Credit card statements presented by the prosecution showed that Sean Combs used his American Express card to pay for Cassie Ventura and a male escort, Jules Theodore, to fly separately to New York in December 2009.
The jury saw a bank statement that encompassed the entirety of the bill. The account holder is Bad Boy Entertainment Worldwide.
Federal prosecutors contend that Combs intermingled his business and his personal interests as part of an alleged criminal enterprise that he has denied.
The jury also saw a series of messages and invoices from October 2012. Bad Boy Entertainment was listed on the travel invoice for a ticket to New York for former Combs girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Prosecutors also presented a reservation at the Trump International Hotel in Columbus Circle which was made under the name Janet Clark, an alias for Ventura seen in text messages.
“Janet Clark 408,” Ventura messaged an escort known as The Punisher, asking him to arrive at 3:30 a.m.
Combs messaged Ventura, “You ready for tonight” and Ventura messaged back “I just gta get stuff.”
“You had all day,” Combs’ reply said. “It’s always something.”
