4.Jane — Direct; Privilege and Video-Testimony Scope Ruling (Part 5)
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THE COURT: Members of the jury, this is an appropriate time for a short break, so we will take this break. Come back at 3:15. Thank you very much.
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THE COURT: We'll come find you.
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THE COURT: Please be seated. All right. So continuing the discussion that we had at sidebar concerning the last question that Ms. Comey asked, the issue of privilege and that we did not get into, and I don't think the questioning has gone into that. I believe Mr. Agnifilo had said that he did not understand the relevance of this line of questioning. And so Ms. Comey, could I get a proffer of relevance as to this line of inquiry to determine whether the last question should be stricken, and the answer.
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, I think we would consent to striking the last question, given that I can't now go into comparing the drafts. I'm fine with strike the last question and answer, your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. I think that resolves the issue. Mr. Agnifilo, anything further?
MR. AGNIFILO: I think that does it, Judge.
MS. COMEY: If you leave it that way, your Honor, then the record would be I ask: "Q. Jane, how did you react to seeing this video? "A. I felt disappointed in it. "Q. Why were you disappointed in it? "A. I didn't feel it was genuine." And it would leave the testimony there.
THE COURT: So the last two. Right.
MS. COMEY: And then.
THE COURT: So the question and the answer would be how did it compare to the final draft you had seen in Miami? And we'll strike the question and answer.
MS. COMEY: Correct, your Honor, because that gets into the potential privilege issues that Mr. Agnifilo raised that I was not aware of when I asked that question, and I think that addresses it, because I think her answers don't go to comparisons to the draft at all. It's just her reaction to seeing the video.
THE COURT: I think that's fair. Mr. Agnifilo.
MR. AGNIFILO: I'm reviewing the transcript to see. So is your Honor going to strike everything after, how did you react to seeing this video? I felt disappointed in it?
THE COURT: Ms. Comey's proposal is to strike the last question, which is how did it compare to the final draft you had seen in Miami? And the answer is, I felt there was no heart in it.
MR. AGNIFILO: I'm going to ask that everything, all the questions be stricken. They're slow walking steps toward something that is inappropriate and something that this witness -- I mean just to make it clear, there was talk about naming Cassie by name in the apology video. I'm the one who said I have every reason -- we didn't know for sure. I have every reason to believe that Cassie might be a grand jury witness, or certainly a witness, and I said you should not under any circumstances name her and make it look like this is somehow a personalized message to her. And what I'm hearing from this whole line of questioning and answers is that it wasn't sufficiently personal. That's -- her disappointment is that it wasn't sufficiently personal. And that may be the case, but that has no business, in my opinion, being, at a trial, where I'm the one who said you can't make it personal when the person we're talking about is a potential grand jury witness. So I mean there's issues of privilege. There's also issues of just sort of impropriety, and I think it's 403. And --
THE COURT: But there was no objection raised to any of these questions.
MR. AGNIFILO: But there was at the end. There was, because when I saw where they were going -- I didn't know where they were going, and it's almost like the last time when we had the issue with, you know, the LAPD fingerprint cards. It's not apparent that the whole line is inappropriate until you get a little bit further down the path, but this entire line is inappropriate and so I'm asking that it all be stricken.
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, if I may proffer the relevance, if that's all right?
THE COURT: Yes.
MS. COMEY: In addition to the lack of an objection, we're about to get to the next time Jane sees Mr. Combs in person, which is when he viciously assaults her repeatedly and then tells her that she has to have sex with an entertainer immediately thereafter while she was still injured. And the fact that he was not genuine in his apology goes to -- that she watched about a violent and vicious attack on another girlfriend that was caught on video and did not genuinely apologize goes to her state of mind when she is deciding whether or not she is going to acquiesce to his demand that she engage in sex right after he has essentially done the same kind of assault to her.
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THE COURT: I think all the more reason. This is a decision made by a lawyer not to name grand jury witness. I don't see how that can be used as affirmative evidence of anything. Had I known they were going in this direction, I would have objected right off the bat. I didn't know where they were going. When I knew where they were going, I objected. It's inappropriate testimony. It's not relevant to the trial. And it's misleading. No one is disputing from a factual matter anything that I'm saying, which is that I'm the one that put a stop to this in terms of naming this person. Now that we all agree on that, we should look at all this entire line of testimony fresh, and it has no role at the trial now that we know what we all agree to be true, and it should be stricken.
THE COURT: Well, Mr. Agnifilo, you would agree that to the extent that this later event is being addressed, and if the video and Jane's reaction in that video factors into that later event, then Ms. Comey can ask those questions, meaning despite the lack of objection as a matter of discretion, if I were to strike the last three questions because the line of inquiry is not going to be pursued, and to this extent that the jury may be left wondering where that was going, we can kind of eliminate that from the record. Ms. Comey, if what she's saying is correct, that in the context of this later event, that factors in, then she can ask about it because that goes to a separate issue. It goes to that separate event and the witness's state of mind concerning that event, and that would be relevant. And as long as there wasn't any inquiry that would divulge privileged information, it's not relevant because of the reasons why this wasn't in there, which is the current line of questioning; it's relevant in this later incident to the witness's state of mind. And so it doesn't matter whether it's true or not or the reasons for it. All that matters is the witness's state of mind during that later incident. And so I see the relevance there if Ms. Comey wants to inquire and if it is truly part of that separate incident.
MR. AGNIFILO: So there's two prongs. One, we would have to -- if the witness was really to say that part of what was at play in this latter incident was the quality of Mr. Comb's apology in the video, we would have to say, but you know why that happened. You know that we took her name out of it, and you're going to be -- we're going to be forced into a position of getting into conversations that are between lawyers and other people in a joint defense context which is of such limited utility. I mean, I don't see, and maybe she'll say that, how the incidents that are going to take place in June could somehow be related by whether or not Cassie's named by name in the apology video. It just seems so far afield that under 403 it should be kept out. I don't know obviously what she's going to say about the later event. So I suppose we can see and see who she really links it to. And if there's a 403 objection, I'll make it at that time. But I understand your Honor's point. I think for now I'm going to ask that this be stricken with the record as it exists. If it turns out there's something that's relevant to her testimony with this later incident, we'll see what that is, and we'll object if we think it's objectionable.
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, understanding that Mr. Agnifilo is raising a privilege issue, I suppose I will not object to striking this because it is a privilege issue, and I want to honor that and respect that. I may just replay the video when the witness comes back in and ask her a couple questions, not about her reaction to it, but about what she understands that he is talking about in the video so that the record is clear that he is talking about the CNN video, and then I will not ask any more followup questions, and we will move on. If the video becomes relevant again, I will try to flag it in advance. Hearing the privilege issues, I'm going to try to avoid it if I can.
THE COURT: All right. And you can just ask for a sidebar if you feel that you need to inquire into that. I will instruct the jury when they return to disregard the questions and answers relating to the witness's reactions to the Instagram video.
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, just lines 13 through 19 of the page where this came up — do I have that right — after the media was played. I just want to make sure it's precise so that we know what is struck.
THE COURT: Fair enough. Maybe just to be even more simple about it, I'll say there were some questions that were asked after the video from the Instagram account was played, and the jury should disregard the questions and answers that followed.
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. Then we'll play it again, and I'll ask just a simple question of what did you understand Sean was talking about here, and then I'll move on.
THE COURT: All right.
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor.
MR. AGNIFILO: Thank you, Judge.
THE COURT: We'll come back in five now.
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THE COURT: Bring the witness back in.
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THE COURT: Please be seated. Welcome back, members of the jury. Before the break, there was an Instagram video played. Then there were a few questions asked after the video was played. You are to disregard those questions and the answers given to those questions. With that, Ms. Comey, you may continue
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor. I'm going to play the video one more time if it's all right. That's Government Exhibit 9 A-102.
(Videotape played)
MS. COMEY: Again, when you saw that video on Instagram in May of 2023, what did you understand Sean was referring to throughout that video?
