Sean Combs trial updates: Defense highlights affection in 'Jane's' relationship with Combs

After the former Combs girlfriend testifying under the pseudonym "Jane" told the jury on direct examination that she had been "used" and "lied to" during her relationship with Combs, defense attorney Teny Geragos sought to demonstrate that "Jane" benefited from the relationship.

"You were an entrepreneur," Geragos said, noting "Jane's" swimwear brand and line of dresses in which Combs invested $20,000. "Have you profited?"

"A little bit," "Jane" testified.

"Has he ever asked you for any of that money?" Geragos asked.

"No," "Jane" testified.

"He's never asked you for a portion of your proceeds?" Geragos asked.

"No," "Jane" told the court.

Geragos also asked about the Los Angeles home in which she lives with her child. "Jane" testified that the home is 5,300 square feet, significantly larger than the 1,400-square-foot apartment she previously occupied before Combs started paying her rent.

"It's in a nice area of Los Angeles?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

"A big home for your child," Geragos said. "That's important to you?"

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

Geragos then showed "Jane" more explicit text messages she sent to Combs that appeared to show her taking the initiative in planning nights that the messages said could "get slutty."

"Jane" told the court, "He typically doesn't want the boring romantic stuff. He wants the debaucherous (sic) stuff."

Geragos showed "Jane" a series of messages that she and Combs exchanged after a "hotel night" sexual encounter, highlighting what the defense asserts was her enthusiasm.

"I wish you were here. We can play our videos on TV and lock each other in the room all day," "Jane" texted, adding, "I never (climaxed) so hard like that in my life."

Another text from "Jane" to Combs described an encounter in part as "sexy, erotic," as well as in more explicit terms.

"I knew that's what he liked," "Jane" testified. "I wanted to do something he liked."

Court has adjourned for the day. Cross-examination resumes Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET.

The cross-examination of Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend, testifying under the pseudonym "Jane," took a sharper tone when defense attorney Teny Geragos started asking about gifts Combs gave her and suggested she was jealous of what he gave other women.

Geragos showed the jury text messages in which "Jane" asked Combs whether he gave another girlfriend a Chanel handbag. She asked "Jane" whether she received one.

"No," "Jane" testified. "I only got trauma."

Geragos asked about another luxury handbag, by maker Bottega Veneta.

"What is a Bottega bag?" Geragos asked.

"I'm sure you have one," "Jane" replied in testimony.

"How much do Bottega bags run? Geragos asked.

"How much does my body cost," "Jane" snapped back in testimony.

"Jane" then asked the judge for a break.

Following a lunch break, the testimony of the former Sean Combs girlfriend appearing under the pseudonym "Jane" focused on sexually explicit text messages that "Jane" sent to Combs as the defense continues to attempt to show her as a willing, even eager, participant in "hotel night" sexual encounters with male escorts.

"Want to see that ATL with you," "Jane" wrote in one message, referring to an escort who lived in Atlanta.

"Have you been thinking about it?" Combs replied.

"A little bit," "Jane" responded. That message was followed by an explicit text exchange with Combs about the escort's genitalia and her own, including the use of oil during the future sexual encounter, echoing previous testimony.

During another exchange, Combs asked for "guidance" and "Jane" texted "Want to see me (perform oral sex) in a hotel room? I can shower and go to the store if you want. Some fresh outfits."

Combs texted in reply, "I need something exciting I'm jaded."

Another exchange included "fantasy talk" about an escort named Paul.

"I want to (perform oral sex on him) while you give me that strong stroke game," "Jane" texted Combs.

After a few other back-and-forth messages, Combs texted, "Can't have Paul at my house."

Defense attorney Teny Geragos noted that despite the contention by prosecutors that Combs and some of his employees comprised a criminal enterprise that trafficked women like "Jane," Combs attempted to shield his housekeeper, house manager and other employees, plus his children, from male escorts.

Though she previously testified that Sean Combs made her feel "repulsed," "disgusted," "sleazy," and like "an animal" and a "porn star," "Jane" testified on cross-examination that she liked to "baby" Combs.

"Taking care of Mr. Combs was one of your favorite parts of your relationship?" defense attorney Teny Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

"You liked that quality time with him?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

"Because he was your partner and your lover and you wanted to take care of him?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" told the jury.

"You really wanted to please him?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

"Jane," Combs' former girlfriend who's appearing under a pseudonym, testified that she began to research the lifestyle Combs appeared to be leading, "trying to figure out my relationship."

She told the jury she came upon the word "cuck," which she described as a "man who is in a relationship and is turned on by watching a woman have sex with another man."

Geragos asked, "What did that word mean to you?"

"Jane" testified, "I was just like, 'this is spot-on.'"

"Jane" explained to the jury, "I was trying to deep-dive on all the reasons why they drew such pleasure watching their woman with other men."

Combs has said all of the sex discussed at trial was consensual, and that the women who allegedly participated understood his desires and were not coerced, as prosecutors allege.

In her testimony, "Jane" agreed with Geragos that she was "OK" with being recorded having sex with male prostitutes and that she agreed to do certain things during those encounters because she wanted to make Combs happy.

The defense stressed moments in which they contended "Jane" appeared to have agency during the "hotel night" sexual encounters, such as forbidding escorts from using drugs and asking them to use condoms.

"There were instances when you did voice that you wanted something to end and he did listen?" Geragos asked.

"On rare occasions," "Jane" testified.

Geragos reminded "Jane" of her previous testimony during which she called one male escort "repulsive" and dismissed another, an Italian man in New York to whom she was not attracted.

"He would say, 'What else?' And I would know what that meant," "Jane" testified of Combs, recalling why she called preferred escorts after rejecting others.

The "hotel nights" regularly involved taking the drug ecstasy, "Jane" previously testified, saying "I feel that ecstasy made me feel extremely sexual and liberated and it helped me get through these nights with these men as well."

Under cross-examination, "Jane" told the court that she and Combs would take ecstasy together at other times.

"It was not only when you were in hotel nights that you would take ecstasy, right?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" told the court.