Defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland suggested that during Bryana Bongolan’s first meeting with prosecutors, she did not mention that Sean “Diddy” Combs told her, “I could kill you.” Bongolan said she didn’t remember when she told the government about that incident.

Westmoreland also suggested that Bongolan later told prosecutors the incident happened at a party, not at a photoshoot. Bongolan said she did not remember if she said that.

The defense attorney said the first demand letter from Bongolan’s attorney alleged that Combs said he could kill her while she was hanging over the balcony. Bongolan testified that those were not her words and that the two incidents did not happen at the same time. She said she fired her attorney after that.

Westmoreland suggested that Bongolan did not mention certain details about the balcony incident during her first meeting with prosecutors, such as Combs banging on the door and her telling her ex-girlfriend to hide in the bathroom. Bongolan said she did not remember.

Bryana Bongolan’s testimony has been “shocking and damning” and shows Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged abuse also extended to those he was not romantically involved with, Alyse Adamson, a former federal prosecutor, said.

“Bryana Bongolan was not in a relationship with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, and if you recall the defense has really tried to frame their alternative narrative of what was happening with Cassie –– between Cassie and Combs –– as toxic domestic violence,” Adamson explained. “But here we have another witness who was not romantically linked to Combs being violently abused,” she said, referring to Bongolan’s testimony that Combs held her over “17-story balcony” in 2016.

Adamson said Bongolan’s testimony goes directly to the racketeering and conspiracy charge prosecutors are trying to prove “because it demonstrates that Combs was operating in a way that, through threats, violence and abuse, that goes to the corrupt enterprise aspect of the RICO.”

Defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland questioned Bryana Bongolan’s allegation that she saw Sean “Diddy” Combs throw a knife at Cassie Ventura, suggesting she doesn’t actually remember that incident.

Bongolan told prosecutors in an interview that Ventura and Combs would get in knife fights sometimes, according to interview notes referenced by Westmoreland.

Bongolan said she doesn’t remember saying that and stands by the memory she testified to today. She said she doesn’t know how or where Combs got a knife to throw at Ventura.

This morning, Bongolan said that on one occasion when she was staying at Ventura’s apartment, they were awoken by Combs and that once inside, “He threw the knife in Cassie’s direction.” Bongolan testified that she didn’t call the police following the incident because she “was just scared of Puff.”

Bryana Bongolan confirmed that she spoke to Cassie Ventura before and after Ventura filed her lawsuit in November 2023.

Ventura asked Bongolan to name her in connection with the balcony incident in her lawsuit, but Bongolan said she refused.

Bongolan also testified that she did not tell any of her friends about her own lawsuit.

Bongolan confirmed she had conversations with Ventura about the balcony incident both before and after Ventura filed her lawsuit, including discussions about the location and who was present.

She said Ventura described the incident as happening at a hotel with a different person present.

Bryana Bongolan confirmed that she first met Sean “Diddy” Combs sometime around 2016 at a dinner at his house.

She testified that she went to the dinner as Cassie Ventura’s friend. She confirmed that Combs was very standoffish with her that day.

Bongolan testified that she’s still friends with Ventura and celebrity stylist Deonte Nash, who testified last week.

She said she’s spoken with both of them since the trial began, but confirmed that they have not discussed their testimony.

Bongolan also testified that she hired a lawyer to sue Combs. She also acknowledged that lawyers she’s hired have acted on her behalf.

Defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland asked Bryana Bongolan how she felt when she used drugs like marijuana, cocaine, ketamine, G, and acid.

Bongolan said they “partied” a lot together and she regularly sold drugs to Cassie Ventura.

On one occasion Bongolan said she got Ventura so many pills it scared her.

Bongolan acknowledged that she and Ventura were doing drugs together before Bongolan met Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Bryana Bongolan said she and Cassie Ventura partied together and used a lot of drugs together.

Bongolan recounted the first time she spent the night at Ventura’s home, confirming that Ventura asked if she liked to get high. Bongolan said she replied yes, and they got high together.

She confirmed that, after that, she and Ventura spent most of their time together getting high.

Bryana Bongolan said she’s seeking $10 million in her lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs but said she’s not expecting any money to come from her testimony at this trial.

Bongolan said she filed the lawsuit against Combs “because I wanted to seek justice for what happened to me.”

Bongolan’s direct testimony is over.

Defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland is now cross-examining Bongolan.

Bryana Bongolan testified that a music producer named Rob Holladay reached out to her in early 2024. She said Holladay had been one of her best friends for a long time, and he was also friends with Sean “Diddy” Combs.

She said Holladay called her on FaceTime, and he appeared to be in Combs’ backyard in Beverly Hills. Bongolan testified that Holladay told her he was calling on behalf of Combs and he was authorized to talk about “settling with me.”

Bongolan confirmed that about a month or two after she spoke with Holladay, her current attorney helped her file a lawsuit against Combs.

She said she is no longer friends with Holladay.

Bryana Bongolan testified that she spoke to Cassie Ventura after Ventura filed her lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2023.

