Casandra “Cassie” Ventura testified Sean Combs abused her after the experience
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura testified that she once fled a Prince performance at the late artist’s home in Los Angeles because she feared Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ was there.
Ventura, who has been on the stand at Combs’ sex trafficking trial since Tuesday, May 13, said she was having dinner with friends and wanted to go to Prince’s house.
“It was a once in a lifetime experience,” Ventura said.
She said she did not want to tell Combs about the experience because she thought “he would say no.”
But after arriving, Ventura said she saw BET executives and suddenly heard Combs was there.
“I caught a glimpse of him, left the party and ran out as fast as I could,” Ventura testified. “I knew he was angry at me.”
She said she could see it in his facial expressions “and then he came after me.”
Ventura testified that she started running before falling into the bushes in the front yard.
Ventura was able to make it back to the Beverly Hills Hotel where she claimed Combs burst into the room she was staying.
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“We went into the bedroom and he beat me up,” Ventura alleged. “He threw luggage at me, calling me all kinds of names.”
Ventura, who dated Combs for 11 years, is the key witness for the prosecution at his trial.
Combs is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
