DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Would you please state and spell the first name under which you are currently testifying?
MS. COMEY: Good afternoon, Jane.
MS. COMEY: Have you asked to testify here today under a pseudonym to protect your privacy?
MS. COMEY: At this time, I would like to pull up what was just admitted in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-121 just for the jury and the parties and not for the public, as it is a sealed exhibit, please.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize this?
MS. COMEY: I think we lost it.
MS. COMEY: Do you still see that in front of you?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: Without saying it out loud, is the last name next to the line LN your true last name?
MS. COMEY: And is the first and middle name next to FN your true first and middle name?
MS. COMEY: And is the address below that your true address?
MS. COMEY: Do you currently live at that address?
MS. COMEY: How long have you lived there?
MS. COMEY: When did you move in there?
MS. COMEY: Are you estimating?
MS. COMEY: And the date of birth there, is that your true date of birth?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you very much, Ms. Becker. I'd like to now please pull up what is not in evidence, so just for the witness, Government Exhibit 2A-402, please.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize that?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this exhibit in evidence.
THE COURT: All right. It will be admitted.
(Government Exhibit 2A-402 received in evidence)
MS. COMEY: Could we please just show that to the jury.
THE COURT: OK.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, generally, where did you grow up?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you, Ms. Becker. Your Honor, I failed to note that that prior exhibit I'm offering under seal, given that it shows the likeness of Jane.
THE COURT: Understood.
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor.
MS. COMEY: How far did you go in school, Jane?
MS. COMEY: What kind of work did you do after leaving junior college?
MS. COMEY: I'd like to direct your attention now to the period between 2021 and 2024. Who, if anyone, were you in a relationship with over those years?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what is in evidence as Government Exhibit 2A-101.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize the person in that photograph?
MS. COMEY: Who is that?
MS. COMEY: Do you know him by any other names?
MS. COMEY: What names did you call him when you were in a relationship with him?
MS. COMEY: Why did you call him Ernie?
MS. COMEY: So who were you?
MS. COMEY: And who was he?
MS. COMEY: Like from Sesame Street?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: How did you first meet Sean?
MS. COMEY: And about what year was that?
MS. COMEY: And how did that girls' trip to Miami lead to you meeting Sean?
MS. COMEY: And was that girlfriend one of the girls who you went on this trip with to Miami?
MS. COMEY: Who paid for that girls' trip you took?
MS. COMEY: Where were you all staying?
MS. COMEY: And how did you first meet Sean on that girls' trip?
JANE: He had invited us all over for dinner and, like, a thing at night, and I remember we went all over there as a group to his residence in Miami.
MS. COMEY: What residence is that?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember the address by any chance?
MS. COMEY: Before going to Two Star Island in 2020, had you met Sean in passing before?
MS. COMEY: About how long before 2020 had you met Sean in passing?
MS. COMEY: And at what type of event did you meet Sean in passing?
MS. COMEY: And were there a lot of people there?
MS. COMEY: Other than that meeting in passing, a Father's Day celebration, had you had any other in-person interactions with Sean before that Miami trip in 2020?
MS. COMEY: How long were you in Miami during that 2020 trip?
MS. COMEY: And on how many of those days did you see Sean?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember doing with Sean and your girlfriends on the first day when you saw him?
JANE: I remember it was at night, we went over there and I just saw Sean and he was really charming, really nice. And I was already drawn to him, like, pretty instantly. And he was really hospitable, really sweet, really friendly. We had a nice night altogether.
MS. COMEY: You said that night started out at Two Star, is that right?
MS. COMEY: Where did you all go from Two Star?
MS. COMEY: What happened on the yacht?
JANE: We were just having drinks, partying, being friendly. There was a little bit of flirting going on. Just a nice night altogether.
MS. COMEY: And when you say a little bit of flirting, between who?
MS. COMEY: And you said partying. Were you using drugs that night?
MS. COMEY: What, if any, private conversations did you have with Sean on that yacht?
JANE: At one point I had to use the restroom and he happened to be there as well, and that's when we bumped into each other and he was, like, take down my number, let me get your number. And we exchanged numbers then, and that's when we decided we should have a nickname. And he said Bert and I said Ernie. And then, you know -- yeah.
MS. COMEY: And so did you exchange phone numbers?
MS. COMEY: And after that, were you in contact over the phone?
MS. COMEY: During that same trip to Miami, what, if any, drugs do you remember seeing?
MS. COMEY: And on which day, if you can remember, do you remember seeing those drugs?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember about that?
JANE: I remember after the yacht we all went to the pool, and one of the girls had requested that she wanted some drugs. And I guess while we were in the pool --
MS. COMEY: I don't want you to guess, so -- one of your girlfriends requested drugs. And how did Sean respond?
MS. COMEY: And then what did you see happen a little while later?
MS. COMEY: Where did you go with Sean at that point?
MS. COMEY: Did you and Sean go alone to the studio?
MS. COMEY: What did you see happen in the studio?
MS. COMEY: And what, if anything, did that man say?
JANE: Well, I remember I was, like, is this safe? And I remember both of them looking at me like, kind of just gave me just, like, a look, yeah, it's the best.
MS. COMEY: Who did you see that man give the pink powder to?
MS. COMEY: And then what did you see Sean do with it?
MS. COMEY: And he took it back to the pool?
MS. COMEY: And gave it to one of your girlfriends?
MS. COMEY: And what do you remember happening after that?
JANE: I remember my girlfriend was pretty upset. I think she assumed that there was something going on with Sean and I at that moment, and we then left the party pretty abruptly.
MS. COMEY: You said your girlfriend was upset. Is this the girlfriend who was in a relationship with Sean?
MS. COMEY: What other activities do you remember doing with your girlfriends and Sean on that first trip?
JANE: I remember we -- the next day we just had a pool party and he just hosted a pool party, just for us, and we were just having drinks and having lunch by the pool. It was a nice day.
MS. COMEY: And then what do you remember from your last day in Miami?
JANE: I remember he invited us all over for a movie night, and we were in the theater and all watching a movie.
MS. COMEY: Where was the theater?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening while you were watching the movie with Sean and your girlfriends?
JANE: I remember he text me, and he was like: Are you OK? I'd like to take you out. And I was just saying to him that it just felt a little complicated in the moment, but, like, we'll be in touch.
MS. COMEY: So you were texting during the movie?
MS. COMEY: And was the girlfriend of yours who was seeing Sean in a relationship with him there as well?
MS. COMEY: After that movie night, where did you go?
MS. COMEY: And at the time, where were you living, generally?
MS. COMEY: And after that trip, how, if at all, did you remain in contact with Sean?
MS. COMEY: And what do you remember about those communications in the weeks after that first Miami trip in 2020?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, could we please pull up what is in evidence as Government Exhibit A-906. And could you please pull up pages 1 and 2 side by side.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize this?
MS. COMEY: And what is this?
MS. COMEY: Could you please tell us the very first text that you sent to Sean?
MS. COMEY: And how did he respond?
MS. COMEY: And then can we go to the next page and look at what Sean sent you after that. What did he send you after that?
MS. COMEY: What are the dates of these messages?
MS. COMEY: And were the first two November 29, 2020?
MS. COMEY: Over the course of your texting relationship and communications after that Miami trip, who pursued whom?
MS. COMEY: Sean pursued who?
MS. COMEY: And what was Sean asking you to do over those messages and phone calls?
MS. COMEY: And at first how did you respond?
MS. COMEY: Why were you hesitant at first?
JANE: Because I was still being considerate of my girlfriend, who still had feelings for him and -- yeah.
MS. COMEY: What, if anything, changed?
JANE: My girlfriend ended up getting engaged and she moved overseas and became a fiancée, and so I felt that she was OK and that I could potentially entertain this Sean thing.