MS. COMEY: And, Jane, what was the next time you saw Sean in person after you watched this video where he said he committed to be a better man?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember the date?
MS. COMEY: 2024?
MS. COMEY: How do you remember that date specifically?
MS. COMEY: I want to talk about that day now, okay?
MS. COMEY: Where did you see Sean on June 18, 2024?
MS. COMEY: Your home where he pays the rent?
MS. COMEY: What was the plan for you and Sean to do that night?
JANE: It was just for us to spend time together and see each other, and just have kind of like a date night but in the house.
MS. COMEY: Where, if anywhere, had Sean told you he was coming to or coming from when he got to Los Angeles?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember who, if anyone, came with Sean to your home to help set up for that night?
MS. COMEY: Who's Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's been marked for identification as Government Exhibit 2A-314 just for the witness and the parties.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize the person in that photograph?
MS. COMEY: Who's that?
MS. COMEY: How do you know him?
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, the government offers this Exhibit in objection.
MS. GERAGOS: No objection.
THE COURT: 2A-314 will be admitted (.
(Government's Exhibit 2A-314 received in evidence)
MS. COMEY: What you do you remember Jonathan doing at your home on June 18, 2024?
JANE: I remember Jonathan came in and helped me stock up the fridge and put some candles around the house, and decorate the home with red lights and bringing in Sean's belongings and just kind of helping me make the environment cozy.
MS. COMEY: From your perspective, was the plan to have an entertainer come over that night, or no?
MS. COMEY: Can we take that down Ms. Becker, please.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what did you wear for this night with Sean at your own home?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-248.
MS. COMEY: What's this, Jane?
MS. COMEY: Is that the dress you wore that night for Sean?
MS. COMEY: We can take that down.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what do you remember from the beginning of that night on June 18, 2024, the early part of the night?
JANE: I remember just us seeing each other. I had poured some champagne for us. I opened our back patio, which has a really nice view, and I just remember we were just talking and walking around the back yard, catching up and having together time.
MS. COMEY: Did you take any pictures during that time?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-247.
MS. COMEY: Do you recognize this?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: When did you set this up?
MS. COMEY: On what day?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you now pull up Government Exhibit E-250 and E-251 side by side.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: Where?
MS. COMEY: Of your house?
MS. COMEY: Who took these pictures?
MS. COMEY: When did you take these pictures?
MS. COMEY: Of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Is this during the earlier part of the night?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you now please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-258 and E-261 side by side.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what do we see here?
JANE: It's a couple photos of Sean in the living area space, and I took a photo of the house with the candles lit.
MS. COMEY: Who took these pictures?
MS. COMEY: When?
MS. COMEY: In the left picture, what part of the house is Sean in?
MS. COMEY: And where does that hallway lead to?
MS. COMEY: And in the right picture, what part of the house is this?
MS. COMEY: What do we see on the counter in this picture?
MS. COMEY: Why is the lighting here red?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up now what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-264 and E-265 side by side.
MS. COMEY: What are we seeing here?
MS. COMEY: What's out past the patio?
MS. COMEY: And to the left of both of these pictures, is that where the kitchen counter is?
MS. COMEY: And what day did you take these pictures?
MS. COMEY: 2024?
MS. COMEY: Did you also take some videos of Sean that night?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please play what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-260.
(Videotape played)
MS. COMEY: Who took that video?
MS. COMEY: Who's in that video?
MS. COMEY: When did you take that video of Sean?
MS. COMEY: Of what year?
MS. COMEY: At some point after you took that video, did you and Sean get into an argument?
MS. COMEY: About how long after you took that video did you and Sean get into an argument?
MS. COMEY: And before you got into that argument, what, if any, controlled substance or alcohol had you had?
MS. COMEY: What, if any, controlled substances or alcohol had you observed Sean take?
MS. COMEY: We can take this down. Thank you, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: Jane, can you tell us how the argument between you and Sean started about 30 minutes after that video?
MS. COMEY: His family trip to Utah that he'd just come back from?
MS. COMEY: What were you confronting him about?
JANE: I just -- I was making an assumption that he was with another woman, and it just had really angered me, I think at this point in our relationship. I just was bottling up a lot of resentment and anger towards him.
MS. COMEY: So what did you say to Sean?
MS. COMEY: Was the woman he was with -- that you believed he was with in Utah an adult?
MS. COMEY: Did you believe and understand that she was over the age of 18?
MS. COMEY: Why did you say he was a pedophile then?
JANE: Because I felt that he was about, I don't know, 25, 27 years her senior, and that relationship just always rubbed me the wrong way.
MS. COMEY: Is that a woman who was younger than you?
MS. COMEY: But still over the age of 18?
MS. COMEY: What else did you say to Sean?
JANE: I just said -- I just remember calling him a pedophile. I said, "If a girl can't buy her own drinks what makes you attracted to her?"
MS. COMEY: Why did you say, "If a girl can't buy her own drinks"?
MS. COMEY: But over 18?
MS. COMEY: What was your tone of voice when you were starting this argument with Sean?
MS. COMEY: Were you angry?
MS. COMEY: And as you were getting angry, what happened next?
MS. COMEY: When you say, "he bent over," where were you and Sean during this argument?
MS. COMEY: Were you sitting at those tools we saw in one of those photographs earlier?
MS. COMEY: And you said Sean was bending over. What do you mean by that?
MS. COMEY: As he bent over, what did you do?
MS. COMEY: How hard did you push his head into the marble?
MS. COMEY: After you pushed his head into the marble, at any point that night or any later day did you see any marks or injuries on his head where it had hit the marble?
MS. COMEY: What happened after you pushed his head into the marble?
MS. COMEY: Jane, before you went to the master bedroom.
JANE: Before that, I started throwing candles everywhere. I started taking all the candles and started throwing it. I started taking all the glass, and I started throwing it.
MS. COMEY: Why were you doing that?
MS. COMEY: Why were you angry?
MS. COMEY: What were you saying to him as you were throwing these things?
MS. COMEY: Did any of the glass hit Sean as far as you could see?
JANE: I remember a lot of wax went on Sean, but I don't remember striking him with the glass directly.
MS. COMEY: When you say wax went on him, do you mean wax went on his clothing?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean say in response as you were throwing things at him?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember his tone of voice?
MS. COMEY: At some point, did you try to leave that living and kitchen area?
MS. COMEY: Why did you try to leave?
MS. COMEY: Where did you go to lock yourself away?
MS. COMEY: Now, at that point before you locked yourself away, had Sean touched you at all?
MS. COMEY: And at that point, what had Sean said to you that made you feel like things were escalating?
JANE: I just remember he was just calling me fucking crazy, and that I put my hands on him, and I just wanted to close the door behind me, and I was like "Just leave. Just leave. Just leave."
MS. COMEY: Who were you saying "just leave" to?
MS. COMEY: As you were saying "just leave," where did you go?
MS. COMEY: And in the master bedroom, what did you do with the door to the master bedroom?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
THE COURT: Can you rephrase?
MS. COMEY: What, if anything, did you do with the door when you walked into the master bedroom?
MS. COMEY: What happened after you locked the master bedroom door?
MS. COMEY: Who kicked it open?
MS. COMEY: Where did you go after Sean kicked open your locked master bedroom door?
MS. COMEY: What did you do in the master bathroom?
MS. COMEY: You locked what?
MS. COMEY: The door from where to where?
MS. COMEY: What were you saying as you locked the master bathroom door?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
THE COURT: Sustained.
MS. COMEY: Were you saying anything as you locked the master bathroom door?
MS. COMEY: What happened after you locked the master bathroom door?
MS. COMEY: Who kicked it down?
MS. COMEY: When you say "kicked it down," do you mean literally off the hinges or just open?
MS. COMEY: What happened next?
MS. COMEY: Is your closet a walk-in closet?
MS. COMEY: What did you do in your closet?
MS. COMEY: Your closet door?
MS. COMEY: What, if anything, were you saying as you locked your closet door?
MS. COMEY: Throughout this whole time, was Sean saying anything?
JANE: I just remember him calling me crazy and then a few other things, but later on after that --
MS. COMEY: I'm focusing on when he kicked open your door. What do you remember him saying then?
THE COURT: Ms. Comey, let's go on.
MS. COMEY: After you locked your closet door, what happened next?
MS. COMEY: Who?
MS. COMEY: Where did you go next?
MS. COMEY: And what happened as you were about to leave through the front door?
JANE: Sean kicked me from the back of my thigh, and then I fell down on my butt. And then he picked me up in a chokehold and choked me.
MS. COMEY: Who picked you up in a chokehold?
MS. COMEY: Can you explain to the jury how Sean put you in a chokehold?
JANE: He put me in a chokehold on the ground, lifted me up, and I couldn't breathe, and I was on my tippy toes.
MS. COMEY: Did he lift you up by your neck?
MS. COMEY: After Sean lifted you up by your neck in a chokehold, what happened next?
MS. COMEY: Jane, how did you get through the front door if he had you in a chokehold?
JANE: I just squirmed out of it and just was fighting his -- his -- his grip on my neck. I was just trying to get out of his grip.
MS. COMEY: Now, Jane, before you got to the front hallway and before what you just described happened, had you changed clothes?
MS. COMEY: When?
MS. COMEY: So when you were in the closet with the door locked?
MS. COMEY: Why had you changed clothes?
MS. COMEY: Why did that require you to change clothes?
JANE: Because my dress was too tight, and I wanted to make sure that I just put something on to get away from the situation.
MS. COMEY: So what did you change into?
MS. COMEY: What was on your feet?
MS. COMEY: So when you went out into the front hallway and Sean kicked you and put you in a chokehold, what were you wearing?
JANE: I was wearing the looser dress. My heels were coming off, and I unstrapped my heels, and I made it to the front door, and I just wanted to run and just get away from him because I didn't want to wake up the neighbors.
MS. COMEY: Where did you run to?
MS. COMEY: About how far away from your house is this wall?
MS. COMEY: You ran that whole way. What were you wearing?
MS. COMEY: What did you have with you?
MS. COMEY: Why did you have nothing with you?
MS. COMEY: How long did you hide by this wall?
MS. COMEY: Are you estimating?
MS. COMEY: Did you have any way of telling time?
MS. COMEY: Did you have any way of calling anyone?
MS. COMEY: What did you do after you'd hid for what felt like approximately two hours?
JANE: I went on a really long way back to our residence, and I was -- like I walked like half a mile or so in the middle of the night, and I was just walking back thinking that he wasn't going to be there, and I thought that within that timeframe he'd be gone by now.
MS. COMEY: Who would be gone by now?
MS. COMEY: What did you see when you got back to your house?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
THE COURT: Grounds?
MS. GERAGOS: Assumes facts not in evidence.
THE COURT: Ms. Comey, could you take maybe a step back?
MS. COMEY: When you got back to your house, what, if anything, did you see?
MS. COMEY: Where was Sean?
MS. COMEY: How did you react when you saw Sean?
JANE: I was scared, but I was quiet, and I just kept walking back to the house because I didn't want to wake up the neighbors and cause a scene on the street.
MS. COMEY: When you went back into the house, where did you see Sean go?
MS. COMEY: What happened when you locked that door?
MS. COMEY: Who kicked it in?
MS. COMEY: After Sean kicked in the guest bedroom door, what do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Who was throwing glasses and candles?
MS. COMEY: Why were you throwing glasses and candles at Sean?
MS. COMEY: What were you saying to Sean as you threw things at him?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Now before you got his phone, Jane.
MS. COMEY: Before you got Sean's phone, did you go outside on to the patio with Sean?
MS. COMEY: What happened out on the patio?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection. Leading.
THE COURT: A very brief sidebar.
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THE COURT: So some of these objections, like the last one, are asking for very small adjustments to the questions, as I think your refined question reflected. But I think the reason why the objections are being raised is because this is a situation where it is very important to be hyperaware of these rules about leading questions. And so I take it that the objection is that there was no reference to the patio, and that was part of the question and so that was the nature of the objection.
MS. GERAGOS: That's right. We both know what the witness is going to say happened about the fight, but, for example, coming back to the house, she should have to -- she should say what happened next. Then she saw him at the house. Not assuming that he was at the house and not assuming what happened on the back patio. The witness can answer the chronologically -- the story down chronologically without leading her there.
MS. COMEY: Your Honor, respectfully, if I may, this is a very traumatic event for this witness to remember. I am not trying to lead this witness in asking what did she see. I am not assuming it is Sean Combs. It could being anything. It could be she saw balloons outside of her house. I'm trying to guide this witness in as non-leading a way as possible through an extremely traumatic memory. I am not trying to feed this witness any lines. I am not trying to feed this witness any words. I am, however, trying to help her relive an extremely traumatic memory.
THE COURT: To be very clear, I have not seen anything that crosses any kind of line. I want to make sure we're on the same page as to the nature of the question. I think it's a couple questions at various intervals, that's it.
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THE COURT: Ms. Comey, you may proceed.
MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, just yes or no. At some point after you got back to the house, did you and Sean end up out on the patio? Just yes or no.
MS. COMEY: Do you remember how you ended up back out on the patio?
MS. COMEY: Who ran over there?
MS. COMEY: And then after you ran over there, what happened? After you ran over there, what did Sean do?
MS. COMEY: Let me break that down, if that's okay. You said you punched Sean. Where did you punch Sean?
MS. COMEY: At any point that night or any night thereafter, did you see any injuries on Sean where you had punched him?
MS. COMEY: Why did you punch him?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember what you said as you did that?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean do after you punched him?
JANE: After that, I remember I ran into the back yard and just kept saying, "Leave me alone," and I went into a deep part of the back yard where I just kind of fell and just started to kind of curl up, and I just kept asking him to like leave and go.
MS. COMEY: Jane, I want to break that down a bit. I want to make sure I have the timeline right. You punched him, is that right?
MS. COMEY: And then immediately after you punched him, while you were still on the patio, what, if anything, did Sean do to you?
MS. COMEY: Where did Sean punch you?
MS. COMEY: How many times do you remember Sean punching you in the head?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
THE COURT: Rephrase.
MS. COMEY: You said he punched you. Did he punch you once or more than once?
MS. COMEY: How many times did he punch you?
MS. COMEY: Where did he punch you each time?
MS. COMEY: After Sean punched you, where did you go?
MS. COMEY: What did you do when you went into the back yard?
MS. COMEY: A ball where?
MS. COMEY: When you say you were in a ball and trying to cover your head, can you explain in a little more detail where you were in the back yard?
JANE: Just all the way deep in the back yard, like all the way down in the back yard. It's a very like long, narrow yard, and I was all the way down, so it's like you have to run all the way down there.
MS. COMEY: Were you standing up? Sitting on something? On the ground? Where were you?
MS. COMEY: And what were you trying to cover?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean do as you were on the ground in a ball trying to cover your face and your head?
JANE: He started punching my head. He started kicking me. He started saying all kinds of things and just kept punching and --
MS. COMEY: What do you remember Sean saying as he was punching you?
MS. COMEY: What were you saying in response?
MS. COMEY: Now, Jane, I want to make sure I have this right. Did you say that he punched you and kicked you while you were in that ball?
MS. COMEY: About how many times do you remember him punching you while you were balled up on the ground?
MS. COMEY: I'm sorry?
MS. COMEY: And about how many times do you remember him kicking you while you were balled up on the ground?
JANE: Not as many times, but I felt there was all of that going on, and then he just grabs me by my arm and my hair and just starts dragging me back to the house.
MS. COMEY: Jane, were you still barefoot?
