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Diddy's Defense Accused of Humiliating Ex-Assistant in Court

"Mia," the pseudonymous name used in court by Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-assistant, stepped down on Monday after a tough cross-examination.

The sex trafficking and racketeering trial of fallen rap-world mega-player Sean “ Diddy ” Combs entered its fifth week and second month in downtown Manhattan federal court on Monday, as one of the ex-mogul’s defense attorneys hammered Combs’ former assistant about their working and personal relationship, suggesting her actions don’t fit with the allegations of horrific abuse she has made against him from the witness stand. The former assistant, who is using the pseudonym “Mia” while she testifies at Combs’ trial, spent the last of her three days on the stand on Monday, with her cross-examination taking up the majority of her time in court as star defense attorney Brian Steel repeatedly questioned her actions and words, particularly in social media posts that praised or were positive toward Combs in the years during and after “Mia” says she was being abused, manipulated, threatened and sexually assaulted by him while employed by his company. In discussing her exit from Combs’ orbit, she told the court that the mogul walked out of a promise to assist her in launching a TV show she’d developed.

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