MS. COMEY: And about how long after that Miami trip in November of 2020 did your girlfriend get engaged to someone else?
MS. COMEY: So was she seeing her soon-to-be fiancé at the same time she was seeing Sean?
MS. COMEY: And after she moved overseas, how did you feel about possibly seeing Sean?
MS. COMEY: After that, what did you discuss with Sean?
JANE: I told him that I would actually be in Miami already for an event and that I would like to see him.
MS. COMEY: So when were you going to Miami already for an event?
MS. COMEY: And did you, in fact, go to Miami in January of 2021?
MS. COMEY: And what did you and Sean agree to do when you went down to Miami then?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember about the first time you saw Sean on that January 2021 trip?
JANE: I remember when I first saw Sean, he walks in the door of the hotel room and he was just, like, larger than life. He had a very big personality, super charming, very, very passionate, even just in how he speaks, and just overall really charming. And he was just immediately immersed in conversation with me.
MS. COMEY: Where did you spend that first date with Sean?
MS. COMEY: And how long did your first date with Sean end up lasting?
MS. COMEY: I want to focus on the beginning of that first date. At the beginning of that first date, what, if any, past relationships did you discuss with Sean?
JANE: I was very open with him that I had previously dated somebody who he was really close to and that my -- I understood that my child's father and him had dislikes with one another. And he was very, very vocal that he didn't care, not about my past girlfriend, not about my child's father. And then the only thing maybe he had concerns about was the person that he was really close to --
MS. COMEY: I want to make sure we understand that. So first you said you'd been in a relationship with someone who was really close to Sean, is that right?
MS. COMEY: How long before this first date in 2021 had that relationship with someone Sean was close to ended?
MS. COMEY: Are you estimating?
MS. COMEY: And then you mentioned that your child's father was someone who did not get along with Sean, is that right?
MS. COMEY: And how many children do you have?
MS. COMEY: And did you and Sean talk about those two relationships on your first date?
MS. COMEY: And generally, what did Sean say about them?
MS. COMEY: What, if any, past relationships with Sean did you talk about during that first date?
MS. COMEY: And what did you discuss about that?
JANE: That he just said that that was really more like a friendship more than anything, that it wasn't really as romantic as maybe she had assumed it was.
MS. COMEY: And so after you cleared the air about your past relationships, what happened on the rest of your -- that first night with Sean?
JANE: We made lots of love. I remember it was just amazing. And I remember it was, like, morning time and then we just decided to go for a walk on the beach.
MS. COMEY: So where did you see the sun rise that morning?
MS. COMEY: With whom?
MS. COMEY: And then after that what did you two do for the rest of your trip in Miami?
JANE: After that we went to a proper date night. We went to a restaurant. We got dressed up and we had more of a mellow, like, one-on-one sitting and properly dating. Date night.
MS. COMEY: And then did you spend the next couple days together too?
MS. COMEY: Over that first date, what kinds of things did you and Sean talk about?
MS. COMEY: When you left Miami after that trip in January of 2021, how did you feel about Sean?
MS. COMEY: After you left Miami in January of 2021, how did you and Sean keep communicating?
MS. COMEY: After that January '21 trip, 2021 trip, what, if any, trips did you take in February of 2021?
MS. COMEY: Who's we?
MS. COMEY: How did you end up on that trip?
JANE: I told him that my birthday was coming up, and he was super excited and said we should go on an island getaway. And I was super excited as well because I had never been to Turks. And so he took me there and it was amazing.
MS. COMEY: How did you get to Turks?
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BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: When you say his plane, what are you referencing?
MS. COMEY: And who do you remember going to Turks with you on that trip?
JANE: I remember his assistant K.K. was there. The chef, the butler, photographer. At some point there was a barber.
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 2A-301.
MS. COMEY: Do you recognize the person in that photograph?
MS. COMEY: Who is that?
MS. COMEY: Do you know her full name?
MS. COMEY: And do you know what her role was for Sean?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: How long did you stay in Turks on that trip in February 2021?
MS. COMEY: So you went from Turks to the Bahamas?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember from the time you spent in Turks in February 2021?
JANE: I remember so many lovely things. It was just really us and so we just had a lot of connection and a lot of time together. As you would assume, just really passionate about one another, lots of attraction. It was very lust filled.
MS. COMEY: Were you getting a lot of alone time with Sean?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-163. Before we play this video, can you tell us if you recognize this, Jane? A. Yes. This is the villa that we stayed in at Turks.
MS. COMEY: And do you know who took this video?
MS. COMEY: Can we go ahead and play this video, please.
(Video played)
MS. COMEY: Who did we see at the end of this video?
MS. COMEY: And where are you? What are we seeing in this video?
JANE: We are at the villa pool and I am just taking a video of the ambience and Sean and just the weather and the vibe.
MS. COMEY: And you said the villa. Had Sean rented out a whole villa just for you two for your trip?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: During your trip to Turks, what if anything did you tell Sean about your own life and personal circumstances?
JANE: I was very open about just that I was a single mother and for work I was just on social media. I would say -- I would call myself a content creator, influencer. And that's pretty much it.
MS. COMEY: So what kind of work were you doing at the time?
MS. COMEY: During that same trip, what if any gifts do you remember Sean giving you?
JANE: I remember it was actually when I first met him in Miami, that first trip, he had given me a love bracelet that said L-O-V-E on it. So I got that pretty early on. And, oh, at the end of the trip, I do remember he said that he was going to send me some money and that he knew that he had taken me out for many days. And I really appreciated that gesture because it was many days away.
MS. COMEY: So at what point did Sean offer to send you money?
MS. COMEY: The trip to where?
MS. COMEY: And had you asked him for money?
MS. COMEY: How much money did he tell you he would send you?
MS. COMEY: And what did he say when he told you he was sending you $10,000?
MS. COMEY: So during that trip, were you able to do any of the work you would normally do?
MS. COMEY: During that same Turks trip, what if any drugs did you use?
MS. COMEY: Now, before that trip, had you used drugs?
MS. COMEY: How many times had you used drugs in your life before that trip to Turks?
MS. COMEY: What drugs had you used twice?
MS. COMEY: And on what occasions had you used ecstasy twice?
MS. COMEY: And about how long before this 2021 trip was that?
MS. COMEY: Are you estimating?
MS. COMEY: Whose idea was it for you to use ecstasy in Turks?
MS. COMEY: And how many times did Sean suggest you take ecstasy at Turks?
MS. COMEY: So about how many times do you remember Sean giving you ecstasy to use in Turks?
MS. COMEY: And you said you were there for about nine days?
MS. COMEY: How did drugs first come up with Sean?
JANE: I remember we were inside the pool and we were drinking and just having a good time. And he opens his hand with a pill and he's like, here, take this, it will just be more fun or something like that. And so I ended up taking the whole thing.
MS. COMEY: What happened after you took the whole pill Sean handed to you?
JANE: I was walking down the beach with him and then it just hit me, and I just remember I fell to the ground and I started grabbing the sand and throwing the sand, and my body was just like almost like convulsing and I was -- I think I was screaming a little.
MS. COMEY: What do you remember after you fell to the sand?
JANE: I remember that his butler and K.K. tried to help me and they were trying to figure out what was wrong or what they could do. And then they eventually put me in a shower, like a lukewarm shower, just to kind of calm my senses.
MS. COMEY: How did you feel after the shower?
MS. COMEY: And about how long after that did you take another ecstasy pill?
JANE: Throughout the trip, I remember every other day we would take it. And this time, I would just take them in really small pieces.
MS. COMEY: Who decided how big a dose of ecstasy you would get?
MS. COMEY: And who gave you all the ecstasy you took on that trip?
MS. COMEY: When you took a smaller dose of ecstasy from Sean, how did that smaller dose make you feel?
