{"id":1949355,"date":"2025-08-08T13:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1949355"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:10:15","slug":"dateline-is-sean-combs-favorite-jane-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/dateline-is-sean-combs-favorite-jane-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dateline&#8217; is Sean Combs&#8217; favorite, Jane claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/06\/09\/USAT\/84122945007-20250609-t-173436-z-1145953959-rc-2-yyeabq-6-ka-rtrmadp-3-peopleseancombs.JPG?crop=2999,1687,x0,y156\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Witness Jane &#8216;shocked&#8217; when she heard of Cassie&#8217;s 2023 Diddy lawsuit<\/p>\n<p>Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs&#8217; ex-girlfriend who goes by Jane testified that she was shocked when she learned of Cassie Ventura Fine&#8217;s bombshell 2023 lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An alleged victim of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/celebrities\/sean-diddy-combs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs<\/a> is revealing the embattled mogul&#8217;s favorite TV show is a true-crime franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Combs&#8217; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/06\/04\/mia-jane-diddy-trial-anonymous-witness\/84029298007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ex-girlfriend &#8220;Jane,&#8221; testifying under a pseudonym<\/a> in Combs&#8217; federal sex-crimes trial, shared in court Tuesday, June 10, the eerie TV show Combs allegedly counts as his favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Under cross-examination, Jane said that she &#8220;endured&#8221; nights in hotels with escorts because she wanted to spend time with Combs \u2013 bathing him, rubbing his feet, cuddling with him and watching his favorite <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2021\/09\/22\/dateline-nbc-cast-reunite-30th-season-true-crime-legacy\/5796064001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TV show, &#8220;Dateline,&#8221;<\/a> until he fell asleep. &#8220;I felt loved by him because we experienced these things together,&#8221; Jane said on the stand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Diddy trial live updates: Jane was <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/06\/10\/diddy-trial-live-updates-day-24\/84122720007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">jealous over Yung Miami relationship, said &#8216;I&#8217;m not Cassie&#8217;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY reached out to reps for &#8220;Dateline&#8221; for comment. When questioned by Combs&#8217; lawyer Teny Geragos, Jane also testified that she still loves Combs to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Combs, 55, was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2024\/09\/16\/sean-diddy-combs-arrest\/73108711007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested in September<\/a>\u00a0and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2025\/04\/14\/diddy-pleads-not-guilty-new-criminal-charges\/83086770007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pleaded not guilty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep up with Hollywood: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.usatoday.com\/newsletters\/entertainment\/?ipid=signuptop10\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/profile.usatoday.com\/newsletters\/entertainment\/?ipid=signuptop10\">Sign up<\/a> for USA TODAY&#8217;s Entertainment newsletter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/nbc-insider\/dateline-hosts-anchors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;Dateline&#8221; features<\/a> main host\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/03\/05\/who-is-replacing-lester-holt-nbc-nightly-news-anchor\/81638969007\/%5C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lester Holt<\/a>, the former host of &#8220;NBC Nightly News,&#8221; and correspondents Andrea Canning,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2021\/09\/22\/dateline-nbc-cast-reunite-30th-season-true-crime-legacy\/5796064001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Josh Mankiewicz<\/a>, Blayne Alexander, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/03\/07\/lori-vallow-daybell-first-tv-interview-watch\/81807162007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keith Morrison<\/a> and Dennis Murphy. The show also features Kate Snow, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/04\/15\/sheinelle-jones-update-today-show\/83095565007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Craig Melvin<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2025\/01\/07\/richard-cohen-death-meredith-vieira-husband-journalist-ms\/77506477007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meredith Vieira<\/a>. The popular show also streams on Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>A centerpiece of &#8220;Dateline&#8221; programming is highlighting injustices and crimes perpetrated by men against women, which Morris <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2021\/09\/22\/dateline-nbc-cast-reunite-30th-season-true-crime-legacy\/5796064001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">discussed during a 2021 USA TODAY interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Discover WITNESS: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/witness.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Access our exclusive collection of true crime stories, podcasts, videos and more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dateline&#8221; mainstay Morrison believes more women tune in to &#8220;Dateline&#8221;\u00a0so they can &#8220;know the lay of the land when it comes to interpersonal crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Celebrities tell all about aging, <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/books\/2025\/06\/06\/celebrity-memoirs-to-read-summer\/83906935007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">marriage and Beyonc\u00e9 in these 10 bingeable memoirs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That lays open what I think &#8216;Dateline&#8217; has exposed over the years, which is one of the worst epidemics we have:\u00a0the epidemic of spousal abuse, of women being harmed by men.\u00a0And I hate to say it, but that&#8217;s really the basis of so much of the crime that occurs,&#8221; Morrison said.<\/p>\n<p>Holt also told USA TODAY that the show&#8217;s stories are &#8220;relatable&#8221; because &#8220;you realize that people that do bad things could be across the street from you, their kids could go to school with yours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of the people in these stories were good people, up until the moment they weren&#8217;t, or they were living normal lives like ours and then one day they became a victim of something really horrible,&#8221; Holt said.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing: Anika Reed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witness Jane &#8216;shocked&#8217; when she heard of Cassie&#8217;s 2023 Diddy lawsuit Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs&#8217; ex-girlfriend who goes by Jane testified that she was shocked when she learned of Cassie Ventura Fine&#8217;s bombshell 2023 lawsuit. 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