The latest on the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ racketeering and sex-trafficking trial continues. Follow for live updates.

• On the stand now: An ex-employee of Sean “Diddy” Combs is testifying for a second day in his sex-trafficking trial. “Mia,” a pseudonym, said yesterday the music mogul physically and sexually assaulted her repeatedly when she worked for him, and she felt “trapped” with no safe way to report the abuse. • The trial so far: Mia is the latest witness to accuse Combs of various forms of abuse. Cassie Ventura, Combs’ former girlfriend, gave nearly 20 hours of often graphic testimony alleging Combs used violence and blackmail to make her participate in drug-fueled sex parties known as “Freak Offs.” • Federal charges: Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that include racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. If convicted on all counts, he could face up to life in prison. • Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with intimate partner violence, there are resources available, including the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Mia testified that she emailed Sean “Diddy” Combs a few times asking him to tell her what to do after he threatened her job if she didn’t leave South Africa, where she had been with Cassie Ventura while Ventura shot a movie. The fees to change her flight were expensive, she said, so she emailed him that she couldn’t afford it herself. She paid for her flights to South Africa with her own money, she wrote in the email.