The Eyewitness News team, and ABC News legal contributor Bernarda Villalona break down the defense's questioning of "Mia" about social media posts in their attempt to undercut her rape allegations. 

Digging through years of social media posts, attorney Brian Steel attempted to suggest that the woman – testifying under the pseudonym “Mia” – misrepresented her feelings about working for Combs during hours of raw and emotional testimony Thursday.

Mia had told jurors the rap mogul threatened her for years, violently threw objects at her, and sexually assaulted her on three occasions including raping her while she was sleeping in his Los Angeles home. 

Referring to a series of effusive social media posts by Mia, Steel tried to show jurors that Mia’s feelings toward Combs were different than those she had expressed on the witness stand.

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A former personal assistant to Sean “Diddy” Combs told the jury in this sex-trafficking trial that it was impossible to tell the rap mogul “no.”

Mia’s emotional testimony punctuated the twelfth day of testimony in the criminal case that has captured headlines and the public’s attention since prospective jurors first walked into the Manhattan courtroom on May 5. Breaking down in tears as she spoke from the witness stand in a hushed courtroom, Mia said the rapper sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions and was prone to fits of rage. Mia testified she did “absolutely not” want to be talking about the sexual assaults she said Combs committed but told the jury, “I have to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and also I have a moral obligation because when you’re scared into silence these things continue to happen to others.” 

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Former Cassie Ventura stylist Deonte Nash testified that he saw “a lot” of blood during one instance in which he alleged Sean Combs attacked his then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

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Mike Marza and ABC News' legal contributor Bernarda Villalona recap the start of the third week of witness testimony in the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial. Trial resumed on Tuesday with emotional testimony from the rap mogul’s former personal assistant, who testified about the violence and threats she said she witnessed on the job. Crying at points on the witness stand, Capricorn Clark told jurors that she was told she would be “thrown into the East River” if she failed a lie detector test about the theft of Combs’ jewelry, that she was forced to accompany Combs to confront rival musician Kid Cudi, and how she witnessed Combs beat Ventura.

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The musician and actor Kid Cudi took the stand on Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial to testify that the rap mogul, in a fit of rage and jealousy, broke into his home and he believed coordinated the firebombing of his high-end sports car. 

The testimony in the star-studded trial could play a critical role as prosecutors attempt to build a case that Combs used violence and threats to run a criminal enterprise that he used to hurt his rivals and protect the entertainment and cultural kingdom he had built. 

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Jurors in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial on Wednesday heard from a former Combs employee who agreed to testify only after he was guaranteed that he would not be prosecuted for any crimes he might have detailed.

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Mike Marza and Bernarda Villalona recap Tuesday's testimony in the Sean Combs trial.

Across nearly six hours of testimony, federal prosecutors called to the stand Combs’ former personal assistant, the mother of Cassie Ventura, a sex worker nicknamed “The Punisher,” and a federal agent during the eleventh day of the trial. 

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Court adjourned just after 3 p.m. ET. Prosecutors said Tuesday’s witnesses will include an alleged escort known as “The Punisher,” as well as Cassie Ventura’s mother.

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After four days on the witness stand, Cassie Ventura concluded her testimony Friday at the trial of her ex-boyfriend, Sean "Diddy" Combs.

It came shortly after the defense concluded nearly two days of cross-examination.

Prosecutors allege Combs, 55, used his fame and fortune to orchestrate an empire of exploitation, coercing women into abusive sex parties.

If Combs is convicted on all charges, which include racketeering, kidnapping, arson, bribery and sex trafficking, he would face a mandatory 15 years in prison and could remain behind bars for life.

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After two days of testimony about how her relationship with Sean Combs grew violent and coercive, Cassie Ventura faced six hours of grueling cross-examination on Thursday, as defense attorneys attempted to cast doubt on her credibility and portray her as a willing participant in his sexual activities. 

Defense attorneys turned to a decade of archived text messages to question Ventura about the consistency of her earlier testimony, highlighting her apparent eagerness to engage in Combs’ lifestyle of swinging at drug-fueled orgies. They insist that she was not a victim of sex trafficking or racketeering and that Combs is innocent of the federal charges he’s facing. 

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