Three witnesses are called by the prosecution, as week two of Diddy’s trial begins.A warning that this episode contains descriptions of violence.Danity Kane singer Dawn Richard finished her testimony and was questioned by Diddy’s defence lawyers. During a cross-examination, Richard admitted to giving different versions of events.Cassie Ventura's former best friend, Kerry Morgan, claimed she saw Diddy physically abuse Ventura several times. David James, a personal assistant who worked for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs between 2007 and 2009 told the court that staff at Diddy’s Bad Boy Records viewed him as a ‘king’.Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is on trial in New York, facing federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering with conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. He denies all the charges.The Diddy on Trial podcast is here to investigate the rumours, confront the theories, and give you the answers that you need. We also want YOU to be part of the conversation. Have you any questions about the case? Heard a theory that doesn’t sit right with you? Get in touch now via WhatsApp: 0330 123 555 1. Details of organisations in the UK offering information and support with some of the issues raised are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline Presenter: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Series Producer: Laura Jones Sound Design: Mark Burrows Senior Journalist: Chrystal Genesis Executive Producer: Louise Clarke Production Coordinator: Hattie Valentine Editor: Clare Fordham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Assistant Producer: Rechmial Miller
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BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts Hello and welcome back to Diddy on Trial from BBC Sounds with me Anushka Matanda-Dowdy. Just a warning, this episode contains descriptions of violence. Here at the Southern District of New York Court, it's week two in the trial of Sean Diddy Combs.
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.
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?
That's right. So we started off with the government picking up with the instances where she said she saw Diddy hitting Cassie. She talked about how she told Cassie that she should leave, but she wouldn't listen. She could see the fear from Cassie. And she said eventually she made the decision for herself not to interfere.
After the government kind of went through asking a few more questions, then we got to the cross-examination from the defense. And I thought this was actually some of the perhaps strongest and toughest cross-examination we've seen so far.
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?
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