She told Ventura that there were a few details wrong about the balcony incident described in Ventura’s lawsuit, such as it not happening in a hotel and Ventura having the date wrong.

When asked if she experiences lasting effects from the incident with Combs, Bongolan whispered, “Yes.”

Bongolan testified she experiences “nightmares, a lot of paranoia, and I used to scream a lot in my sleep, but it’s dissipated a little bit.”

She said she didn’t experience those things before the incident.

Bongolan hired a lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, in January 2024. Blackburn made a monetary demand to Combs regarding the balcony incident.

Bongolan testified that she fired Blackburn when she realized he had included incorrect information in the monetary demand paperwork.

Bryana Bongolan said the last time she hung out with Sean “Diddy” Combs and Cassie Ventura was around New Year’s in 2018.

Bongolan testified that she went to the penthouse suite at the One Hotel in Miami with Combs and Ventura for New Year’s, where they did ketamine for eight hours. After that, she left and decided she could no longer use drugs.

She tattooed the date on her neck as a “commitment to get sober and not go back.”

Bongolan said she wasn’t able to get sober right away, but she’s sober now. After leaving the hotel in Miami that day, Bongolan said her relationship with Ventura became “sporadic.”

Bryana Bongolan testified she told her managers about the incident, and one advised her to at least see a chiropractor if she was too scared to do anything else.

Bongolan said she saw a chiropractor that day but did not disclose who caused her injuries when asked.

The jury was also shown a photo of Bongolan’s neck and back that appeared reddened and covered with bandages.

The image shown was actually a photo of an iPhone displaying the original picture. Bongolan said her ex-girlfriend took the photo and she couldn’t AirDrop it.

Bongolan testified that she didn’t seek further medical treatment at the time because the drugs in her system numbed the pain.

Bryana Bongolan said Sean “Diddy” Combs or one of his security guards Facetimed her a day or two after the incident on the balcony.

Bongolan said she didn’t report the incident on the balcony to police because she was scared.

She said she and Combs saw each other after the incident and “tried to be cool.”

Assistant US Attorney Madison Smyser directed Bryana Bongolan back to the incident on the balcony of Cassie Ventura’s Los Angeles apartment.

Bongolan testified she was asleep with her ex-girlfriend on a couch in Ventura’s apartment when she heard Sean Combs banging on the door in September 2016. Ventura was in her bedroom at the time, Bongolan said.

Bongolan took her ex-girlfriend to hide in the guest bathroom and then went to the balcony herself to appear “casual.”

Bongolan said she hid the other woman at the time testifying, “I didn’t want to expose her to things that I see.”

She had a marijuana cigarette on the balcony facing away from the door when Combs came out to the balcony.

Bongolan testified Combs grabbed her chest and then held her by her armpits over the railing.
Her feet were dangling above the railing, she said. Bongolan is about 5 feet tall.

Combs repeatedly yelled, “Do you know what the f**k you did?” according to Bongolan.

Bongolan said she still doesn’t know what Combs was talking about at the time. She recalled responding something like, “I don’t know what the f**k I did.”

After about 15 seconds dangling over the balcony railing, Combs threw her on the balcony furniture.

She said she had a lot of adrenaline and didn’t realize she was hurt right away.

Bongolan said as she was falling, she heard Ventura’s voice. Bongolan said Ventura asked something like “Did you just hang her over the balcony?” and it sounded like she was in disbelief.

Ventura and Combs then began talking, and Bongolan heard something about her girlfriend being in the house. Combs left shortly after, she said.

After Combs left, Bongolan went back to her apartment. “I was shaking a lot,” she said.

She said she had a big bruise with a piercing in the middle of it on her leg, and she suffered neck and back pain. The jury saw a picture of the bruise.

Prosecutor Maurene Comey said she thinks it’s unlikely that “Jane” will testify today.

She said they intend to call Enrique Santos after Bongolan’s testimony ends, but said his testimony should be brief.

Jane is one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers who is using a pseudonym during his trial.

Judge Arun Subramanian is back on the bench after the lunch break.

Bryana Bongolan, a longtime friend of Cassie Ventura, is expected to resume her testimony soon.

Subramanian just sent the jurors, who had entered the courtroom, back to the jury room so they can resolve a technical issue.

This post was updated with details on the jurors returning to jury room.

We’re on week four of the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, and so far the jury has heard from26witnesses — including Cassie Ventura, the prosecution’s star witness who testified for multiple days about the abuse she said she endured during her relationship with Combs.

Here’s a look at who else has taken the stand so far:

Frank Piazza, a forensic audio and video editor, was the first witness to take the stand this morning in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal criminal trial. Piazza is an expert witness who testified that he is being paid $295 per hour for his work on this case and that he has no knowledge of the case but reviewed cell phone video, surveillance footage and “sex videos.”

Bryana Bongolan was called to the stand next and testified about a physical altercation she alleged happened at the hands of Combs. Her testimony is expected to continue after the lunch break.

Here’s what happened this morning: