
Combs' former personal assistant takes the stand
Sean Combs' former personal assistant, Jonathan Perez, testified that he saw something he shouldn't have: a video of "Jane" -- a former Combs girlfriend who took the stand under a pseudonym -- having sex with another man.
Perez testified that Combs' videographer first discovered the video on an iPad. Perez testified that he went to Combs and then to chief of staff Kristina Khorram.
"(Khorram) said that in the future I should just bring it to her and she would communicate to Mr. Combs," Perez recalled on the stand. "I gave her the general gist of the video that it was 'Jane' and another man."
Six months later, Perez testified, Khorram brought the video up again because "she had gotten a call from someone outside the company talking about the video in some capacity." The jury heard his conversation with Khorram that she surreptitiously recorded.
"I just need you to tell me step by step and don't leave out a beat," Khorram was heard saying on the recording. "An outside person brought up something."
The conversation did not reveal who had approached the Combs team, but "Jane" testified that a male escort tried to extort Combs and "Jane" by saying he would release a video from a hotel night.
"It is out and I just need to know step by step where you found it," Khorram was heard telling Perez on the recording. "Don't leave out anything please."
Perez was heard telling Khorram on the recording, "I took the iPad, I went to the office, I saw what he was talking about, closed it."
Perez testified that another employee advised him to delete the video, but he didn't feel comfortable doing that.