JANE: It made me feel relaxed, euphoric, sexual. It just enhanced touch and sense and made me feel even more loving and flirtatious with him.
MS. COMEY: About how long did those effects last each time you took ecstasy from Sean?
MS. COMEY: And then what was the experience like after those 12 hours?
JANE: I would say either we would keep going or we would take something to just relax and then go to bed.
MS. COMEY: So when you say we would keep going, does that mean take more ecstasy?
MS. COMEY: Could you describe the experience of coming down from ecstasy?
JANE: Yes. In my first experience, when I was with Sean, it was like your mind was kind of readjusting to the environment. Like it was coming down from a high. And you're just tired and want to go to sleep.
MS. COMEY: When you went to the Bahamas with Sean, did you continue using drugs with him?
MS. COMEY: What drugs?
MS. COMEY: Who gave you the ecstasy?
MS. COMEY: About how much ecstasy or how many times do you remember Sean giving you ecstasy on that trip?
MS. COMEY: And at the end of the trip, what money did Sean ultimately send to you?
MS. COMEY: And did he send that to your bank account?
MS. COMEY: How much was $10,000 to you at that time in your life?
MS. COMEY: After the end of that trip, how did you feel about Sean?
JANE: I was even deeper in my feelings for Sean. I want to say we even started using the L word. And I was really deep in it. I really fell head over heels for him.
MS. COMEY: What was your understanding of the status of your relationship with Sean at the end of that trip?
JANE: He had made it really clear to me that he really liked me, but that he was seeing multiple women.
MS. COMEY: So he was open about that with you?
MS. COMEY: And how did you react to hearing that?
MS. COMEY: Why were you okay with it?
MS. COMEY: Did you have the sense that you had the option of a monogamous relationship with him?
MS. COMEY: So what was your understanding of whether Sean would be seeing other people romantically while you were in a relationship with him?
MS. COMEY: And what was your understanding of whether you should see other people while you were in a relationship with Sean?
MS. COMEY: How long did your dating relationship with Sean last?
MS. COMEY: Do you know when he was arrested?
MS. COMEY: Are you estimating?
MS. COMEY: But did your relationship last through 2024?
MS. COMEY: At some point during the period between 2021 and 2024, did you and Sean take any breaks from your relationship?
MS. COMEY: How many do you remember?
MS. COMEY: About when was the first one?
MS. COMEY: Okay. And was the first one short?
MS. COMEY: Was the second one longer?
MS. COMEY: About when was the second one?
MS. COMEY: And how long were you on a break from Sean starting from October 2023?
MS. COMEY: When did you get back together with Sean after you took that break in October 2023?
MS. COMEY: Okay. So you were on a break, in your mind, from October 2023 through February 2024?
MS. COMEY: Okay. We'll talk about that more later. Okay?
MS. COMEY: Over the years you were with him, how public was your relationship with Sean?
MS. COMEY: And what if anything did Sean say to you about keeping your relationship out of the public eye?
MS. COMEY: So did you post about him on your social media accounts?
MS. COMEY: Over the course of your relationship with Sean, where were you living?
JANE: I was living in -- sometimes, some portion of it in the East Coast, and then majority of it in the West Coast in California.
MS. COMEY: When did you move from the East Coast to California?
MS. COMEY: And what city did you move to in California?
MS. COMEY: What if anything did Sean give you to help you move to Los Angeles?
MS. COMEY: I want to focus now on your relationship between the end of the Turks trip in February of 2021 and May of 2021. Okay?
MS. COMEY: Over those approximately three months, how often did you see Sean in person?
MS. COMEY: And how would you see him in person every other week or?
MS. COMEY: You say he would fly you to him. Would he pay for you to fly?
MS. COMEY: Commercially?
MS. COMEY: And to what city did you fly to see him?
MS. COMEY: During that same time in between seeing him in person, how did you communicate with Sean?
MS. COMEY: Over those three months, what if anything do you remember Sean giving you?
MS. COMEY: What if any money do you remember him giving you?
MS. COMEY: In cash or wires?
MS. COMEY: And what would he say when he gave you money?
MS. COMEY: Over those approximately three months between February and May of 2021, how often did you use drugs?
MS. COMEY: Every time you saw who?
MS. COMEY: And who gave you the drugs you used every time you saw Sean?
MS. COMEY: What drugs did Sean give you during that period?
JANE: Ecstasy, Molly, sometimes there was cocaine. Sometimes there was something called K, which was ketamine.
MS. COMEY: I want to talk about each of those. You've already talked about ecstasy. Could you explain how Molly made you feel when you took it?
JANE: Molly I would say just kind of enhanced the same feelings as ecstasy. It just made you sexual and promiscuous and like horny and, yeah.
MS. COMEY: And then you mentioned cocaine. How did you feel when you took cocaine?
JANE: It wasn't often I used this drug, but when I did, I would just feel really alert and awake.
MS. COMEY: And then you mentioned K, ketamine?
MS. COMEY: How did you feel when you took that?
JANE: The one time that I did it, I felt not so good on it. It's more of like a -- like a hallucinogen, like the floor was coming down and the walls were -- it was just kind of weird.
MS. COMEY: Now, focusing again on those three months between February and May of 2021. In what context did Sean give you drugs?
MS. COMEY: During that same period, what did you learn about how Sean preferred to have sex?
JANE: I learned so many things. I learned how he liked to have pornography playing. I learned how he preferred me to dress. And I just learned the things that he liked sexually.
MS. COMEY: How did Sean tell you he preferred you to dress?
MS. COMEY: And about how long did he want you to be in these outfits while you were using drugs?
MS. COMEY: And how long would that last usually?
MS. COMEY: And what if any substances did Sean want you to use on your own body during sex?
MS. COMEY: And what did Sean tell you to do with it?
MS. COMEY: In what types of rooms between February and May of 2021 would you have this kind of sex with Sean?
MS. COMEY: And how was his bedroom lit when you would have these interactions?
MS. COMEY: Now, during those first three months, how did you feel about these long lasting sexual sessions with Sean?
JANE: I loved them. I really love my partner and I was just having -- making love with my partner like the whole time and lots of affection and kisses and love making and it was really wonderful. I had a really nice...
MS. COMEY: How intense did your relationship feel during this early phase?
MS. COMEY: Could you explain that?
JANE: I felt like Sean was really passionate, and he brought out a lot of passion out of me too. And the way he would compliment me and be so into me and just really like enjoying one another, like it made me feel really good inside.
MS. COMEY: So over those three months between February and May of 2021, how did you feel about Sean?
MS. COMEY: I want to talk now about May of 2021. What do you remember happening in your relationship with Sean in May of 2021?
JANE: I remember that just when we would watch pornography, we just started to have a lot more of fantasy conversation.
MS. COMEY: Do you need to take a break, Jane?
MS. COMEY: Who initiated the fantasy conversation you're describing?
MS. COMEY: And can you explain to us how he initiated that conversation?
JANE: Just we would just search specific things on these websites. And just in the middle of, like, being high, like, he just really wanted me to fantasize or kind of really talk about other men and this type of role play about other men.
MS. COMEY: You mentioned you would search on these websites. Are you talking about pornography websites?
MS. COMEY: So would you be watching pornography?
MS. COMEY: And you said that he would want you to talk about other men. What did he tell you he wanted you to say about other men?
JANE: It was more like a question. Like, do you like what you see there? Do you like that? Do you want that? Can you imagine that? Pretend that that's here and I'm that person.
MS. COMEY: Now, in May of 2025, is there a particular night when you remember him introducing this fantasy talk?
MS. COMEY: At the point where he brought it up --
MS. GERAGOS: Objection to the time period.
MS. COMEY: May of 2021. I'm so sorry.
MS. COMEY: In May of 2021, was there a time when Sean initiated this fantasy talk?
MS. COMEY: And at that point when he referenced it, where were you?
