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Diddy Former Assistant "Mia" Fires Back "It's Called Psychological Abuse" | Crime Alert 6AM 06.02.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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