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In the ongoing trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs in New York City, fashion designer Bryana Bongolan – also known as “Bana” – made serious allegations against the defendant on Wednesday. In her testimony, she described an incident in which the rapper supposedly attacked her physically and brought her in mortal danger.
“He came from behind, suddenly lifted me onto the balcony railing and shouted: ‘You know what the hell you did!'”, Bongolan described via “TMZ”. When she replied that she had no idea what he was talking about, Combs threw her against the balcony furniture.
Cassie was a witness: “Did you just hang her over the railing?”
Combs’ ex-partner Cassie Ventura was a eyewitness to the incident. According to Bongolan, she came to the balcony and asked horrified: “Did you just hang her over the railing?” After that, Combs left the apartment. Bongolan himself left the place with a “huge blue spot on the leg and pain in the back and neck”.
In addition to allegations of violence, the massive abuse of drugs is also in the room. Bongolan said that she had regularly consumed drugs together with Cassie Ventura – including ketamine, cocaine, marijuana and “G”, i.e. GHB. Many of these substances, according to Bongolan, have left Combs to them.
Bongolan: “Diddy knew exactly where we were”
She has also provided Ventura with the painkillers Oxycontin for years, said Bongolan via TMZ: “I bought the drugs for her – she always gave me the money back.” She also got cocaine for Combs itself, she said.
A particularly disturbing moment in her statement affected an incident in April 2016 – only a month after Combs is said to have beaten Cassie Ventura in the Intercontinental Hotel. Bongolan described how she was shopping together with Ventura when Combs suddenly asked text message about her whereabouts. “He then sent Cassie a list of all places where we had been on this day. He knew exactly where we were everywhere – that was extremely scary,” said Bongolan.
Background: the lawsuit
Bryana Bongolan demands $ 10 million in compensation in her civil lawsuit. Among other things, she accuses Combs sexual harassment, bodily harm and drug abuse. Another accusation: Combs tried to touch her in Ventura’s apartment against her will and then held it over the balcony railing.
Sean Combs decidedly rejected all allegations. His lawyers said that the statements were “fictitious” and aimed to damage his reputation and assets.