Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty

He's fighting for his freedom on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering with conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. Charges he's always denied. Last week, his former partner, Cassie Ventura, gave some graphic testimony as part of the prosecution's evidence against Diddy and was also questioned by his defence team.

He's fighting for his freedom on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering with conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. Charges he's always denied. Last week, his former partner, Cassie Ventura, gave some graphic testimony as part of the prosecution's evidence against Diddy and was also questioned by his defence team.

He's fighting for his freedom on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering with conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. Charges he's always denied. Last week, his former partner, Cassie Ventura, gave some graphic testimony as part of the prosecution's evidence against Diddy and was also questioned by his defence team.

Now, we expected that the press would have kind of packed up and moved on after the first week, but there's still people here and it's also blowing a gale, but at least it's not raining like it was last week. That was a nightmare. Now, inside the courtroom, there's a different feeling. Me and my producer went in a bit earlier and people are acting like we're watching the TV.

Now, we expected that the press would have kind of packed up and moved on after the first week, but there's still people here and it's also blowing a gale, but at least it's not raining like it was last week. That was a nightmare. Now, inside the courtroom, there's a different feeling. Me and my producer went in a bit earlier and people are acting like we're watching the TV.

Now, we expected that the press would have kind of packed up and moved on after the first week, but there's still people here and it's also blowing a gale, but at least it's not raining like it was last week. That was a nightmare. Now, inside the courtroom, there's a different feeling. Me and my producer went in a bit earlier and people are acting like we're watching the TV.

They're calling out their opinions. There's laughing. There's clapping. One person whistled. We're going to head back in now to find out what's going on today. And we'll hear from Neda later to give us all the details on what went down in court. OK, so we're stood outside the court. It's 3.15. The judge did promise we were going to be finishing at three from now on.

They're calling out their opinions. There's laughing. There's clapping. One person whistled. We're going to head back in now to find out what's going on today. And we'll hear from Neda later to give us all the details on what went down in court. OK, so we're stood outside the court. It's 3.15. The judge did promise we were going to be finishing at three from now on.

They're calling out their opinions. There's laughing. There's clapping. One person whistled. We're going to head back in now to find out what's going on today. And we'll hear from Neda later to give us all the details on what went down in court. OK, so we're stood outside the court. It's 3.15. The judge did promise we were going to be finishing at three from now on.

I'm here with Neda Tawfiq, the BBC's New York correspondent. Neda, the day started with Dawn Rashad. We heard from her before a little bit. She went over some of the allegations she had about Diddy. Is that where we picked up?

I'm here with Neda Tawfiq, the BBC's New York correspondent. Neda, the day started with Dawn Rashad. We heard from her before a little bit. She went over some of the allegations she had about Diddy. Is that where we picked up?

I'm here with Neda Tawfiq, the BBC's New York correspondent. Neda, the day started with Dawn Rashad. We heard from her before a little bit. She went over some of the allegations she had about Diddy. Is that where we picked up?

So for our listeners who don't know, cross-examination is where the defense can basically pick up on anything that the witness has said in their direct testimony. And Dawn had spoken in detail about a situation or an incident she said she observed where Cassie was making eggs in the kitchen and then Diddy tries to throw the skillet at her and she drops to the floor in a fetal position.

So for our listeners who don't know, cross-examination is where the defense can basically pick up on anything that the witness has said in their direct testimony. And Dawn had spoken in detail about a situation or an incident she said she observed where Cassie was making eggs in the kitchen and then Diddy tries to throw the skillet at her and she drops to the floor in a fetal position.

So for our listeners who don't know, cross-examination is where the defense can basically pick up on anything that the witness has said in their direct testimony. And Dawn had spoken in detail about a situation or an incident she said she observed where Cassie was making eggs in the kitchen and then Diddy tries to throw the skillet at her and she drops to the floor in a fetal position.

Is that where the defense picked up with their cross-examination?

Is that where the defense picked up with their cross-examination?

Is that where the defense picked up with their cross-examination?

Afterwards, she says that Diddy took her and her bandmate, who also witnessed it, into a studio, locked the door, and made what she perceived to be a threat, saying, you know, this was an instance of passion between lovers, I wouldn't talk about it if I were you, you know, where I'm from, people who talk, they disappear. What did they have to say about that?

Afterwards, she says that Diddy took her and her bandmate, who also witnessed it, into a studio, locked the door, and made what she perceived to be a threat, saying, you know, this was an instance of passion between lovers, I wouldn't talk about it if I were you, you know, where I'm from, people who talk, they disappear. What did they have to say about that?