Bryana Bongolan accused Mr. Combs of holding her over a 17th-floor balcony, but his lawyers said he was on the East Coast at the time of the alleged Los Angeles encounter.
A woman who has accused Sean Combs of lifting her up onto the railing of a 17th-floor balcony in a violent act of intimidation had the timing of her account thrown into question on Thursday under close questioning by a lawyer for Mr. Combs.
The woman, Bryana Bongolan, had previously testified about her friendship with Casandra Ventura, a longtime girlfriend of Mr. Combs, and how a night spent at Ms. Ventura’s apartment in a high-rise building in Los Angeles ended in terror after Mr. Combs arrived. She testified that one early morning, Mr. Combs entered the apartment in a rage, lifted her up onto the railing and threw her down onto the balcony furniture, which she said caused bruising, persistent nightmares and paranoia.
Her allegation is part of what prosecutors have described as a pattern of violence perpetrated by Mr. Combs over years — a pattern that they say intimidated Ms. Ventura into following his sexual demands.
Mr. Combs has long denied Ms. Bongolan’s allegations. On Thursday, one of his lawyers, Nicole Westmoreland, resumed her vigorous questioning of Ms. Bongolan, pointing to a photo — dated Sept. 26, 2016 — that Ms. Bongolan said she took with her phone only hours after being attacked in Los Angeles.
The night before, Ms. Westmoreland said, Mr. Combs was performing in New Jersey in the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour, which featured artists from Mr. Combs’s label. Ms. Westmoreland also showed a hotel bill that she said was for Mr. Combs’s stay in New York City that week.
“You agree that one person can’t be in two places at the same time?” Ms. Westmoreland asked.
“In theory, yeah,” Ms. Bongolan replied.
