Judge Subramanian said Combs was "vigorously nodding" during the cross questioning of Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura who accused the rapper of holding her over a balcony. Combs is on trial in New York, facing charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Testifying under a pseudonym, “Jane,” the woman has described “hotel nights” involving drugs and encounters with escorts that she told the mogul she did not want to continue.