Woman who testified Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped her called him 'COOLEST ALIEN ROCK STAR UNICORN PIZZA SLICE' once

Defense lawyers in the racketeering and sex trafficking case against Sean "Diddy" Combs grilled his former assistant on Friday over why she continued to post fawning social media messages and photos of her boss even after she said he allegedly raped her.

In her second day on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court, the woman, who is testifying under the pseudonym Mia, told the jury about years of screaming threats and punishment during her time working for Combs.

For his 40th birthday in 2009, he rented the entire Plaza Hotel in Manhattan for his celebration, during which he cornered her in the kitchen of his penthouse suite, then groped and kissed her, she testified Thursday.

Mia said that she stayed at the job and tried to put it out of her mind. Months later, she told the court he crept into her bedroom and raped her.

Still, in page after page of social media posts presented to the jury, defense attorney Brian Steel showed messages Mia put on Instagram about how great, funny and inspiring Combs is.

"Happy new birthday to my mentor, inspiration, brother and friend for life @puffdaddy Love you," she wrote, referencing Combs’ social media handle. In another post, she called him in capital letters, the "COOLEST ALIEN ROCK STAR UNICORN PIZZA SLICE."

"I was just trying to compliment him in a unique way," she said.

On this and other messages, the defense attorney questioned why she would continue to praise her antagonist.

"Why would you promote the person who has stolen the happiness in your life?" he asked, referring to a statement Mia had made previously on the stand.

On Thursday, Mia testified during direct examination that she began working for Combs when she was 25, "so excited, so nervous and just really eager."

From the first day, when Combs answered the door of his apartment in his underwear while talking on the phone, the young personal assistant said she came to expect that this would not be a normal job.

Mia also testified that she was swept up in an all-consuming job and lifestyle, jetting from New York to Miami to Los Angeles, chaperoning Combs at red carpet events and helping set up his marathon sex sessions that he called "freak-offs" or "hotel nights" in which he would record his girlfriend having sex with male escorts.

Combs is charged with sex trafficking two women this way, across state lines and to foreign countries. Prosecutors say that when the girlfriends grew tired of participating, he threatened to ruin their careers by releasing the video of previous freak-offs. As part of the racketeering charge, prosecutors say that he used his legitimate business resources to further his criminal acts.

Combs denies raping Mia and has pleaded not guilty to the charges. His lawyers say that the charges are part of the government overreaching its role. They say he’s guilty of bad behavior during some toxic relationships, but he’s not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking.

Mia testified that Combs could be a frightening boss who flew into terrifying rages, throwing things like a computer, a cellphone and a bowl of spaghetti.

"The highs were high and the lows were low," she said Friday.

In 2016, she was let go from Combs’ TV production company, but she continued working until March the next year.

Steel showed Instagram posts that she had put on her feed that show she continued to praise him and promote his work.

For his 45th birthday party, she put together a scrapbook of clips on Combs covering the years 1991-1995.

With it, she penned a personal note, reminding him of how much he had accomplished.

"The man you say has ruined your life, this is what you write to him?" the defense attorney asked.

"It was an abusive relationship with Mr. Combs," she responded. She said that everyone around the hip-hop mogul reinforced his behavior, normalizing the way he treated people.

"I was young and manipulated and I was eager to survive," she said. "There was no one saying that any of this was wrong. There was no one around us that even flinched at his behavior."

Steel continued to press the issue, questioning why she didn’t walk away from the job if she was being mistreated.

"Between my logic brain and my trauma brain, my trauma brain always won," she said. "I’m a people pleaser, I’m an empath, I’m a rule follower. I just do my best to make people happy all the time. I tend to take a lot more than normal people. I don’t know if I should apologize for that. I forgive people all the time."

Testimony continues on Monday.