MS. COMEY: In what city?
MS. COMEY: And how long had you been awake at that point?
MS. COMEY: Into the night?
MS. COMEY: So had you been awake the whole prior day, too?
MS. COMEY: So had you been awake for a total of about 24 hours?
MS. COMEY: And what, if any, drugs had you been using for the last 12 to 15 hours?
MS. COMEY: And what had you and Sean been doing for the last 12 and 15 hours?
MS. COMEY: In the way you described?
MS. COMEY: So then what did Sean start to say to you after you had been doing that for 12 to 15 hours?
JANE: He started saying I can make this fantasy a reality. If you'd like to have that happen, I can make that happen.
MS. COMEY: And how did you react?
MS. COMEY: Why did you say okay?
JANE: Because seemed like he wanted that and it was turning him on and I was really into my partner and I said okay.
MS. COMEY: Now, when you said okay, did you think that was going to happen that night?
MS. COMEY: When you said okay, did you want to be having sex with someone other than Sean?
MS. COMEY: So what did you think you were doing when you said okay to him?
MS. COMEY: So did you just think this was a fantasy?
MS. COMEY: How did Sean respond when you said okay?
JANE: I remember I went to the restroom. And when I came back out, Sean was in a robe and staring at his phone like really seriously.
MS. COMEY: How if at all had his demeanor changed?
MS. COMEY: And what did Sean say to you when you came out of the bathroom?
MS. COMEY: How did you react when Sean told you we can make that happen tonight?
MS. COMEY: Why did you say okay?
JANE: Because my partner was excited, and it was already happening, and this was something we were going to do.
MS. COMEY: Were you still high at this point?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember how quickly you got to that hotel room after you saw Sean on his phone?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember what hotel you went to?
MS. COMEY: And when you got to the hotel room a couple hours after Sean had been on his phone, what did you see in the hotel room?
JANE: I saw the assistants setting up this room. There was beverages. The lights were already red. There was just kind of like a bustle of getting this room ready.
MS. COMEY: Do you remember what assistants were setting up the room?
MS. COMEY: After the assistants set up the room, who was left in the room?
MS. COMEY: And what did Sean say to you in the bedroom?
JANE: He just told me that there's somebody coming, and just to relax, and that this would be something fun, and he knows the guy, and he's a really nice guy. And I was just super nervous and just listening to him.
MS. COMEY: When Sean said that he knows the guy, what guy did you understand Sean was referring to?
MS. COMEY: So what did you understand Sean was telling you was about to happen?
MS. COMEY: Between who?
MS. COMEY: Had you met this guy before?
MS. COMEY: Did you even know his name at this point?
MS. COMEY: What do you -- and did Sean tell you where he knew this guy from?
MS. COMEY: But did he tell you he already knew the guy?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember I was in the room by myself for a little bit, and he walks out and greets the guy. And I can hear them talking and I eventually --
MS. COMEY: Let me just pause you and ask you, I forgot to ask you, what kind of a hotel room, was this a regular room or a suite?
MS. COMEY: So you said he walked out. Who walked out of the bedroom?
MS. COMEY: And then who did you hear Sean talking with?
MS. COMEY: Another guy?
MS. COMEY: And then after you heard those -- Sean and this other man talking, what happened next?
MS. COMEY: Who called you to come outside?
MS. COMEY: At this point, what were you wearing?
MS. COMEY: And what shoes were you wearing?
MS. COMEY: And who had picked out your outfit and your heels?
MS. COMEY: Together?
MS. COMEY: And when Sean called you out into the other room, what did you do?
MS. COMEY: And who did you see with Sean when you walked into the living room of the hotel suite?
MS. COMEY: Who is Don?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's been marked for identification as Government Exhibit 2A-614 just for the witness and the parties.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize the person in that photograph?
MS. COMEY: Who is that?
MS. COMEY: Is that the same Don you just told us you met in May of 2021?
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this in evidence.
MS. GERAGOS: No objection.
THE COURT: All right go A-614 will be admitted.
(Government's Exhibit 2A-614 received in evidence)
MS. COMEY: May we please publish that to the jury.
MS. COMEY: Do you know Don's last name?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: Now, that night when you first met Don, what did Sean tell you about how Sean knew Don?
JANE: Not much really. I just could feel a sense that they had known each other and that he had some familiarity. But he didn't really specify exactly how they knew one another.
MS. COMEY: At a later time did Sean later tell you how he knew Don?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean tell you later about how he knew Don?
MS. COMEY: What's Cowboys & Angels?
MS. COMEY: And who first told you about Cowboys & Angels?
MS. COMEY: Now, at the time you met Don in this hotel room, were the drugs you had taken that night still effecting you?
MS. COMEY: So how did you feel?
MS. COMEY: Can you tell us what happened after you first walked into the room, into the living room where Don and Sean were?
JANE: I -- I remember I was just sitting on the couch with my robe on, and Sean was just telling me to relax and that it was okay, and same with Don.
MS. COMEY: How was your body positioned as Sean was telling you to relax?
MS. COMEY: What happened next?
JANE: Sean was, like, just stand up. Like, and so I stood up and I started to just kind of dance, just to kind of get my nerves away.
MS. COMEY: Did you take off the robe?
MS. COMEY: Who suggested you take off your robe?
MS. COMEY: While you started dancing, what did you see Don do?
MS. COMEY: What was Don wearing at this point?
MS. COMEY: What kind of shorts?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember Don came closer to me and started touching me, touching my leg, and just trying to make me feel comfortable. And I started touching him and just trying to -- I don't know.
MS. COMEY: What was Sean doing while you and Don started touching each other?
MS. COMEY: What was Sean wearing at this point?
MS. COMEY: And you say he was touching himself, was he masturbating?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember things got a little more hot and heavy with me and Don and we started doing like foreplay on one another.
MS. COMEY: Now, as that went on, who if anyone suggested that you perform oral sex on Don?
MS. COMEY: And what did you do in response?
MS. COMEY: About how long did that last?
MS. COMEY: And what was Sean doing in the meantime?
MS. COMEY: What was he saying, if you can remember?
MS. COMEY: Who if anyone suggested moving to the bedroom?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor.
THE COURT: Overruled.
MS. COMEY: You can answer.
MS. COMEY: Why did you do that?
MS. COMEY: When you say speed things up a bit, what do you mean?
MS. COMEY: What happened next?
MS. COMEY: What did you ask for before having sex with Don?
MS. COMEY: How did Sean react when you asked that Don wear a condom?
JANE: He said like he didn't want -- he didn't want that. He just said why, just these guys are safe. They get tested all the time, and they're some of the cleanest people, and he can show you his papers, and you don't have to do that.
MS. COMEY: What did you understand Sean was referring to when he said these guys get tested all the time?
MS. COMEY: I don't want you to assume. At the time, did you know what he was talking about?
MS. COMEY: How did you react after Sean told you, you didn't need a condom?
MS. COMEY: And so then did you have sex with Don?
MS. COMEY: And did he wear a condom?
MS. COMEY: For about how long did that last?
MS. COMEY: And how did that end?
MS. COMEY: What was Sean doing while you were having sex with Don?
MS. COMEY: Was he saying anything, or was he quiet, or can you remember?
MS. COMEY: Now, after you had sex with Don, did Don leave?
MS. COMEY: And then what did you and Sean end up doing?
JANE: We were in a really good mood and we just started making love and he was really, really happy.
MS. COMEY: How did that night ultimately end with Sean after Don left?
MS. COMEY: The next day do you remember where you went?
MS. COMEY: Now, before you went home, what if any boat trips do you remember taking on that same trip to Miami?
JANE: Oh, yes. After, after that, we actually went on a really nice yacht boat day with him and his friends.
MS. COMEY: So was that the day after you had first met Don?
