A lady testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gave her evening terrors by dangling her from a balcony | Hollywood

Bryana ‘Bana’ Bongolan, 33, a pal of Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie, instructed jurors that Combs lifted her over the railing for 10-15 seconds earlier than pulling her again and throwing her onto patio furnishings.

“I used to be scared to fall,” Bongolan instructed jurors on the hip-hop mogul’s federal intercourse trafficking trial in Manhattan.

She stated the September 2016 assault at Cassie’s Los Angeles house precipitated a bruise on her leg and ache to her again and neck. Jurors noticed photographs of her carrying a neck brace. Her bruise regarded prefer it was the dimensions of a softball.

“I’ve nightmares and I’ve a variety of paranoia and I used to scream quite a bit in my sleep, however it’s dissipated a bit of bit,” stated Bongolan, a artistic and advertising and marketing director at her personal artwork company.

She stated her paranoia consists of rigorously opening doorways and peeking into rooms earlier than going inside. Her final nightmare was just some days in the past, she stated.

Combs’ legal professionals stated Bongolan was a heavy drug person and steered she could have been excessive through the alleged assault, which she denies. Bongolan has a pending lawsuit towards Combs.

Bongolan took the stand through the fourth week of testimony in Combs’ trial, and was a prelude to the following massive prosecution witness: a lady utilizing the pseudonym “Jane” who alleges she was abused by Combs and made to take part in drug-fueled “freak-off” intercourse marathons. She’s anticipated to testify Thursday.

Bongolan is one among a number of witnesses to accuse Combs of violence towards them. She testified she additionally noticed him abusing Cassie, the R&B singer whose actual identify is Casandra Ventura. Cassie testified over the course of 4 days that Combs beat her and subjected her to tons of of freak-offs. Different witnesses described seeing related abuse.

Earlier than Bongolan, forensic video knowledgeable Frank Piazza testified about safety footage of Combs beating Cassie in a Los Angeles resort hallway in March 2016. Jurors have seen the footage greater than a dozen instances. Piazza additionally analyzed 10 sexually express movies from Cassie’s system. These weren’t proven.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to prices of operating his enterprise empire as a racketeering enterprise, allegedly utilizing workers to allow and conceal the sexual and bodily abuse of girls over 20 years. He faces 15 years to life if convicted.

As Bongolan testified, Combs appeared targeted and spoke along with his protection group. Earlier than his lawyer Nicole Westmoreland started her cross-examination, Combs waved her over and spoke to her briefly.

Bongolan, one among not less than three witnesses granted immunity, acknowledged that she and Cassie had what Westmoreland characterised as “a critical drug downside.” Bongolan stated they’d generally sprinkle cocaine right into a marijuana — a “Coco Puff” — and that she bought medicine to Cassie weekly. She stated Cassie generally put up the cash for medicine, an association Westmoreland described as a “drug partnership.”

Bongolan, who did design work for Combs’ corporations, stated he gave her medicine three or 4 instances, together with ecstasy and cocaine, and that she as soon as did ketamine with Cassie and Combs for eight hours throughout a New Yr’s Eve get together in Miami in 2017.

She additionally testified Combs threatened her at a photograph shoot: “I’m the satan and I may kill you.”

Bongolan stated the balcony assault occurred after he confirmed as much as Cassie’s house unannounced early one morning, banging angrily on the door. Bongolan, who’d been asleep on the sofa together with her ex-girlfriend close by, hid her ex within the toilet and went to the balcony “to behave informal” and search for marijuana. As she lit the blunt or was about to, Combs grabbed her.

Bongolan stated Cassie, who was sleeping within the bed room, then got here out and requested Combs: “Did you simply dangle her over the balcony?” Instructed that Bongolan’s ex-girlfriend was additionally within the house, Combs swiftly left, Bongolan stated.

Cassie recounted the episode in her testimony final month, telling jurors: “I noticed him convey her again over the railing of the balcony after which throw her onto the patio furnishings.”

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