After male escort Daniel Phillip instructed the jury Monday that he noticed “Sean Combs hit Cassie,” a protection legal professional in the present day questioned whether or not he embellished the account to make Combs appear extra callous.
Phillip testified that after a sexual encounter at Ventura’s residence, Combs threw a bottle towards her and “grabbed her by her hair and dragged her by her hair into the bed room” after she didn’t instantly rise up from a pc to enter the bed room as he instructed. Phillip stated Combs emerged from the bed room some time later to ask Phillip, “Are you guys able to proceed?”
On cross-examination in the present day, protection legal professional Xavier Donaldson questioned whether or not Combs stated one thing else.
“Isn’t it true he stated, ‘You bought to get out of right here?’” Donaldson requested.
“I don’t recall that,” Phillip responded.
“’Yo man, I’m going to should cope with this it is advisable get the f— out?’” Donaldson quoted Combs as saying.
When Phillip responded that was not what Combs stated, Donaldson confronted him with a December 2023 legislation enforcement report from an interview brokers carried out with Phillip.
“Mr. Combs instructed you ‘Yo man, get the f— out,’” Donaldson insisted.
“I don’t recall that,” Phillip replied. “I don’t bear in mind saying that.”
On re-direct examination by the prosecution, Phillip sought to make clear his assertion.
“I recall him popping out of the room and making an attempt to get us to have intercourse once more,” Phillip stated. “I simply recall him asking us if we’re able to go.”
“And what did you perceive that to imply?” prosecutor Maureen Comey requested.
“If we’re able to have intercourse once more,” Phillip answered.
“I used to be fully shocked and tousled in my head,” Phillips stated, at which level, he stated, Combs instructed him to go away.
“Is Sean Combs the identical man who threw a liquor bottle throughout the room when Ms. Ventura instructed him to attend a minute?” Comey requested.
“Sure,” Phillip responded.