MS. COMEY: Was Sean wearing shoes when he kicked you?
MS. COMEY: You said he grabbed you. Where did he grab you?
MS. COMEY: And after Sean grabbed you by your hair and your arm, what did he do next?
MS. COMEY: What was Sean saying as he dragged you by your hair and your arm back too the house?
MS. COMEY: What were you saying to him as this was happening?
JANE: Just kept saying, "Leave me the fuck alone. Leave me the fuck alone. Just leave. Just leave." And I just kept saying that I hated him.
MS. COMEY: Where did Sean end up dragging you?
JANE: I just remember after this, it was like around my master bedroom, around the bathroom area and --
MS. COMEY: Jane, after you got back into the house, what, if any, phone calls did either you or Sean make?
MS. COMEY: Whose phone did you take?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember how you got his phone?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember where you saw it?
MS. COMEY: Why did you call this girl that you believed Sean was with?
MS. COMEY: What happened when you called this girl?
JANE: I just remember I asked her if she was on this trip, and she started saying really insulting things back and --
MS. COMEY: Was the call on speaker?
MS. COMEY: What happened as you spoke with this woman on the phone?
MS. COMEY: I want to break that down. You made the phone call, is that right?
MS. COMEY: So did you have the phone in your hand at that point?
MS. COMEY: As you were holding the phone in your hand, what did Sean do?
MS. COMEY: And at that point where was the phone?
MS. COMEY: When you say Sean was holding you down, where was he holding you down?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember where you were?
JANE: I think it was my bedroom. Just in that moment I just remember more so the feeling, and I just feel wood.
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening as Sean was holding you down and the girl was on speaker phone and the phone is in his hand?
MS. COMEY: What did you say?
MS. COMEY: When you said he was beating your ass right now, who are you referring to?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean do after you said, "He's beating my ass right now"?
MS. COMEY: What, if any other, phone calls do you remember either you or Sean making in the house?
MS. COMEY: Who FaceTimed Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: Where do you remember being when Sean FaceTimed Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: Of which room?
MS. COMEY: And where do you remember Sean being when he FaceTimed Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening when Sean FaceTimed Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: Who said that?
MS. COMEY: To who?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember anything else from that call?
MS. COMEY: Not later on. Just focusing on in that moment, do you remember anything else?
MS. COMEY: After Sean FaceTimed Jonathan, what do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Why did you go into the shower?
MS. COMEY: When you went into the shower. Who went with you?
MS. COMEY: So what were you doing in the shower?
MS. COMEY: Hold on one second. Jane, when you went into the bathroom, did you get a look at yourself in the mirror
MS. COMEY: What did you see in the mirror?
MS. COMEY: Golf ball size what?
MS. COMEY: Where were those injuries in relation to where Sean had punched you?
MS. COMEY: At this point in the night or any time thereafter, did you see any injuries on Sean where you hit him?
MS. COMEY: How do you compare in size to Sean, Jane?
MS. COMEY: When you were in the shower, what were you wearing?
MS. COMEY: Where was Sean when you were naked in the shower?
MS. COMEY: Was he under the water?
MS. COMEY: What was he wearing?
MS. COMEY: What happened while you were in the shower and Sean was standing there with pants on as well?
MS. COMEY: How many times do you remember Sean slapping you in your face while you were in the shower?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening each time?
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BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening each time?
MS. COMEY: Falling to where?
MS. COMEY: Of the shower?
MS. COMEY: What were you saying as this was happening?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
MS. COMEY: If any -- I'll rephrase.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what, if anything, were you saying as this happened?
MS. COMEY: You were saying that to who?
MS. COMEY: And what, if anything, was Sean saying while this happened?
MS. COMEY: I don't want you to guess. After you finished the shower, what do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember just being so exhausted and I just remember just sitting there, just in the towel, and I was just so exhausted and just so tired. And then Sean said just put some ice on it and put an outfit on.
MS. COMEY: When Sean said put some ice on it, what did you understand he was referring to?
MS. COMEY: And when Sean said put an outfit on, what did you understand he was telling you to do?
MS. COMEY: How did you respond?
MS. COMEY: What happened after you iced your welts and put a lingerie outfit and heels on?
JANE: I remember we're in the living room and I remember he's using my phone to play pornography.
MS. COMEY: Who was using your phone?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Using what?
MS. COMEY: Who was texting Antoine using your phone?
MS. COMEY: How were you able to tell that he was doing that?
MS. COMEY: What did you see Sean texting Antoine?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember that Sean started just scrolling up and started reading me and Antoine's messages.
MS. COMEY: And what did you see on the screen as Sean scrolled up?
JANE: Sean saw a message from Antoine and I where Antoine is saying hello, asking me how I'm doing. I said I'm good. How are you? And Antoine was saying that he was good and that he had been spending some time with our, quote, mutual, quote, friends lately.
MS. COMEY: Now, Jane, when you received that message from Antoine referencing your, quote, mutual friends, who did you understand Antoine was referring to?
MS. COMEY: In January of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Had you told Sean about going to that birthday party and seeing Antoine there?
MS. COMEY: Why not?
MS. COMEY: How did Sean react when he saw the message from Antoine referencing a mutual friend?
JANE: He said, what is this message, mutual friend? Who is the mutual friend? You guys don't have mutual friends.
MS. COMEY: What did you say in response?
MS. COMEY: Why did you lie?
JANE: Because I didn't want to escalate the night that had already escalated so intensely. I didn't need something else to escalate it further.
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember what happened next was next thing I know I'm -- I'm getting ready to get in my car to open the gate for Antoine. Antoine comes.
MS. COMEY: Let me pause you there, Jane. Why did you need to get in your car to open the gate for Antoine?
JANE: Because my car has a transponder for the residence side of the gate where I can bring Antoine into.
MS. COMEY: How did you know that Antoine had arrived and that you needed to go open the gate?
JANE: Because there was text messages that were exchanged that basically invited him over, and then Antoine messages that he was here.
MS. COMEY: Did you have Antoine's contact saved in your phone?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-122 and 3R-123 side by side.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize these?
MS. COMEY: What are they?
MS. COMEY: Are these screenshots of your contact entries for Antoine in your phone?
MS. COMEY: Why do you have two?
JANE: I believe at one point he had one number and then another moment in time he had a different number.
MS. COMEY: And on the right, whose picture do we see above the contact on the right?
MS. COMEY: We can take those down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: If you were already in a lingerie outfit, why were you getting in your car to go open up the gate for Antoine?
JANE: Because I would have to -- I was just trying to be in something like a hoodie and sweats to drive and just bring him in.
MS. COMEY: After Antoine arrived, what do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Jane, I'm sorry. I forgot to ask you, before Antoine arrived, what, if any, conversation did you have with Sean about him texting Antoine?
MS. COMEY: How did he respond?
JANE: He said because we're not going to end the night like this. You're not going to ruin my night like this.
MS. COMEY: And what did you say in response?
MS. COMEY: Before Antoine came, did you do anything to cover up your injuries on your face?
JANE: Yes. I put makeup on my injuries and I put my hair down and pushed it to the side so you couldn't see the bruising or the welts too much.
MS. COMEY: Did you have your hair cover the side of your face that was injured?
MS. COMEY: What, if any, conversation did you have with Sean about taking those steps to cover up your injuries?
MS. COMEY: Who said that?
MS. COMEY: And did you do that?
MS. COMEY: So when Antoine arrived, what was on your injuries?
MS. COMEY: And how was your hair styled?
MS. COMEY: And what was the lighting like in the home when Antoine arrived?
JANE: It was around dawn time, so it was just kind of gray, and when we were in my master, I remember the lights were, like, blue and purple. I can't remember.
MS. COMEY: After Antoine arrived at your house, what do you remember happening next?
JANE: I remember that I greeted Antoine and I just tried to be polite and nice and just ask him how his day was and try to make small talk. But I could see Sean in the room just giving me this really evil stare, that he just gave me this really evil stare and he was, like, I need to talk to you.
