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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Danny Cevallos |Erica Byfield
Coverage of the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Katherine Koretski |Danny Cevallos
PRESSURE: Jane said Diddy "introduced me to this lifestyle, under a lot of emotional pressure." She said that she originally "didn't understand the terms of the relationship," but she eventually learned the rapper expected frequent "freak offs" with escorts. She described a "pressure to do these things he desired," as well as "fulfill my duties as a girlfriend."MONEY: Jane confirmed Diddy wire-transferred around $150,000 to her during their relationship.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Katherine Koretski |Danny Cevallos
This is a free article fornewsletter subscribers.to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs' federal trial. Today, the jurors in Diddy's trial heard more emotionally wrenching testimony from a woman identified only by the pseudonym "Jane." She's one of Diddy's ex-girlfriends - and one of four alleged victims at the center of the U.S. government's racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking case against the music mogul.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Jing Feng |Danny Cevallos
• Bongolan testified that while upset, Diddy once threw a knife in Ventura's direction, and she threw it back; both their throws missed. In another interaction, Bongolan said, Diddy allegedly told her something along the lines of, "I am the devil and I can kill you." She testified that Diddy had taken cocaine at the time he made the comments. • During cross-examination, defense lawyer Nicole Westmoreland tried to discredit Bongolan's memory of the alleged dangling incident.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Jing Feng |Danny Cevallos
• Steel revisited a text in which Mia wrote that she wanted to harm herself and that "my life is over" after being let go from her job in 2017. She denied that she lied on the stand when she testified last week that Diddy sexually assaulted her. Steel also showed messages from 2018 to 2020 in which she expressed affection toward her former boss. • Mia responded that "I was brainwashed" by Diddy, which, she said, prevented her from coming forward earlier about the alleged sexual abuse.
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4 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Adam Reiss |Chloe Melas |Jing Feng |Danny Cevallos
In late October 2015, Diddy threatened to both kill Mia and take her to human resources, she told jurors. Diddy "doesn't sound in his right mind," Mia told the rapper's then-chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, in a WhatsApp message. The threats made Mia "terrified and sad," she said under questioning from prosecutor Madison Smyser. In a particularly pointed exchange, Steel asserted that Diddy "never had unwanted non-consensual sex" with Mia. She replied: "What I said is true.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Danny Cevallos |Erica Byfield
Berlin is making a bid to host the Olympics again, possibly 100 years after the city hosted the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner is to present bid plans, with help from four other German states, on Tuesday at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. The invitation sent on Friday to the presentation does not mention which Games the city is bidding for, but the next available edition will be in 2036 — the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Games.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Danny Cevallos |Erica Byfield |Mike Dorfman |Meredith Royster
A music talent agent, two music booking assistants, a professional photographer, the former drummer of a metal band, and a software engineer died when a small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood amid foggy weather, NBC 7 has learned. Here's what we know, so far, about the victims. The plane was registered to Dave Shapiro, who was a licensed pilot and flight instructor.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Danny Cevallos |Erica Byfield |Tim Reynolds
Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo were the only players to appear on every MVP ballot this season. It only made sense that they would be unanimous All-NBA picks as well. Gilgeous-Alexander — the league’s MVP — along with Jokic and Antetokounmpo were unveiled Friday night as first-team All-NBA players, along with Boston’s Jayson Tatum and Cleveland’s Donovan Mitchell. Tatum was another unanimous first-team pick.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Danny Cevallos |Erica Byfield
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