MS. COMEY: And what do you remember about that boat day?
MS. COMEY: And then did you go home?
MS. COMEY: Now, immediately after that night when you got home, how did you feel?
MS. COMEY: Can you explain why?
JANE: I felt that I had did something -- done something that I had never done before. I felt excited. I was happy. It was taboo. It was fun. I had a good time with my partner.
MS. COMEY: What did you think that night represented in your relationship with Sean?
MS. COMEY: What did you think about whether you would do that again?
MS. COMEY: What do you mean?
JANE: I mean that after that night, I figured it was just something that we did that one time, and maybe on a random other night, maybe we would do it again, just something taboo.
MS. COMEY: How if at all did your relationship with Sean change after that?
JANE: After that night, I truly felt that that night just opened like a Pandora's box in our relationship. It just completely set the tone for our relationship moving forward.
MS. COMEY: What do you mean by opening a Pandora's box?
JANE: I meant that it was just a door that like I was unable to shut for the remainder of the relationship.
MS. COMEY: If you were exhilarated by the first time and were open to possibly doing it again, why did you feel like this was a door you wanted to shut?
MS. COMEY: How much of your relationship did nights where you had sex with other men become with Sean after May of 2021?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
MS. COMEY: I'll rephrase.
THE COURT: Can you rephrase.
MS. COMEY: I'll rephrase.
MS. COMEY: After that night in May of 2021, about what percentage of the time that you saw Sean did you end up having sex with another man in front of him?
MS. COMEY: Did you want that?
MS. COMEY: Did you want to have sex with other men?
MS. COMEY: Who did you want to have sex with?
MS. COMEY: Throughout your relationship with Sean, what did you want more than anything?
MS. COMEY: What kinds of things did you want to do with Sean during your relationship with him?
JANE: I just wanted, as much as I could, just have like an old-fashioned type of relationship where it was just me and him, like how I met him, like how it was.
MS. COMEY: Like how it was in the beginning of 2021?
MS. COMEY: Did you ever get back the feeling you had had in the beginning of 2021?
MS. COMEY: Now, at first -- well, after that first night in 20 -- in May of 2021, about how long after that did Sean suggest you do that again?
MS. COMEY: Was it the next time you saw him?
MS. COMEY: And how did you react when Sean suggested doing it again?
MS. COMEY: And why were you agreeable?
JANE: Because my partner wanted that and I just wanted to make him really happy and I knew it turned him on and I just wanted to satisfy my partner.
MS. COMEY: So, at first, over the next few months of 2021, about how often did Sean suggest one of these nights where you have sex with another man?
MS. COMEY: And at first in the rest of 2021, did you go along with it?
MS. COMEY: Why?
JANE: Because I just really loved him at this point and I just wanted to make him happy and I feared losing him. I just wanted to be everything that he wanted and I wanted our time to be special every single time. And if that made him happy, I was willing to make him happy.
MS. COMEY: After a few months of having sex with other men in front of Sean, did you start to tell Sean that you did not want to have sex with other men?
MS. COMEY: And over the rest of the nearly three years of your relationship, did you tell Sean you did not want to have sex with other men?
MS. COMEY: Did you tell him that once or more than once?
MS. COMEY: Did you tell him that in writing or verbally?
MS. COMEY: Did you tell him that once or more than once in writing?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection. Time period, Judge.
THE COURT: All right.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Over the rest of the three years of your relationship, so between the end of 2021 and his arrest in 2024, can you estimate how many times you told Sean in writing and verbally that you did not want to have sex with other men.
MS. COMEY: Was it throughout the period I've just set out between the end of 2021 and 2024?
MS. COMEY: Verbally and in writing?
MS. COMEY: Did you try to tell him in person as well?
MS. COMEY: When you tried to tell Sean in person that you did not want to have sex with other men, how did he react?
JANE: I feel like whenever this topic would come up, it would be -- it would start off really uncomfortable, and I could just feel that the tension was building, and I would just kind of push down what I was really wanting to say. And he just was dismissive or just wanted me to move on from the subject.
MS. COMEY: So what would he say to convey to you that he wanted you to move on from the subject?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor. Time period, please.
MS. COMEY: Jane, you've talked about a number of different conversations you've had with Sean, right?
MS. COMEY: Can you remember during those conversations would he say essentially the same thing each time or different things?
MS. COMEY: And when he said essentially the same thing, what are the things that you remember him saying?
JANE: Just like we don't have to, or that's fine, or just move on from it, or what are you talking about, you're crazy, what are you even saying right now, then we don't have to do it. And, I don't know. It was just like rushing me away from this topic.
MS. COMEY: And after he would say then we don't have to do it, what would happen next?
MS. COMEY: Later on in your relationship -- well, let me back up. Do you remember the address that we saw on your license earlier?
MS. COMEY: Did you move into that home when you were still in a relationship with Sean?
MS. COMEY: And who paid for your rent when you moved to that home?
MS. COMEY: And after Sean started paying for your rent in that home, what if any threats did he make to you about that rent when you tried to tell him you did not want to have sex with other men?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor.
THE COURT: Is it the same objection?
MS. GERAGOS: The word "threats."
THE COURT: Can you rephrase.
MS. COMEY: What did Sean say to you about your rent when you tried to tell him that you did not want to have sex with other men?
JANE: He would just start saying things like if you want to break up, that's fine. Do you need, like, what, three more months in the house, because I'm not about to be paying for a woman's rent that I'm not even seeing.
MS. COMEY: Now, in those conversations were you trying to break up with Sean?
MS. COMEY: What were you trying to stop doing?
MS. COMEY: When you say "these nights," do you mean the nights you had sex with other men?
MS. COMEY: How did Sean saying those things about ending his payment of your rent make you feel in those moments?
MS. COMEY: What did you feel obligated to do?
MS. COMEY: Perform -- I'm sorry. Go ahead.
MS. COMEY: When you say "these nights," do you mean the nights when you had sex with other men?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection. Time period, Judge. Can we have a quick sidebar, please.
THE COURT: You may.
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(At sidebar)
MR. AGNIFILO: There's constant leading of the witness through critical testimony that's charged conduct. This witness is capable of telling the story. And Ms. Comey is using words like "threats" when this witness didn't use threats. And that's a signal to this witness to say something that sounds like threats. This witness should tell her story her way. And we are now -- it's fine in the beginning. This is now leading through charged conduct. And it's wrong and it's systemic through the entire part of the examination. And it's very serious. This witness wants to say things, let her say them -- not -- you're the judge. She should say them. She should say what she wants to say her way without threats being interposed or about the type of leading that's going on because it's very prejudicial and we want to hear what this witness has to say of her own volition and of her own story.
THE COURT: All right. Well, I've been watching the testimony closely. I haven't seen any improper leading. And the extent to which there was one question in which the word "threat" was used, I think it was not used to suggest anything to the witness. I think it was just the context of what was being discussed. There was an objection and then the question was rephrased. So I haven't seen that, but I will watch the questioning closely. And you've now articulated your objection and Ms. Comey has now heard the objection.
MS. GERAGOS: May I just add one more thing. It would be really great if we could have time period. I know she's saying after the house. But after the house is a year and a half. If we could just make the time periods a little bit more clear for the record, that's more helpful.
THE COURT: Now, that particular objection, when you raised, and Ms. Comey adjusted her question, I think is a fair one. So when we get to things like conversations or different events that happened over a period of time, if you just add some questions to establish the context, that would be appreciated.
MS. COMEY: Yes, your Honor. If I may, I do not intend to be leading this witness. I have rephrased any time there's an objection. And if I hear more leading objections, I will obviously rephrase. With respect to the time period, I'm about to move on, but I will just note what I'm trying to do right now is give an overarching sense of the timeline. And what I'm trying -- what I'm about to ask her about is whether from the period when she moved into this home until the end of her relationship with Mr. Combs, why she felt obligated. Because she just used the word "obligated." And I expect what she will say is throughout that whole period she felt obligated each time because of the rent. And I think it is fair for me to elicit that as opposed to having to go through each individual hotel night.