MS. COMEY: After Sean said I need to talk to you, what did you do next?
MS. COMEY: Who went into the guest bedroom?
MS. COMEY: And from the guest bedroom, were you able to hear what's happening in the master bedroom?
MS. COMEY: What happened when you and Sean were in the guest bedroom?
JANE: He said that me and Antoine's text exchange wasn't sitting well with him and he wants to know who this mutual friend is and that me and Antoine did not share mutual friends, and so what was this text about mutual friend?
MS. COMEY: How did you respond?
JANE: At that point I just said forget it. I'm just going to say it, say everything, and I told him that in January I went to a birthday party with this other rapper and his girlfriend and my friend and that we all had a great time and that at the end of the night I saw Antoine and then after that I saw Antoine in a hotel room having sex with somebody but that I did not do anything, and I emphasized that there was no sexual conduct, no sexual anything between me or anyone on that trip and that nothing happened. And I just said exactly what happened. And I told him the truth.
MS. COMEY: How did Sean respond?
JANE: I feel like his heart sank and he just was like I can't believe what you're telling me right now, like could you just -- do you have this porn star having something over on me? Did you just cheat on me? Did you just -- did you just slip away from us, like, what are you doing, like you have this porn star who has something over me.
MS. COMEY: How did you respond?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening next?
MS. COMEY: Jane, before we talk about what happened in the room, at any point after the violence started, did you take any drugs?
MS. COMEY: When in the night did you take drugs?
MS. COMEY: Can you tell us how that happened?
JANE: Sean pulls me into the bathroom. While we were with Antoine, he kind of excuses me and him, and me and Sean go in the bathroom and --
MS. COMEY: Let me pause you. So at that point where is Antoine?
MS. COMEY: And are you in the bathroom with the door closed?
MS. COMEY: Is the door able to close after Sean had kicked it earlier?
MS. COMEY: So it didn't latch all the way?
MS. COMEY: While you were in the bathroom with Sean, what do you remember happening?
JANE: I remember him opening his hand with a pill in it, and he said take this fucking pill. Take this fucking pill. You're not going to ruin my fucking night. You better go out there. You're not going to ruin my fucking night. Get out there. Suck his dick. Fuck him. I don't care, just you're not going to ruin my fucking night.
MS. COMEY: How did you respond?
MS. COMEY: What did Sean say when you said I don't want to?
MS. COMEY: What was Sean's tone and facial expression when he said is this coercion?
JANE: Just -- he just looked at me. I just remember just him right in my face, just, just telling me -- just really close to my face.
MS. COMEY: About how far from your face was Sean's face at this time?
MS. COMEY: What was his tone of voice?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
THE COURT: Overruled.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: After Sean said is this coercion and you didn't say anything in response, what did Sean say next?
MS. COMEY: Before you went back out to the bedroom, what happened to the pill that Sean had held out in his hand?
MS. COMEY: What was it?
MS. COMEY: After you took the ecstasy, what happened next?
MS. COMEY: For how long did you have to perform oral sex on Antoine?
MS. COMEY: Where was Sean while you were performing oral sex on Antoine?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember what he was doing?
MS. COMEY: How did you feel while you were in that room?
JANE: I just felt sick. I just felt like I wasn't even in my own body. I just felt disgusted. I just felt terrible.
MS. COMEY: How did that sexual encounter with Antoine end?
MS. COMEY: When who finished?
MS. COMEY: After Antoine finished, what do you remember happening next?
JANE: I just remember that I just excused him and I was trying to put on a good face, and I said that I would be in touch with him and he left out.
MS. COMEY: Jane, throughout your interactions with Antoine on this night, did you tell him about any of the violence that had happened earlier?
MS. COMEY: Why not?
MS. COMEY: Before Antoine left, what, if any, conversation did you have with him about money?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember where Sean was when you told Antoine you would send him something later?
JANE: I believe Sean was in the room, and I believe I was in the hallway saying goodbye to Antoine.
MS. COMEY: After Antoine left, what do you remember happening next?
JANE: I just remember Sean started getting dressed and immediately just started saying all kinds of horrible things to me.
MS. COMEY: What do you remember Sean saying to you?
JANE: He just said, like, I can't believe you cheated on me. I can't believe you went outside of us. I can't believe you went outside of what we have with this porn star, and he --
MS. COMEY: What did you understand Sean was referring to?
JANE: I understood that he was trying to reference that we were part of some sort of lifestyle and that I betrayed him by being a part of someone else's lifestyle moment, this porn type of thing.
MS. COMEY: Referring to the other rapper?
MS. COMEY: For about how long did Sean say those kinds of things to you?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
THE COURT: Can you rephrase just to be a little clearer.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: How long do you remember -- well, let me back up. Was this a conversation where you were talking back and forth, or was Sean just talking at you?
JANE: I remember I just had sat down on the couch and I just remember he was just walking in circles and being really upset.
MS. COMEY: And so, Jane, were you saying anything, or were you quiet?
MS. COMEY: And was Sean saying things?
MS. COMEY: And for how long did that go on, where you were sitting quietly and Sean just kept saying things?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember what he said to you over those two hours?
JANE: He said that any, any hope for us to ever even be in a relationship or anything is dead and that I was a whore and I was a cheater and I left this house and he pays for it and I went with them and I hung out with them. And he just kept saying all those same things over and over and over again, just kept saying that I was just, like, terrible.
MS. COMEY: How did this end?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember who from Sean's security came to pick him up?
MS. COMEY: And by this time, was it the morning of June 19?
MS. COMEY: So did this whole night span from the evening of June 18, 2024, into the morning of June 19, 2024?
MS. COMEY: What did you do after Sean left?
JANE: I remember I just laid down and I just started crying and crying. I just cried. I just cried until I just fell asleep.
MS. COMEY: At some point after Sean and Antoine had left, did you speak with Antoine again?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember about how long after Antoine left you spoke with him again?
MS. COMEY: How did you speak with Antoine?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember discussing with Antoine?
MS. COMEY: Where did you get the money to Uber to Antoine?
MS. COMEY: Who's Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: One of whose assistants?
MS. COMEY: And you said security. Who from security do you remember coming with money?
MS. COMEY: Remind us who Faheem is.
MS. COMEY: Had Faheem ever brought money to Sean in front of you before?
MS. COMEY: About how many times?
MS. COMEY: In what context do you remember Faheem bringing Sean money in front of you in the past?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember how much money Jonathan and Faheem brought you?
MS. COMEY: In cash?
MS. COMEY: What was your understanding of what that money was for?
MS. COMEY: What damages in the house?
MS. COMEY: How many doors were damaged in your home?
MS. COMEY: What did you do with part of that money?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember how much money you sent in an Uber to Antoine?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
MS. COMEY: I can rephrase, your Honor.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you remember approximately how much you sent to Antoine?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection.
MS. COMEY: I'm asking for an approximation, your Honor.
THE COURT: Wait. Hold on. Grounds.
MS. GERAGOS: She said she doesn't know, your Honor.
THE COURT: That's overruled. You got an answer, Ms. Comey.
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, how did you get that money to Antoine?
MS. COMEY: What kind of package?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-266.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what's this?
JANE: This is a photo that I sent Antoine that there was money in this bag and that it would be in an Uber.
MS. COMEY: When did you take this picture?
MS. COMEY: 2024?
MS. COMEY: And why did you take a picture of it?
MS. COMEY: Now, Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-267 and E-268.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what do we see here?
MS. COMEY: Why?
JANE: Because I wanted to make sure that I had the license plate of this car that had money in it.
MS. COMEY: So is this the Uber that you put the bag that we just saw into for Antoine?
MS. COMEY: We can take these down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: What happened to the rest of the money that Faheem and Jonathan dropped off for you?
MS. COMEY: Did you end up keeping it?
