The ex-personal assistant of Sean "Diddy" Combs returned to the witness stand on Friday, just one day after her initial testimony detailing the abuse she claims to have endured from the rap mogul, who is currently on trial.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime Alert, I mean sy Grace breaking Crime needs Now.
Shawn Combs aka Ditty, sharing notes with his lawyers as
he listens to testimony pouring from the witness stand. Our
Nicole Parton keeping an eye on the courtroom Cole.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
The ex personal assistant of Sean Ditty, Combe's return to
the witness stand on Friday, just one day after her
initial testimony detailing the abuse she claims to have endured
from the rap mogul, who is currently on trial. During
this session, defense attorneys aim to challenge her allegations of
abuse and rape. For more, Here's Crime Online. Sidney Sumner Mia.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Who is testifying under a pseudonym, is a former director
of Development and Acquisitions for Revolt Films, an assistant to
Sean Combs, who she mainly refers to as Puff or PD.
MIA's fear is quite plain as she sits across the
room from her former boss. Mia is hunched over as
she walks to and from the stand, barely looks up
(00:57):
from her lap while she answers questions and speaks very quietly,
sometimes not much louder than a whisper.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Attorney Brian Steele sifted through years of MIA's social media activity,
attempting to argue that her previous post contradicted the emotional
testimony she provided on Thursday and Friday regarding her time
working for Combs. Mia recounted to the jury that Combs
had threatened her over the years, hurling objects at her,
(01:24):
sexually assaulting her multiple times, including an instant where she
was raped while she slept at his residence in Los Angeles.
In an effort to cast doubt on her credibility, Steele
highlighted a number of positive social media messages Mia had
posted about Ditty, suggesting that her feelings toward him were
inconsistent with her testimony. Quote thank you for being the
(01:48):
good kind of crazy, she had written on one of
his birthdays, and quote thank you for being a friend
and bringing friends into my life. Although Mia acknowledged the
authenticity of those earlier post she refuted the defense's attempt
to undermine her account. She said, quote what I wrote
is a result of psychological abuse, she explained to the jury,
(02:10):
clarifying why she had previously shared positive sentiments about Diddy.
As the third week of the trial in Combe's sex
trafficking and racketeering case concluded, Mia stood as a crucial
witness for the prosecution. Combs has entered a plea of
not guilty and denies all allegations of sexual assault. In
response to days of testimony from various witnesses detailing his
(02:34):
reported violent behavior, sexual misconduct, and drug use. Comb's legal
team contends that while he may have engaged in other
illegal activities, he is innocent of the felony charges currently
against him in the Manhattan Court. If found guilty on
all counts, he faces the possibility of life in prison.
Nancy Steals cross examination of Mia will continue today and
(02:57):
we will hear from Intercontinental Hope Hotel security supervisor Eddie Garcia,
who will testify under immunity, the hotel custodian, and two
men named Enrique Santes and Frank Piazza will also take
the stand.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Thanks Nicole.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
For more on the trial of Shan Diddy Coombs than
other breaking crime news, watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
on Merit TV Monday through Friday six and nine pm Eastern.
Check your localistings for channel assignment, and subscribe to Crime
Stories with Nancy Grace on your favorite podcasting app. More
crime and justice news after this and now to Florida,
(03:40):
where a woman has been charged in connection with the
death of her six year old son, who she reportedly
claims she was attempting to exercise demons from Authorities responded
to the home of Rhonda Polinice and her son, Ramil
Pierre in Fort Pierce around ten am on Friday for
a welfare check for the child, student at Samuel Gaines Academy.
(04:02):
He had not been in class for two weeks. A
school resource officer express concern for the boy's well being.
When deputies arrived, Polynice, forty one, was outside and led
officers inside the home, where they found the child dead
on his bed. According to Sheriff Richard del Toro, investigators
believe Ramil passed away on May eighteen, although an autopsy
(04:24):
is pending to determine the exact cause of death. Del
Toro indicated that Polynice, the primary suspect in the case,
informed investigators that she had performed an exorcism on her son,
Although specific details were unclear, what.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
We did learn and speaking with the mother is she
believed she was being told by God to basically exercise
demons out of the child's body and when the child
had stopped moving and basically passed away. At that point,
she felt the child had been released of the those
(05:00):
demons and was waiting for him to basically come back.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
On May thirty, Polynics was taken into custody and is
currently facing charges of second degree murder and failure to
report a death. She is being held on a one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars bond. And now to Minnesota,
where police need your help in locating missing Jordan Collins Junior.
We suspect that he did not leave voluntarily, and we
(05:27):
are deeply concerned about what may have happened. This statement
was made by the Anoka County Sheriff Brad Wise during
a press briefing concerning the case of the missing Minnesota teenager.
Jordan Collins Junior, also known as Manny, was last spotted
on May eighth in the vicinity of the forty nine
hundred block of University Avenue Northeast and Columbia Heights. Since
(05:50):
his disappearance, there has been no activity on his phone
or social media. According to officials, law enforcement have organized
extensive searches of local parks and around the area of
forty ninth Avenue Northeast and University Avenue northwest Many. Is
described as standing five eight weighing about one hundred and
forty pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. At the
(06:13):
time of his disappearance, he was wearing a white ribbed
tank top and red and black plaid pants. Anyone with
information concerning Manny's whereabouts is encouraged to reach out to
the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension resource Line at one
eight seven seven ninety six six six' two two.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Two Thanks nicole for the latest crime injustice. News go
to crime online dot com and please join us for
our daily, Podcast Crime, stories where we do our best
define missing, people especially, children and help solve unsolved. Homicides
with this crime, Alert I'm Nancy.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Grace
Crime Alert, I mean sy Grace breaking Crime needs Now.