THE COURT: As to the last question that was asked, I would have overruled the objection. So I think that point is well taken, but you've heard Ms. Geragos' objection.
MS. COMEY: Yes, your Honor.
THE COURT: In terms of time frame, let's try to...
MS. COMEY: Yes, your Honor. Thank you.
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THE COURT: Ms. Comey, you may proceed.
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, a moment ago you used the word "obligated." I want to focus on the period between 2023 and Sean's arrest in 2024. Who was paying your rent between approximately April of 2023 and Sean's arrest in 2024?
MS. COMEY: And throughout that same period, between spring of 2023 and Sean's arrest in 2024, what if anything made you feel obligated to have sex with other men in front of Sean?
JANE: My feeling of obligation really started to stem from the fact that my partner was paying my rent.
MS. COMEY: I want to talk a little bit more about these nights with other men. Okay?
MS. COMEY: What words would you and Sean use to refer to these encounters where you would have sex with other men?
MS. COMEY: I'm going to call them hotel nights. Okay?
MS. COMEY: Would you understand what I mean if I use that term?
MS. COMEY: Between the first time in May of 2021 and your longer breakup starting around October of 2023, about how often did you see Sean in person?
MS. COMEY: And did the frequency vary over time during those about two years?
MS. COMEY: Were there sometimes longer gaps where you didn't see Sean?
MS. COMEY: And sometimes shorter gaps where you saw him more often?
MS. COMEY: About how many of those times that you saw Sean in person between May of 2021 and October of 2023 did you end up having a hotel night?
MS. COMEY: Now, were there some times when you visited him and got to be alone with him?
MS. COMEY: About what percentage of the time you spent together with Sean did you get to be alone with him?
MS. COMEY: How can it be that it was about 30 percent if just about every time you saw him you had one of these hotel nights?
JANE: Because after hotel nights, we would have a couple days or so together alone, but it still felt, to me, like a hotel night the whole time.
MS. COMEY: Why did the whole time feel like a hotel night if you had a couple days just alone with Sean afterwards?
MS. COMEY: Was there a set schedule of the times you would see Sean in person or was the timing unpredictable?
MS. COMEY: Who decided when you would see Sean in person?
MS. COMEY: About how much notice did you usually get before Sean asked to see you in person?
MS. COMEY: Can you give us an estimate of how much notice you would usually get?
MS. COMEY: What if anything did you do in your life during your relationship with Sean to make sure you were available to see him whenever he asked?
JANE: I just always made sure that I had proper child care in place in the event that he would call me. I would make sure that I was always put together and ready. And just ready for Sean.
MS. COMEY: What do you mean when you say you would make sure you were always put together and ready?
MS. COMEY: Why did you do that?
MS. COMEY: Now, during your relationship with Sean, how many trips did you go on with friends or for yourself?
MS. COMEY: Why?
MS. COMEY: How did you first learn that Sean wouldn't like you taking a trip by yourself or with friends?
JANE: I finally had taken a trip, and he was on my phone really just disappointed, really upset, was just condescending, and he was like in disapproval.
MS. COMEY: Do you remember when this trip was?
MS. COMEY: Are you estimating?
MS. COMEY: Was it earlier in your relationship?
MS. COMEY: What if any trips did you take to France in the summer of 2021?
MS. COMEY: And who did you go with?
MS. COMEY: And did you tell Sean before you left?
MS. COMEY: And what ended up happening after you went on that trip with a group of girlfriends to the South of France without telling Sean?
JANE: I remember he was just really mean on the voice notes, really disappointed. He used the word disappointed I remember. And just made me feel really bad.
MS. COMEY: So what did you feel bad about?
MS. COMEY: Now, what if anything did Sean tell you about what he wanted you to look like when you were with him?
JANE: He liked me having straight hair. Or when it was time for us to be together intimately, he liked my hair in a ponytail. He wanted me to have light colored nails, mostly like a creamy white. And later in our relationship, he was wanting me to get piercings.
MS. COMEY: Where did Sean tell you he wanted you to get piercings?
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BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: We'll talk about that in a little bit. OK? How much time and money did it take for you to look this way for Sean?
JANE: Looking nice and presentable took a lot of time of my life, a lot of time in my life. It was kind of like almost every day.
MS. COMEY: And why was it almost every day?
JANE: Because I wanted to, like, stay ready, and it almost became, like a -- I don't know, like a habit.
MS. COMEY: So what would you do every day to make sure you were ready to see Sean?
JANE: I would work out. I would always have my nails done, my lashes, my hair. I just always wanted to stay ready and look really nice for him.
MS. COMEY: How much did that cost?
MS. COMEY: How did being available for Sean at a moment's notice impact your ability to work and make income during your relationship with him?
JANE: It impacted it a lot. I was -- I would say when I was with Sean, I was really consumed by him. I was really consumed by Sean.
MS. COMEY: What income did you make, focusing on the period between the beginning of your relationship in 2021 and that break in October of 2023?
JANE: In the beginning, I was doing some social media posts, but that started to dwindle down because my presence on social media really declined after I prioritized this relationship.
MS. COMEY: So during your relationship with Sean, what sources of income did you have?
MS. COMEY: And how would Sean support you?
MS. COMEY: About how often did Sean give you money during your relationship?
MS. COMEY: What's the most you remember him giving you?
MS. COMEY: How did he give you that?
MS. COMEY: What's the average you remember him usually giving you?
JANE: I would say if it was cash, like five, ten. If it was a bit more than that, it would be in a wire.
MS. COMEY: Five, ten thousand?
MS. COMEY: In cash?
MS. COMEY: And what would Sean say when he would give you this money?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor. Time period, please.
THE COURT: That's fair.
MS. COMEY: I can focus it.
MS. COMEY: Let's focus on the $20,000 wire. What do you remember Sean saying when he gave you $20,000?
JANE: Around this time, I remember mostly, like, the big wires were, because we had moved in to the place, the new house and I expressed that we needed furniture.
MS. COMEY: And how about the cash; do you remember the first time Sean gave you a few thousand dollars in cash?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember about when that was?
MS. COMEY: And what did he say to you when he gave you a few thousand dollars in cash?
MS. COMEY: Over the course of your relationship, what, if any, conversations did you have with Sean about how you wanted to make your own money?
MS. COMEY: Let me, so that we can make it clear, about what time are we talking about?
MS. COMEY: Approximately?
MS. COMEY: And did you have a conversation with Sean around that time about wanting to make your own money?
MS. COMEY: What did you tell Sean?
JANE: I told Sean that one of the, one of my model girlfriends had been really lucrative on this website, and once I started saying OnlyFans, I remember he was, like, giving me this kind of energy that was, like, hesitant, like, and, like, no.
MS. COMEY: What is OnlyFans?
JANE: Only OnlyFans is a membership, subscriber website where you can subscribe to models or content creators, anybody, really.
MS. COMEY: And what kind of content were you suggesting to Sean you would make on only OnlyFans?
MS. COMEY: But would it be sex acts?
MS. COMEY: And how much money did you tell Sean you understood you could make if you created an account on only OnlyFans?
JANE: I just remember my girlfriend; she told me that she had made 4 million that year. And I just knew that if I had joined at that time, that it would have been lucrative for me.
MS. COMEY: Did you tell Sean that?
MS. COMEY: What did you tell Sean?
JANE: I just said that I'm getting proposed this thing about OnlyFans, and then he would just say, like, let's just give it time and let's think about this. I don't know.
MS. COMEY: When you said let's just give it time and let's think about this, who did you understand was the let's?
MS. COMEY: Why did you feel like you needed Sean's permission to get your own income?