MS. COMEY: At some point did you speak with Antoine again?
MS. COMEY: About how long after you Ubered him this money did you speak with Antoine again?
MS. COMEY: We'll talk about that in a minute. First, did you end up repairing your doors?
MS. COMEY: Why not?
JANE: Because there were so many other bills to take care of with that money, and we just -- I've just never gotten around to it.
MS. COMEY: Did you ever try to get an estimate for the door repair?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-101.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize this?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: What's the date that you sent this?
MS. COMEY: Of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Can you please read what you wrote beneath "hi" and the name of the person you were contacting?
JANE: I said: Hi, Stephanie. We spoke yesterday about seeing if we could source these same exact doors -- size, look and height; also their handles. I hope it's possible. The measurements vary, and I'll try and get exact measurements, but it's kind of hard. I need to find a ladder. Hopefully you have the inventory. There are four doors that need to be replaced fully. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: What did you attach to this email?
MS. COMEY: Can we go to the next page of the exhibit, please, Ms. Becker. And the next page, please.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: Can you zoom in, please, Ms. Becker, on the bottom half of the door.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what do we see in this photo?
MS. COMEY: Who kicked that door?
MS. COMEY: Let's go to the next page, please. Can you zoom in on the door handle here.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: What, if any, damage do we see in this picture?
MS. COMEY: What caused that damage?
MS. COMEY: By whom?
MS. COMEY: Can we go to the next page, please. Can we zoom in on the door handle, please.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: What caused the damage?
MS. COMEY: Let's go to the next page, please. Can you zoom in around the door handle, please.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: What damage do we see?
MS. COMEY: Whose kick?
MS. COMEY: We can take this down. Thank you, Ms. Becker.
MS. COMEY: Jane, did you take other pictures of the damage to these four doors?
MS. COMEY: Why?
JANE: I was just trying to take pictures of the doors for the door suppliers. I wanted them to have the exact door and also the handle, that specific handle.
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-104 and go to pages 1 and 2.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what do we see on the left here?
MS. COMEY: And what do we see on the door, on the inside of the door?
MS. COMEY: Can we zoom in on the metadata on the right, please, and look at date taken.
MS. COMEY: Jane, when did you take this photo?
MS. COMEY: Excuse me? 2004?
MS. COMEY: Jane, I think you said 2004. Was that right?
MS. COMEY: Let's go now, please, to Government Exhibit 3R-106 and 3R-107 side by side, please.
MS. COMEY: Jane, did you take these pictures the same day as the last one we just looked at?
MS. COMEY: What are we seeing here?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, can we now please go to what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-108 and 3R-109 side by side.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what are we seeing here?
MS. COMEY: Did you take these photos the same day as the others we just saw?
MS. COMEY: Can you please pull up, Ms. Becker, what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-110.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what are we seeing here?
MS. COMEY: What caused that crack down the middle of the door?
MS. COMEY: Whose kick?
MS. COMEY: Can we please put up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-111 and 3R-112 side by side.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what do we see here?
MS. COMEY: What caused that crack we see?
MS. COMEY: Whose kick?
MS. COMEY: Did you take all of these photos on the same day in June of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Let's go now, please, to what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-113.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: From a different angle?
MS. COMEY: Let's go now, please, to Government Exhibit 3R-114.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: The same door?
MS. COMEY: What caused the crack down the middle?
MS. COMEY: Whose kick?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit 3R-117 and 3R-118.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: What caused the damage?
MS. COMEY: Whose kick?
MS. COMEY: Did you take all of these photos on the same day in June of 2024?
MS. COMEY: We can take these down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: Jane, after June 18th and 19th of 2024, when is the next time you saw Sean in person?
MS. COMEY: How did you end up seeing him a couple days later?
MS. COMEY: How did you end up seeing him?
JANE: We were both messaging each other about the night and our feelings and just how awful we were both feeling, and he was just saying the same thing over and over and over again and I was saying the same thing over and over again, and we just decided to see each other.
MS. COMEY: You said he was saying the same thing over and over again. What was he saying?
JANE: He just kept saying again about how I went outside of him, that I cheated on him, that what I did was so wrong and that -- I don't know, just making me feel terrible.
MS. COMEY: And you said you were saying the same thing over and over again. What were you saying?
JANE: I just said that I was super sorry and that I love him and that nothing happened, and I just kept apologizing and just trying to comfort and console him.
MS. COMEY: What were you apologizing for?
MS. COMEY: In January of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Where did you see Sean in person a couple days after June 18th and 19th, 2024?
MS. COMEY: At Mapleton?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening when you went to his residence that day?
JANE: I remember that we both just wanted to be -- we just tried to be upbeat, but we just had this, like, sorrow, this, like, sadness. But we were just trying to talk and communicate and have, like, like a Sunday fun day, but it was just tense. It was just, like, awkward.
MS. COMEY: Did you and Sean talk with Jonathan at any point that day?
MS. COMEY: The two of you together talked with Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: Just yes or no. Did the two of you, you and Sean together, talk with Jonathan, or was it separate?
MS. COMEY: Sean FaceTimed Jonathan?
MS. COMEY: And what do you remember about that FaceTime with Jonathan that day at Sean's home?
MS. COMEY: And how did Jonathan respond?
JANE: He said that he didn't see anything, that there was just one point in the FaceTime that Sean had accidentally had it facing towards me and that I was in the corner crying.
MS. COMEY: That Sean had accidentally had what facing toward you?
MS. COMEY: What else do you remember from that day at Sean's home?
JANE: I remember that Sean was basically saying that we were breaking up and that we were just going to be friends and that he loved me but what I did was so wrong and that I broke his trust and that we could never be the same again.
MS. COMEY: During this visit to Sean's home, what, if any, visible injuries did you have on you?
MS. COMEY: Where were the welts on your head?
MS. COMEY: What, if anything, did you do to try to cover up those injuries before going over to Sean's home?
MS. COMEY: Did it fully cover the bruising?
MS. COMEY: When you saw Sean that day, did you see any injuries on him?
MS. COMEY: Did you take any videos that day at Sean's house?
MS. COMEY: Why?
MS. COMEY: Were you trying to document your injuries?
MS. COMEY: Did you end up accidentally documenting some of your injuries?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-272.
MS. COMEY: Before we play it, Jane, do you recognize what's up on the screen?
MS. COMEY: What's on the screen?
JANE: This is me and Sean in his backyard, and we're just laying down in the backyard, just talking, hanging out.
MS. COMEY: What, if any, injuries can you see on your face right now before we play the video?
JANE: I see bruising at the top and side of my eye, and I see bruising and a little bit of welt on my top left forehead.
MS. COMEY: So it's your left, but as we look at your face on the screen, is it to the right of your eye?
MS. COMEY: Was there makeup on those injuries when you took this video?
MS. COMEY: Can you please go ahead and play the video for one second and pause it, Ms. Becker.
(Media played)
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, what injuries can you see on your forehead right now?
MS. COMEY: Is that the welts you were talking about?
MS. COMEY: And is that visible even underneath makeup?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please play this again and pause at 18 seconds.
(Media played)
BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, when you put your hand up at the beginning of this video, why did you do that?
MS. COMEY: Were you trying to document your bruising in this video?
MS. COMEY: Why did you keep saying bestie in this video?
JANE: Because when Sean was breaking up with me, he was saying that we would be best friends, and so I was kind of teasing him here and saying that he was my bestie.
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please play this again and pause it at 23 seconds.
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BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, why did you cover your face again there?
JANE: I was just doing the same thing, where I just wanted to cover it for that moment that it was in frame.
MS. COMEY: Would you please finish playing this, Ms. Becker.
(Media played)
MS. COMEY: You can take that down. Thank you. Can we now please pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-333.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize this?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: And did you take this video?
MS. COMEY: Has this video been clipped to remove any portion that references or shows your child?
MS. COMEY: Can you tell us what we're going to see at the end of this video?
