Woman who alleges Combs dangled her from window expected to testify

June 4, 2025
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Video shown of Combs beating Ventura not altered, witness says

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Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and David K. Li

The primary task of this video expert appears to be authenticating that footage of Combs beating Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel has not been altered.

Piazza said there are “no anomalies” in the disturbing footage shown of Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend Ventura at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in 2016.

Frank Piazza, video expert, called to the stand

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Court is in session and the government has called its first witness: a forensic video expert named Frank Piazza.

Piazza was sworn in and took the stand wearing a dark suit.

Bryana Bongolan, a Ventura friend, to testify with immunity

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Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Combs’ former girlfriend and key government witness Cassie Ventura, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination.

The witness has been told she won’t be prosecuted as long as she tells the truth on the stand, prosecutors said.

It wasn’t immediately clear what Bongolan could say that’d put her into any legal jeopardy. Bongolan has alleged that Diddy dangled her over an apartment balcony during a previous altercation.

Earlier this week, hotel security guard Eddy Garcia also invoked his rights against self-incrimination. It turned out that he testified about helping Combs team secure video of the mogul’s beating of Ventura.

Court is in session

Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Marlene Lenthang

Court is now in session for Day 16 of Combs’ racketeering and sex trafficking trial.

Former CFO of Bad Boy Entertainment detailed Combs’ business finances

Adam Reiss, Jing Feng and Marlene Lenthang

Derek Ferguson, the former chief financial officer of Bad Boy Entertainment, testified yesterday and detailed the structure of Combs’ businesses.

His testimony confirmed that Combs had signatory power over the funds, and prosecutors will likely use this to argue that Combs may have run a criminal enterprise. 

Ferguson stated he never witnessed Combs commit violence or a sexual assault. But he did confirm that a $20,000 payment was made from Ventura’s family to Combs in December 2011.

Ventura’s mother, Regina Ventura, previously testified that Combs demanded the family pay $20,000 to keep him from releasing sexually explicit videos of Ventura after he learned she was seeing rapper Scott Mescudi, also known as Kid Cudi. She also told the court she received the money back days later.



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