Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex crimes trial entered its second day on Tuesday, May 13
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura is shedding more light on the nature of her relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs as the sex-crimes trial of the music mogul enters its second day.
Ventura began testifying in the trial on Tuesday, May 13, in a Manhattan courtroom, where Combs is on trial on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Ventura, who is the prosecution’s star witness, told the jury about Combs’ alleged control over her life during their on-again, off-again relationship that lasted over a decade.
During her testimony, she alleged that the first time she had sex with Combs, who is 17 years older than her, she was not sober.
“I was drinking wine, then started to take drugs, a blue dolphin ecstasy pill,” she said about the Miami encounter, appearing in court in a brown turtleneck dress.
“Sean gave it to me, I had never taken it before,” she added. “I was just out of it, laughing, didn’t know what it was until a little bit later.”
She said the drug made her feel “euphoric” and “really high, sensitive to touch and all of your senses.”
At the time, Diddy was in a relationship with Kim Porter, and Ventura said their own relationship with another person was “not public for many years.”
“He just didn’t want it to look bad, but also knew it was because of his children and personal things like his family,” Ventura said.
Ventura has accused Combs of exerting control over her life during their relationship, claiming he abused her and forced her to perform sexual acts with other men while participating in his “Freak Offs” sex parties.
“The [Freak Offs] performance involved watching Sean watch me with another person and direct us on what we were doing sexually,” she said in court on Tuesday, adding that it became her “job” to set these up.
Recalling the first time she was asked to participate, she said, “I knew it was something he wanted to do. I just remember my stomach falling to my butt. I had just turned 22 — didn’t have a concept the Freak Offs would be a turn-on.”
She added: “I was confused, nervous, but I loved him so much.”
She further alleged Combs recorded these encounters and kept them as “blackmail materials.”
Combs has pleaded not guilty to his charges.
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