JANE: I was just taking a selfie video, and then I take off my glasses. And then as soon as I see my bruises, I whipped my glasses back on.
MS. COMEY: Do you remember about how long after June 18th and 19th of 2024 you took this video?
MS. COMEY: Can we please play this.
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BY MS. COMEY:
MS. COMEY: Jane, why did you put your glasses right back down after lifting them up?
MS. COMEY: Were you trying to document your injuries?
MS. COMEY: We can take this down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: Jane, after you saw Sean at his home in Mapleton in late June of 2024, what communications did you have with him?
MS. COMEY: And what ended up happening?
MS. COMEY: In late June into July of 2024, what happened in your relationship with Sean?
MS. COMEY: And how did you learn that he went to Wyoming?
MS. COMEY: And how did you react to that?
MS. COMEY: Why?
JANE: Because we just ended that kind of night and -- and amidst sort of all the controversy and everything, he was still able to plan a, another beautiful vacation for someone else he was dating.
MS. COMEY: What did you do after you saw that recording about Sean's trip to Wyoming with another woman?
JANE: I just texted him a lot, and I was so frustrated and just angry and just wanted to break up, and I think I did break up with him.
MS. COMEY: And after you broke up with Sean, what, if anything, did you do to block him from communicating with you?
MS. COMEY: When you say you blocked him and his whole team, what did you actually do?
JANE: I blocked him, his two phones. I blocked all of his assistants. I blocked all of his security. I didn't want anyone to be able to reach me.
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MS. COMEY: For about how long did you keep Sean and his team blocked?
MS. COMEY: And then why did you -- well, did you unblock him after about two or three weeks?
MS. COMEY: Why?
JANE: Because I saw in the media that his mom had been hospitalized, and I was concerned about her health, and so I just wanted to push whatever we had to the side, and I wanted to reach out and make sure that his mom was okay.
MS. COMEY: Did you end up having a longer text conversation with Sean after you reached out?
MS. COMEY: I want to take a look at some of that.
MS. COMEY: Can we pull up Government Exhibit E-332 and just pause right at the beginning, please. Can you just play it so we can see the very beginning? And pause it.
MS. COMEY: Jane, do you recognize this?
MS. COMEY: What is it?
MS. COMEY: Is this a screen recording you made of a text thread with Sean on your phone?
MS. COMEY: We're not going to look at all of it, but can you just read for us the first sentence -- first of all, whose messages are in the white on the left?
MS. COMEY: Sean?
MS. COMEY: And who's in the blue on the right?
MS. COMEY: Can you just read the first sentence that Sean sent you at the top?
JANE: He says, Baby we was just about to start traveling but at the end of the day just so unhealthy and I have nothing but love for you. Anything I've done to you I'm sorry. The only thing I can wake up the sun shines in the morning, and I could just try to do better. I just wanted you to just like really know honestly like you know just as a rapper as Puff as me like there's a lot of things that can be done, but this one was just too far for me being who I am.
MS. COMEY: What did you understand Sean was saying when he was saying "This is just too far for me"?
MS. COMEY: By what you did, are you referring to the trip to Las Vegas in January of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Ms. Becker, would you please play this for five seconds and then pause at five seconds?
MS. COMEY: Jane, can you please read what you wrote in response to Sean's text at the top?
JANE: I said, That's why it just slipped out now. I've had the worst few days of my life on my own stuff. We were never going to start traveling. You kept me in a box that I could never get out of and the more trips you gave to others, I realized it would never happen with me.
MS. COMEY: How did Sean respond?
MS. COMEY: What did you say?
JANE: I said, I'm the problem and always had been and treating me like that was extremely unfair. I had to accept you didn't accept me and uncomfortable, and when we broke up I went to one birthday party.
MS. COMEY: Let me pause you. In the next sentence, do you say the name of the rapper whose birthday party, whose trip you went on in January of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Can you read the next text, please?
JANE: I said, At least you say -- at least say you understand that it wasn't cool to have me just doing hotel nights and everyone got private jets all over the world. I don't even have anything post worthy from our relationship.
MS. COMEY: Thank you. Does the conversation go on from there, Jane?
MS. COMEY: Do you continue to talk with Sean about your trip that you took with this rapper?
MS. COMEY: We can take this exhibit down, Ms. Becker. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: After this conversation, did you talk more with Sean?
MS. COMEY: At some point, did he invite you to see him?
MS. COMEY: Where?
MS. COMEY: And how did you respond to that invitation?
MS. COMEY: Can we please pull up what's in evidence as E-102 and E-102 side by side.
MS. COMEY: Jane, what is this?
MS. COMEY: Did you screenshot this?
MS. COMEY: Can we look in at the metadata for the last modified date, please.
MS. COMEY: What's the last modified date?
MS. COMEY: Is that about when you remember going to Miami to see Sean?
MS. COMEY: What is Sean -- without reading it, can you tell us what Sean is texting you here?
MS. COMEY: Did you end up getting on the plane?
MS. COMEY: We can take this down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening in Miami when you went in July of 2024?
JANE: I remember that Sean had gotten a really nice like hotel residence place for us to stay at. It was really lovely. Had a really nice view, and I felt like it was a place that I wanted and chose, and he got it for me.
MS. COMEY: When you arrived, had you been on a red eye the night before?
MS. COMEY: And then after you arrived from the red eye, what did you and Sean do at that hotel?
JANE: I remember that I was it was already daytime when I landed. I was just awake. I was waiting for him, and then he joined me like around evening time, and -- actually, oh yes, we joined each other for dinner. We finally went to a dinner.
MS. COMEY: And then after you went to dinner, what did you and Sean do that night?
MS. COMEY: And what did you do?
JANE: And then we just had a really good time with each other, and we just connected, and were together, and we had a really nice time with one another.
MS. COMEY: And then what happened the next morning -- did you stay up all that night?
MS. COMEY: And then what happened the next morning?
JANE: I just remember that while Sean was talking to me, I just started to get dizzy. I just started to feel a little tired, and I remember he would tell me that if at any point I ever felt tired, that I should start vocalizing it. Just in general he was telling me that I shouldn't not say things like that, and that I can be comfortable telling him when I was tired.
MS. COMEY: Jane, when did Sean tell you that you could be comfortable telling him when you were tired?
MS. COMEY: July of 2024?
MS. COMEY: With that in mind, what did you say to Sean after you'd been awake for 24 hours?
MS. GERAGOS: Objection. Leading.
THE COURT: Can you rephrase?
MS. COMEY: What, if anything, did you say to Sean at that point?
JANE: I just remember thinking to myself, maybe this is the right time where I can exercise the option of saying that I was getting sleepy, and that maybe I'd see him later on in the evening, that I just needed to take a nap.
MS. COMEY: So what did you say to Sean?
MS. COMEY: When you say "stop for now," what had you been doing all night?
MS. COMEY: Just the two of you?
MS. COMEY: How did Sean respond when you suggested that you were tired and wanted to go to sleep?
MS. COMEY: What happened next?
JANE: He just looked like agitated, like upset, and he was just like, like he just took it like a rejection or something. And he was just like, wow, like a man spends all this money on you, and now you're saying you're tired. And then I'm like, no, no, no, it's okay. And then he just takes a water bottle and starts like throwing water at me, and then I was like -- and he's like -- I think he called -- he's like fucking bitch or something. He called me a bitch. And then I just -- he was like, "I'm sorry, you're not a bitch." And then I was like, "No, no, no, no, it's okay. Like I'm sorry. Just it's okay." And then I see an ecstasy pill and I just take it.
MS. COMEY: And then after you took the pill, what do you remember happening next?
JANE: Then Sean was completely happy and he was like celebratory and like super happy and was like, "There we go, like, okay, that's right, that's the energy, like, like you hit your fuck-it button, okay, let's go." And then we just playing music and ...
MS. COMEY: And what do you remember happening next?
