Sean Combs enters court as 2nd day of trial commences
Sean Combs entered court Tuesday wearing the same, or similar, white collared shirt, light-colored pullover and khaki pants. He waved to his family in the second row.
A federal prosecutor prepared the court for what's to come when Cassie Ventura is expected to take the witness stand later today.
"There are videos," the prosecutor, Emily Johnson, said.
Johnson promised jurors in her opening statement Monday that they would "see videos of some of the freak-offs, the videos the defendant used to blackmail Cassie and to blackmail 'Jane,'" the latter referring to an anonymous alleged second victim.
On those videos, Johnson told jurors they would hear Combs providing direction to Cassie and "Jane," and the women complying.
Daniel Phillip, an escort who testified Monday that he was paid as much as $6,000 each time he had sex with Ventura while Combs sat in the corner masturbating, returned to the witness stand Tuesday to resume cross-examination.
On cross-examination, Monday defense attorney Xavier Donaldson sought to downplay Combs' role in the first alleged sexual encounter at the Gramercy Park Hotel.