JANE: Because I felt like, in my heart he was my boyfriend, my significant other, and I wanted his approval.
MS. COMEY: And you mentioned that Sean ended up paying for your rent, is that right?
MS. COMEY: I want to pull up now what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 4H-122 under seal, please.
MS. COMEY: Do you recognize this document?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: Could we please zoom in on the top quarter of this page, Ms. Becker. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: Could you just read for us the date next to the date line? I'm not going to have you read anything else. Just the date.
MS. COMEY: And is that approximately when you moved into the home that Sean paid the rent for?
MS. COMEY: And the name in the line that has tenant next to it, without saying it out loud, is that your true name?
MS. COMEY: And the name next to the words "rental property owner," is that your landlord?
MS. COMEY: And then the address on the next line, below, next to the word "premises," is that the address of the home?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down. Thank you. I'd like to now --
MS. COMEY: And I don't think I highlighted it, but how much was the rent on this property?
MS. COMEY: $10,000 a month?
MS. COMEY: Could you afford that much rent on your own?
MS. COMEY: And how did you end up deciding to move into a home that had rent of $10,000 a month?
JANE: I remember Sean and I had a break. We had a fight, and when we got back together, Sean said, let's do a love contract. And it wasn't like a physical contract. It was just a verbal, flirty thing that we were talking about, and he said that -- when he asked me how much allowance do I want a month moving forward, and I said 15, and then he said 10.
MS. COMEY: When you said 15 and he said 10, did you mean thousand?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean say next?
MS. COMEY: So how did that $10,000 end up getting given to you?
JANE: So, from that number I -- at that time just really wanted a bigger space, a bigger yard, just a beautiful home. I just wanted to experience something that was nice just so I could feel some sort of balance in our relationship, and I used that whole allowance for just a comfortable living space.
MS. COMEY: And so did Sean agree that instead of giving you $10,000, say, in a wire or cash, he would instead pay the rent?
MS. COMEY: Can we please now pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-289 under seal.
MS. COMEY: Can you tell us what we're seeing here?
MS. COMEY: Which name on here is Sean's accountant?
MS. COMEY: What's her last name?
MS. COMEY: And she's sending this email to, you said, you and your landlord?
MS. COMEY: And would you please read -- below hi and the name of you and your landlord, would you please read out loud what Robin wrote.
MS. COMEY: Actually, I'll read it to make sure you don't accidentally say a name. So she writes: "Please find the bank account information and highlighted dates on 5/11/2023 for Jane's rent. I have also highlighted the bank confirmation number. Please let us know if you do not see the deposit on your side so we can track it ASAP."
MS. COMEY: Did I read that correctly?
MS. COMEY: And if we can zoom in on the bottom of this, please, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: Do you have an understanding of what this is?
MS. COMEY: For what?
MS. COMEY: To pay your rent?
MS. COMEY: We can take this down. Thank you, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: I want to focus again on the period between May of 2021 and your first break with Sean, your break with Sean in October of 2023. Over that period, in what cities or countries did you see Sean in person?
MS. COMEY: And what, if any, trips did you take -- well, actually, withdrawn. At how many of those locations did you and Sean have a hotel night?
MS. COMEY: How did you travel to those places outside of Los Angeles?
MS. COMEY: Who arranged your travel?
MS. COMEY: Did Sean himself arrange the travel?
MS. COMEY: Who else on Sean's staff would you have conversations with about your travel plans?
MS. COMEY: Do you know Jess's last name?
MS. COMEY: Who paid for your travel?
MS. COMEY: Did each of these hotel nights with Sean typically follow the same pattern, or were they different each time?
MS. COMEY: Focusing on the period between May of 2021 and November of 20 -- October of 2023, in what type of building did most of these hotel nights take place?
MS. COMEY: In what types of rooms were these nights, regular hotel rooms or suites?
MS. COMEY: How were the suites decorated?
MS. COMEY: What, if any, coverings would there be on the furniture?
MS. COMEY: Why were there bedsheet, blankets and towels?
MS. COMEY: About how many bottles of baby oil would you use in a single hotel night?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor.
THE COURT: Sustained. You can rephrase.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: How often would you use baby oil on one of these hotel nights?
MS. COMEY: Were there any hotel nights that you didn't use baby oil?
MS. COMEY: About how much baby oil do you remember using during each of these hotel nights?
MS. COMEY: Two dozen or more what?
MS. COMEY: I'd like to now pull up what is in evidence as Government Exhibit A510-H, and pull up pages 14 and 15, please, side by side.
MS. COMEY: So Jane, we can -- can you see that on the screen?
MS. COMEY: Do you recognize this? Do you know what this is?
MS. COMEY: What is this?
MS. COMEY: And what's the date of the text conversation?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, can we just zoom in on the bottom two messages on the left, please.
MS. COMEY: And Jane, would you read, please, what you wrote to Sean in these two messages?
JANE: I said: "When you pull up have security or whoever catch the bag with the keys. I have to throw it down."
MS. COMEY: Would you please read the next text?
MS. COMEY: And then on the next page --
MS. COMEY: If we could zoom in on the top two, on the next page.
MS. COMEY: -- Sean responds: OK. What's the address?" And without reading it out loud, in your response, do you then provide your address at the time?
MS. COMEY: Why were you giving Sean your address at the time, on August 31, 2022?
MS. COMEY: And do you remember what he was coming over for?
JANE: I remember he was coming over to visit me and do one of these nights, but at my residence at the time and not a hotel.
MS. COMEY: About how many of these nights with other men do you remember having with Sean at this location, this residence?
MS. COMEY: And what kind of home was this?
MS. COMEY: You can take this down. Thank you, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: Now, Jane, did the sexual activity during hotel nights generally follow the same pattern or routine, or was it different each time?
MS. COMEY: And how did you learn that pattern?
JANE: Within time I just realized how he liked things. He would tell me what he liked, what he wanted to see. He would just, even from the very beginning, tell me what he wanted to see. And during them he would suggest what I would do next or what I would do and encourage more or less of whatever he wanted to see.
MS. COMEY: You used the word "he" a lot in that answer. Who is he?
MS. COMEY: What did you wear during these hotel nights?
MS. COMEY: Where did the lingerie come from?
MS. COMEY: Excuse me?
MS. COMEY: OK. And who would typically buy the lingerie from sex stores?
MS. COMEY: And who would pick which lingerie you would wear during a hotel night?
MS. COMEY: Show who what you had?
MS. COMEY: And then what would Sean say?
MS. COMEY: Now, during a typical hotel night, usually what would you and the other man do first?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor.
THE COURT: Rephrase.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, you said that the hotel nights generally followed the same pattern or routine of sexual activity. Do I have that right?
MS. COMEY: I'd like to walk through what that typical pattern or routine was across hotel nights. OK?
MS. COMEY: So could you tell us in that typical routine or pattern, how did it usually begin?
JANE: I would greet the person and I would say hello and just be really nice and sweet and kind of make small talk and --
MS. COMEY: Make small talk with who?
MS. COMEY: And when you say the entertainer, what are you referring to?
MS. COMEY: And after you had small talk and greeted the entertainer, in a typical night following the pattern or routine that we've discussed, what would happen next?
JANE: They would be undressed, in shorts, and I would come out in a robe. Music would be playing, and I would start to already be high or have drugs in my system. And I would start dancing and slow dancing, just to kind of get my nerves out and kind of start the night, for energy of that, and de-robe, and things would escalate to foreplay between me and the man. Actually --
MS. COMEY: Throughout that -- I'm sorry. Go ahead.
JANE: Actually, that's -- a few steps before that is typically the oral would start happening, when I would start dancing and I would put oil on the man and things like that.
MS. COMEY: You said the oil. What oil are you referring to?
MS. COMEY: And why were you using baby oil?
