Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer accuses witness of lying

6/6/2025 6:07

A lawyer for Sean "Diddy"

Combs accused a witness at his sex trafficking trial on Thursday

of falsely testifying that the hip-hop mogul held her over the

balcony of a Los Angeles apartment, and suggested Combs was on

the East Coast at the time of the alleged attack.

Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Combs' former girlfriend Casandra

Ventura, testified on Wednesday that Combs in September 2016

held her over the rail of the balcony at Ventura's apartment and

then threw her onto the balcony's furniture, causing her

bruises.

Prosecutors say the incident was among several violent acts that

Combs, 55, took against Ventura and people close to her during

the decade he was coercing Ventura to take part in drug-fueled

sexual performances with male sex workers known as "Freak

Offs."

Combs has pleaded not guilty to five counts including

racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. He could face life

in prison if convicted on all counts.



Bongolan had not stated the exact date of the alleged

balcony attack during her testimony on Wednesday.



Jurors on Wednesday saw a picture Bongolan took of a bruise

on her leg taken on September 26, 2016. A civil lawsuit Bongolan

filed against Combs last year said the incident took place "on

or about September 26, 2016."



On Thursday, Combs' lawyer Nicole Westmoreland asked

Bongolan if she was aware that Combs performed at a concert in

New Jersey on September 25, 2016 and attended an event in New

York with Ventura the following day.



Westmoreland also showed jurors a document from the Trump

International hotel in New York indicating that someone named

"Frank Black" stayed there from September 24, 2016 through

September 29, 2016. Previous witnesses at the trial have

testified that Combs, like other celebrities, frequently used

aliases when staying at hotels.



"You came in here and you lied to the ladies and gentlemen

of this jury, didn't you?" Westmoreland asked.



"I can't agree with you," Bongolan replied.



Under further questioning from prosecutor Madison Smyser,

Bongolan said she did not know the exact date of the incident

because it happened "a while ago," but said she had no doubt it

took place.



"I will never forget him holding me on that balcony,"

Bongolan said.