Between Combs and Weinstein, #MeToo is back in the spotlight. Its founder wants to highlight a few important things

CNN

By Elizabeth Wagmeister and Dan Heching, CNN

(CNN) — At one point during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal criminal sex trafficking and racketeering trial, defense attorney Brian Steel asked a witness , who was testifying under a pseudonym, if she retained counsel in order to “join the #MeToo money grab against Mr. Combs.”

The question came during one of the three days the woman, referred to on the stand as “Mia,” testified about multiple alleged instances of physical, emotional and sexual abuse by Combs. Though the question was sustained by the judge, the moment speaks to the movement that looms large over two high-profile cases that are taking place in courts mere blocks from one another in New York City.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex