P Diddy’s ex-assistant has spoken out about her allegedly abusive relationship with her former boss, as his trial enters its fourth week. Diddy is on trial for charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to these charges.

The mogul’s ex-aide – who appeared in court to testify under a pseudonym, Mia – recounted loving messages she sent to Diddy after he allegedly abused and raped her, describing herself as being ‘brainwashed’ while working for Diddy. ‘Nobody acted like what was happening to me was wrong,’ she said.

Last week, she told jurors that she had been assaulted and abused, as well as being a recipient of physical and verbal abuse throughout her time within Diddy’s employment. Mia added that Diddy threatened to tell his then-girlfriend Cassie about their sexual encounters, leading her to ‘internalise, blame and shame’.

As the trial continues, yet another celebrity name was introduced into the mix – Kid Cudi, Brad Pitt, Michael B Jordan have also been referenced – with Mia describing a dream she had about R Kelly, and how she confided in Diddy about it. The jury saw text messages between Mia and Diddy, with his defence lawyers using them to question her allegations of abuse if she was friendly and close enough with him to discuss a dream with him and talk about him protecting her.

A text message sent from Mia to Diddy back in 2019 reads: ‘I had a nightmare. I was trapped in an elevator with R Kelly and you came to rescue me.’

In 2021, Kelly was convicted of ‘all nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with racketeering predicated on criminal conduct including sexual exploitation of children, forced labor and Mann Act violations involving the coercion and transportation of women and girls in interstate commerce to engage in illegal sexual activity’. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace announced Kelly’s sentence, along with the following statement: ‘R. Kelly used his fame, fortune and enablers to prey on the young, the vulnerable and the voiceless for his own sexual gratification, while many turned a blind eye. Through his actions, Kelly exhibited a callous disregard for the devastation his crimes had on his victims and has shown no remorse for his conduct.

‘With today’s sentence he has finally and appropriately been held accountable for his decades of abuse, exploitation and degradation of teenagers and other vulnerable young people. We hope that today’s sentence brings some measure of comfort and closure to the victims, including those who bravely testified at trial, and serves as long-overdue recognition that their voices deserve to be heard and their lives matter.’
Diddy’s defence lawyer questioned Mia on why she would reach out to her boss about these dreams and concerns regarding R Kelly. The docuseries Surviving R. Kelly – which looked closely at years of sexual abuse allegations against him – had been released a few days prior to her messages to Diddy.

‘Why are you reaching out to Mr. Combs, telling him this?’ Brian Steel asked Mia, asking why she would do so if Diddy allegedly abused her and gave her PTSD.

‘Puff used to be my protector,’ Mia explained, adding that Diddy had recently lost his longtime partner Kim Porter – who died in 2018 from pneumonia –and she felt that she wanted to let him know that she was thinking of him. ‘Kim had just passed away and I felt horrible for him,’ she said.

Steel questioned Mia why she was sending such messages of concern months after Porter’s death, again in light of the accusations she has made against him of abuse. ‘It’s five months later and you are having thoughts that he’s your savior, and you’re sending him all the love in the world?’

Mia responded that she didn’t feel that five months was a long timeframe, and that she felt that Diddy would grieve Porter – the former couple share four children – for the rest of his life.

Other texts between Diddy and Mia referenced other celebrity names such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Chadwick Boseman and Jennifer Lopez. She also described witnessing an interaction between Diddy and his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who has accused him of physical abuse, control and violence at his trial. Mia recalls seeing Diddy grit his teeth and dig his nails into Ventura’s arm at the premiere for his film Killing Them Softly, insisting that she leave.

Mia described ‘highs and lows’ during her time in Diddy’s employment, which created a confusing cycle of abuse.

Ventura has already taken the stand at the trial and described harrowing details of Diddy’s alleged abuse. She testified about an alleged plot to blow up her ex-boyfriend Kid Cudi’s car after Ventura started dating Diddy.