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

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.

The chemistry among Sean Combs, "Jane" and a male escort named Paul was so strong, "Jane" testified, that they had a nickname: "Trifecta."

"Jane" also testified that they compared themselves to basketball stars, telling the court that she was Kobe Bryant. Paul was Shaquille O'Neal, and Combs was Michael Jordan.

"Jane," Combs' former girlfriend who's testifying under a pseudonym, identified Paul to the court as Combs' personal trainer. Other escorts, she testified, they found by watching adult performers on a porn site. "Jane" testified that she sent direct messages to some of the performers "with the encouragement of my partner," meaning Combs.

Asked what she meant, Jane quoted Combs in her testimony as encouraging her by allegedly saying, "Can you get that d---, do you think you can get that d---?"

The defense asked "Jane" about Combs' reaction when one of the performers, identified in court as Kobral, sold a sex tape of "Jane" to a media company.

"He told you he was so sorry that this happened?" defense attorney Teny Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

"He was livid and pissed?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," "Jane" testified.

"He was trying to figure out how it doesn't get released?" Geragos followed up.

"Yes," "Jane" told the court.

Geragos asked if Combs' chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, had any knowledge that escorts were joining Combs and "Jane" in "hotel night" sexual encounters.

"I don't think so," "Jane" testified.

Court is taking its lunch break

On a trip to Turks and Caicos early in her relationship with Sean Combs, "Jane" -- the former Combs girlfriend testifying under a pseudonym -- told the court that she had taken a large ecstasy pill and experienced an adverse reaction.

Defense attorney Teny Geragos asked if Combs' chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, helped "Jane" through the incident.

"Yes," "Jane" testified. "She turned on the shower and got me in the shower. Everybody was just kind of around and making sure I was OK."

"Jane" also testified under cross-examination that she sought to secure the $10,000-per-month house in Los Angeles in which she lived in part to keep Combs' bodyguards from finding out about the alleged "hotel night" arranged sexual encounters with male prostitutes, suggesting they had no role in the arrangements.

"Jane" previously testified, as did other witnesses, that Combs' assistants and bodyguards set up the rooms and arranged cash payments for encounter participants.

The defense also asserted that "Jane" was upset with Combs about more than having to participate in "hotel nights" with other men, and questioned "Jane" regarding how she felt about his many girlfriends and his alleged "polyamorous" lifestyle.

"What was hard for me was the imbalance in treatment," "Jane" testified. "When I walked into the relationship I just thought he was dating. It was definitely difficult when it became a relationship that publicly looked monogamous."

Geragos asked "Jane" about a time when she was departing at the end of a trip to the Bahamas and saw other women Combs had flown in.

"It was definitely something new to see. It was shocking," "Jane" testified.

"And that hurt your feelings?" Geragos asked.

"Yes," Jane testified.

"Do you remember calling that woman some insults?" Geragos asked.

"Unfortunately," "Jane" testified. "I feel very badly about this. And I really do love women. Back in the day I was very colorful with my words. I called them a 'ho'."