MS. COMEY: How did you learn that?
MS. COMEY: So focusing again on the pattern or routine of these nights, as you go through that first phase, pouring oil on the man or yourself, dancing, what would Sean typically be doing?
MS. COMEY: And then what is the next part of the typical routine or pattern of these nights, in your experience?
JANE: In my experience it would be just a really long and prolonged foreplay moment between me and this guy, and I would just sit there and he wanted me to touch myself while I was touching the other man.
MS. COMEY: You said he wanted you to touch yourself. Who is he?
MS. COMEY: How did you know -- how would you know when he wanted you to touch yourself?
MS. COMEY: You said that this period would be long. About how long in a typical hotel night would that period last?
JANE: Those moments would last a very long time. I can't really think of hours or -- I don't know. Just really long.
MS. COMEY: Why would they last so long?
JANE: Because he really enjoyed watching me pour oil all over myself, all over the man, have the man stand and just watch these, like, really erotic moments happening between me and the man.
MS. COMEY: You said he. Who is he?
MS. COMEY: And how would you know that that's what he wanted?
MS. COMEY: After that first phase, again, in a typical pattern of one of these hotel nights, what would typically happen next?
MS. COMEY: And what kind of sex would typically happen first?
MS. COMEY: And forgive me for asking this, but oral sex or intercourse first?
MS. COMEY: And you said it would be time for that. How would you know it would be time for oral sex?
MS. COMEY: Why would you just start it?
MS. COMEY: Why did you want to speed things up?
MS. COMEY: About how long would the oral sex last typically in a usual hotel night?
MS. COMEY: Why would it last so long?
MS. COMEY: How did you know that?
JANE: Because that's what he would tell me. That's what he would like to watch. He says it from the very beginning, that that's what he wants to see more of, is me playing with myself and play with the other man.
MS. COMEY: Over these hours, who would perform oral sex on whom?
MS. COMEY: And in the typical pattern of one of these hotel nights, what would typically happen after those hours of oral sex?
MS. COMEY: Who would usually suggest moving into the bedroom to have sex?
MS. COMEY: Why you?
MS. COMEY: And why would moving to the bedroom help you be done?
JANE: Because then that would mean that they would finish and then I could just be with my partner.
MS. COMEY: When you say finish, do you mean ejaculate?
MS. COMEY: And you would move into the bedroom on a typical hotel night following through the pattern and routine we're talking about, what would typically happen next?
MS. COMEY: While you were having sex with the man, what would Sean typically do?
MS. COMEY: And what, if anything, would he say? Would he say something, or no?
MS. COMEY: I'm asking typically. Walking through the routine of a typical hotel night, would Sean usually talk or say something while you were having sex with the other man, or no?
JANE: Yes. He would say, do you want to feel some of that, and just let him, like, finish and do something.
MS. COMEY: When Sean would say let him finish, what did you understand Sean was saying to you?
MS. COMEY: About how long would the sexual intercourse typically last during one of these nights?
MS. COMEY: And how would it end each time?
MS. COMEY: You mean ejaculating?
MS. COMEY: And when you say right outside of you, do you mean right outside of your genitals?
MS. COMEY: After the man finished, you said he would be excused. Who would excuse him?
MS. COMEY: And after the man was excused, what would you and Sean do?
MS. COMEY: Would you clean up the ejaculate in between?
MS. COMEY: Is what we just walked through a typical single round of a sexual encounter with an entertainer during a hotel night?
MS. COMEY: How many of those rounds that you just described would you typically have in a single hotel night with Sean?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection, your Honor. A. You mean like --
THE COURT: Hold on. Grounds.
MS. GERAGOS: Time period.
THE COURT: OK. Ms. Comey, can you rephrase the question.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, in a typical hotel night, you said that these nights followed a typical pattern. Do I have that right?
MS. COMEY: And a typical routine. Do I have that right?
MS. COMEY: In that pattern and routine, the sexual activity that you described for us, going from foreplay to oral sex to intercourse to sex with Sean, how many times would you repeat that pattern; would you only do it once, or would you do it more than once in a single hotel night?
JANE: In a single hotel night, sometimes it would happen more than once with one person, and then maybe more than once with another person.
MS. COMEY: In total, how long did a typical hotel night last?
MS. COMEY: Were you able to sleep at all during that time?
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, I think this is a good place to break for the day.
THE COURT: All right. Very good. Members of the jury, we'll be back here tomorrow at 9 a.m. Now, I'm going to ask you for some assistance to the Court. We need to pick up some time, and so tomorrow and potentially on Monday, Tuesday and next Thursday, we may stay later. Tomorrow I know that we're going to stay until 5 p.m., and the following days we may also stay til 5 p.m. I'm just putting that on your radar so that you know so we can pick up some time. That's going to help us move in an expeditious way with the trial. With that, I'll give you the same instructions I've given you before. Do not speak with each other about the case. Do not speak with anybody else about the case. And please don't look up or investigate the case in any way. With that, we'll see you here for 9 a.m. tomorrow.
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THE COURT: We'll see you tomorrow at 9 a.m. You can leave the stand.
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THE COURT: All right. Please be seated. Anything that we need to raise before we adjourn? From the government.
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, I learned that Jane's counsel would ask that your Honor remind everyone in the gallery that to the extent they could see any personal identifying information on the screens of the attorneys during the examination, that they are not to report on it or record it.
THE COURT: All right. You've now said it.
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor.
THE COURT: And people should not take anything from any of the attorneys' screens, to the extent that they could see them, and reproduce them or note them down or distribute them in any way. Anything further from the government?
MS. COMEY: Nothing from the government, your Honor. Thank you.
THE COURT: Can you give me a rough estimate --
MS. COMEY: Yes, your Honor.
THE COURT: -- now that we're in the examination?
MS. COMEY: I will definitely not be done by the end of day tomorrow. I am going to work very hard to streamline so that I am done on Monday.
THE COURT: Very good. Anything from the defense?
MR. AGNIFILO: Yes, your Honor. First, I want to publicly thank the marshals service. They've been wonderful to us, and they've been letting us stay in the courtroom until 6 o'clock. It's been a tremendous help. We have been able to look at the materials, and I really want to thank them personally on the record. One thing that I'm working through is I do believe that there's a way of crafting an order which, if your Honor signs it -- and I would make sure that I was working on the other end of it, where I think we'd be able to use the SCIF. What I don't want to do is I don't want to set the Court up to sign an order that's going to cause the Court problems. So the time that this is going to take is to craft on an order that gives us what we need and then work with the marshals service, so that if I ask your Honor for an order, it's actually something where I've kind of paved the way ahead of time. And so I don't -- I can't do that right now, because I haven't run the other side to ground yet, but I might be submitting something later tonight.
THE COURT: Any application you have, I'll consider it, but I don't have anything right now.
MR. AGNIFILO: No, you don't.
THE COURT: On that note, I did issue the order, Mr. Donaldson, concerning the minutes at the MDC. I've been separately informed by the MDC that they had a team there, I think, restart the lines or just make sure that the minutes were available. They say that from a technical standpoint the minutes are available to Mr. Combs. Have you, Mr. Donaldson, figured out whether that is accurate? Have you gone back and checked?
MR. DONALDSON: I do know that his minutes are there. First, thank you very much for the order. I do know that the minutes are there. I do know that Mr. Combs tried last night to call. It did not work. He was not able to try to call this morning before he was brought over, so I did want to make a representation about that. So I'm hopeful that it works when he gets back today. That's what I have.
THE COURT: OK. All right. Anything else from the defense before we adjourn?
MR. AGNIFILO: Nothing from us. Thank you, Judge.
MR. DONALDSON: No, your Honor. Thank you.
THE COURT: All right. We will see everyone back here at 8:30 tomorrow.
(Adjourned to June 6, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.)