, has been “important” in corroborating Cassie Ventura’s testimony, according to Dave Aronberg, former state attorney of Palm Beach County, Florida.
During Jane’s cross-examination this week, Combs’ defense attorney Teny Geragos, who is conducting the questioning, has read aloud several text exchanges between Jane and Combs that show Jane “sending nice messages to her perpetrator,” Aronberg said.
“This is corroboration for Cassie’s testimony. We saw the same problems with Cassie’s testimony as we’re seeing with Jane’s testimony,” he said, going on to question whether the jurors will “come to expect that someone who is a victim of a crime will cut ties entirely with the perpetrator instead of remaining friends (or) remaining in love.”
Ventura similary testified about getting things to “prepare” for these “hotel nights” or “Freak Offs,” Aronberg said, “that she later said she hated and she was violated at these things.”
“Same thing we’re talking about now with Jane,” Aronberg said. “Jane perhaps did some planning and maybe encouraged it, but you can then revoke your consent. You may want to engage in it because you want to please Diddy – he had this power over these women. … The key thing here is that you have Jane saying things that are very similar to Cassie. That’s corroboration and that’s why Jane is so important for the prosecution.”