JANE: I just remember I just got really high, and I was like in good spirits, and I was just in like a good zone. And that's when I was like one point that I looked over to my partner and I could tell he was kind of starting to get a little board and like I just, you know, I just always want to make Sean happy, so I said, "Umm, I miss Paul."
MS. COMEY: And how did Sean react when you said, "I miss Paul"?
JANE: I just started seeing a smile coming to his face, and he was like, "You do?" And I was like, "I do." And I genuinely did at that moment.
MS. COMEY: Why?
JANE: Because out of everyone, I felt that Paul was really warm and really nice and as respectful as he could be with me.
MS. COMEY: What happened next?
MS. COMEY: After Sean said, "Get him on the phone," what did you do?
MS. COMEY: And then what happened after you called Paul?
JANE: We were all so happy, and I was like, "Paul, I miss you. Like where are you?" And like he said that he was in New York but that he was -- I said, "I'm in Miami with Sean." And he was like, "I'm actually going to be there in a couple days." And I said, "Okay, perfect. Just hit us when you're out here," and this was all on speaker so ...
MS. COMEY: Did Sean end up -- excuse me. Did Paul end up coming to Miami?
MS. COMEY: About how long after that?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember happening when Paul came to Miami?
JANE: I just remember that we left that hotel and we went to the Miami residence, and I remember Sean and I got into a cold bath just to kind of wake up, and we were in good spirits. And we were in his master bedroom, and then we knew that like Paul was -- was on his way and like coming.
MS. COMEY: When you say his master bedroom, what residence were you in?
MS. COMEY: Did Paul end up coming to the residence in Miami at Two Star?
MS. COMEY: And when he arrived, what happened?
JANE: When Paul arrived, I remember Sean gives me this spray bottle. It was black. And he said that it's this new thing, like it's like liquid molly, and like to do like ten or 14 sprays.
MS. COMEY: So it was in a spray bottle that you spray into your mouth?
MS. COMEY: Had you ever tried that before?
MS. COMEY: And what did Sean call it?
MS. COMEY: Did you take it?
MS. COMEY: And after you sprayed that liquid molly into your mouth, how did you feel?
JANE: I felt a surge of high octane sexual energy, and as soon as that sexual energy hit me, Paul comes into the door, and I just greet Paul with that intense high sexual energy.
MS. COMEY: And did you end up having sex with Paul in front of Sean at the Two Star residence?
JANE: Yes. It was the craziest moment, and like it was at an all-time high, like I had never made love to Paul like that. It was -- like it was just intense.
MS. COMEY: And had you ever tried that drug before?
MS. COMEY: After Paul left, how soon after that did you go home?
MS. COMEY: Then when was the last time that you saw Sean in person?
MS. COMEY: Of 2024?
MS. COMEY: Where was that?
MS. COMEY: Can we pull up what's in evidence as Government Exhibit E-211 and E-212, side by side here.
MS. COMEY: What do we see here?
MS. COMEY: When did you take this?
MS. COMEY: For that last trip in August of 2024?
MS. COMEY: What do you remember from that last trip in August of 2024?
JANE: I just remember that when we were together, we were just in our same routine having sex and everything, and then he says, we should invite Don.
MS. COMEY: Did Don end up coming over?
MS. COMEY: Did you have sex with Don in front of Sean at Two Star?
MS. COMEY: Jane, after that trip, did you see Sean in person again before testifying in this trial?
MS. COMEY: Did you continue to text with him though before he was arrested?
MS. COMEY: I'd like to just take a look at one last text message. Can we pull up Government Exhibit A-1202-A, pages 2 and 3.
MS. COMEY: These are the last ones I'm going to ask you to look at, Jane. Look at the bottom two, please, on the left. Are these texts between you and Sean?
MS. COMEY: What's the date?
MS. COMEY: What are you saying in these text messages?
JANE: I say, I try to be there on Friday. He wasn't saying nothing now you're backed up. But whoever you're with should be responsible for that.
MS. COMEY: What were you talking about here?
MS. COMEY: Before this message, had Sean asked you to send explicit videos?
MS. COMEY: When you wrote, "I try to be there on Friday," what's the "there" you were talking about?
MS. COMEY: Where was Sean at this point?
MS. COMEY: And where had Sean invited you to see him?
MS. COMEY: Did you end up going to New York to see him?
MS. COMEY: Why not?
MS. COMEY: We can take this down. Thank you.
MS. COMEY: Jane, after Sean was arrested, did you receive a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office?
MS. COMEY: Did that subpoena require you to come to New York and meet with prosecutors and the grand jury?
MS. COMEY: About when did that subpoena require you to come to New York?
MS. COMEY: Did you reach out to prosecutors or did prosecutors reach out to you?
MS. COMEY: Before you received that subpoena in November of 2024, had you spoken with prosecutors or law enforcement at all?
MS. COMEY: After you met in New York in the grand jury in November of 2024, when was the next time you saw prosecutors in person?
MS. COMEY: So this year?
MS. COMEY: And between January of 2025 and your testimony at this trial, have you met with prosecutors multiple times?
MS. COMEY: Jane, in some of the texts we read, you mentioned you felt you needed therapy. Did you start seeing a therapist?
MS. COMEY: About when?
MS. COMEY: Jane, when did you first get a lawyer in connection with the criminal investigation in this case?
MS. COMEY: Who paid for that lawyer?
MS. COMEY: Do you still have that same lawyer today?
MS. COMEY: Who is paying for that lawyer today?
MS. COMEY: How have you paid your rent since Sean was arrested?
MS. COMEY: As of today?
MS. COMEY: After Sean was arrested, did you meet with his defense attorneys?
MS. COMEY: Did you meet with them multiple times between his arrest and your testimony at this trial?
MS. COMEY: Approximately when was the last time you had a meeting with Sean's defense attorneys?
MS. COMEY: Of this year?
MS. COMEY: And after that, did you stop meeting with Sean's defense attorneys?
MS. COMEY: Other than your attorney, who was the first person you ever told about what Sean did to you on June 18 and 19, 2024?
MS. COMEY: Did you tell the defense before you told the prosecutors?
MS. COMEY: Do you remember about when you told the defense?
MS. COMEY: Approximately?
MS. COMEY: Of this year?
MS. COMEY: Why didn't you tell anyone about that day before you told the defense in the spring of this year?
JANE: Because I was still processing that night, and I didn't want it to be a reality, and I just wanted to wash it away.
MS. COMEY: Why did you stop meeting with Sean's defense attorneys in April of this year?
JANE: I know that I wasn't legally obligated to meet with the defense, and that it was my choice, but I still felt obligated due to my relationship. And when it was time to meet with them again, I just asked myself why am I doing this, and I just felt the decision was just fear based and not wanting to make someone mad, and I just felt like at this point that they had enough of my story, that they were okay, and I just wanted to honor what I wanted to do and just honor myself.
MS. COMEY: Who did you not want to make mad?
MS. COMEY: Jane, have you ever filed a lawsuit against Sean?
MS. COMEY: Have you ever filed a lawsuit against anyone?
MS. COMEY: Do you plan to file a lawsuit against Sean?
MS. COMEY: Sitting here today, how do you feel about Sean now?
MS. COMEY: No further questions.
THE COURT: Thank you, Ms. Comey. Thank you, members of the jury. And thank you for staying later. I really appreciate it. We'll be back here tomorrow to start at 9:00 a.m. Do not speak with each other about the case. Don't speak with anyone else about the case. Do not look up, watch, or view anything about the case. With that, we'll see you tomorrow. All rise.
(Jury not present; witness not present)
THE COURT: Ms. Comey, anything to raise before we adjourn for the day?
MS. COMEY: No. Thank you, your Honor.
THE COURT: Anything from the defense?
MR. AGNIFILO: Nothing from us. Thank you, your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. We'll see everyone here at 8:30 tomorrow.
(Adjourned to June 10, 2025, at 8:30 a.m.)