Shawn Combs aka Ditty, sharing notes with his lawyers as
he listens to testimony pouring from the witness stand. Our
Nicole Parton keeping an eye on the courtroom Cole.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
The ex personal assistant of Sean Ditty, Combe's return to
the witness stand on Friday, just one day after her
initial testimony detailing the abuse she claims to have endured
from the rap mogul, who is currently on trial. During
this session, defense attorneys aim to challenge her allegations of
abuse and rape. For more, Here's Crime Online. Sidney Sumner Mia.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Who is testifying under a pseudonym, is a former director
of Development and Acquisitions for Revolt Films, an assistant to
Sean Combs, who she mainly refers to as Puff or PD.
MIA's fear is quite plain as she sits across the
room from her former boss. Mia is hunched over as
she walks to and from the stand, barely looks up
(00:57):
from her lap while she answers questions and speaks very quietly,
sometimes not much louder than a whisper.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Attorney Brian Steele sifted through years of MIA's social media activity,
attempting to argue that her previous post contradicted the emotional
testimony she provided on Thursday and Friday regarding her time
working for Combs. Mia recounted to the jury that Combs
had threatened her over the years, hurling objects at her,
(01:24):
sexually assaulting her multiple times, including an instant where she
was raped while she slept at his residence in Los Angeles.
In an effort to cast doubt on her credibility, Steele
highlighted a number of positive social media messages Mia had
posted about Ditty, suggesting that her feelings toward him were
inconsistent with her testimony. Quote thank you for being the
(01:48):
good kind of crazy, she had written on one of
his birthdays, and quote thank you for being a friend
and bringing friends into my life. Although Mia acknowledged the
authenticity of those earlier post she refuted the defense's attempt
to undermine her account. She said, quote what I wrote
is a result of psychological abuse, she explained to the jury,
(02:10):
clarifying why she had previously shared positive sentiments about Diddy.
As the third week of the trial in Combe's sex
trafficking and racketeering case concluded, Mia stood as a crucial
witness for the prosecution. Combs has entered a plea of
not guilty and denies all allegations of sexual assault. In
response to days of testimony from various witnesses detailing his
(02:34):
reported violent behavior, sexual misconduct, and drug use. Comb's legal
team contends that while he may have engaged in other
illegal activities, he is innocent of the felony charges currently
against him in the Manhattan Court. If found guilty on
all counts, he faces the possibility of life in prison.
Nancy Steals cross examination of Mia will continue today and
(02:57):
we will hear from Intercontinental Hope Hotel security supervisor Eddie Garcia,
who will testify under immunity, the hotel custodian, and two
men named Enrique Santes and Frank Piazza will also take
the stand.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
Thanks Nicole.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
For more on the trial of Shan Diddy Coombs than
other breaking crime news, watch Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
on Merit TV Monday through Friday six and nine pm Eastern.
Check your localistings for channel assignment, and subscribe to Crime
Stories with Nancy Grace on your favorite podcasting app. More
crime and justice news after this and now to Florida,
(03:40):
where a woman has been charged in connection with the
death of her six year old son, who she reportedly
claims she was attempting to exercise demons from Authorities responded
to the home of Rhonda Polinice and her son, Ramil
Pierre in Fort Pierce around ten am on Friday for
a welfare check for the child, student at Samuel Gaines Academy.
(04:02):
He had not been in class for two weeks. A
school resource officer express concern for the boy's well being.
When deputies arrived, Polynice, forty one, was outside and led
officers inside the home, where they found the child dead
on his bed. According to Sheriff Richard del Toro, investigators
believe Ramil passed away on May eighteen, although an autopsy
(04:24):
is pending to determine the exact cause of death. Del
Toro indicated that Polynice, the primary suspect in the case,
informed investigators that she had performed an exorcism on her son,
Although specific details were unclear, what.
Speaker 4 (04:38):
We did learn and speaking with the mother is she
believed she was being told by God to basically exercise
demons out of the child's body and when the child
had stopped moving and basically passed away. At that point,
she felt the child had been released of the those
(05:00):
demons and was waiting for him to basically come back.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
On May thirty, Polynics was taken into custody and is
currently facing charges of second degree murder and failure to
report a death. She is being held on a one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars bond. And now to Minnesota,
where police need your help in locating missing Jordan Collins Junior.
We suspect that he did not leave voluntarily, and we
(05:27):
are deeply concerned about what may have happened. This statement
was made by the Anoka County Sheriff Brad Wise during
a press briefing concerning the case of the missing Minnesota teenager.
Jordan Collins Junior, also known as Manny, was last spotted
on May eighth in the vicinity of the forty nine
hundred block of University Avenue Northeast and Columbia Heights. Since
(05:50):
his disappearance, there has been no activity on his phone
or social media. According to officials, law enforcement have organized
extensive searches of local parks and around the area of
forty ninth Avenue Northeast and University Avenue northwest Many. Is
described as standing five eight weighing about one hundred and
forty pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. At the
(06:13):
time of his disappearance, he was wearing a white ribbed
tank top and red and black plaid pants. Anyone with
information concerning Manny's whereabouts is encouraged to reach out to
the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension resource Line at one
eight seven seven ninety six six six' two two.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Two Thanks nicole for the latest crime injustice. News go
to crime online dot com and please join us for
our daily, Podcast Crime, stories where we do our best
define missing, people especially, children and help solve unsolved. Homicides
with this crime, Alert I'm Nancy.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
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