{"id":27597,"date":"2025-05-14T18:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27597"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:10:15","slug":"cassie-testifies-diddy-would-kick-her-during-freak-offs-and-texted-her-something-abusive-after-injuring-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=27597","title":{"rendered":"Cassie Testifies Diddy Would Kick Her During &#8216;Freak Offs&#8217; and Texted Her Something Abusive After Injuring Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-subheading text-utility-300\">The pregnant R&amp;B singer is testifying in the mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial, where he faces life prison if he is convicted on all counts<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-article-meta-dynamic_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-article-meta-dynamic mntl-article-meta mntl-block pre-content\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div id=\"people-bylines_1-0\" class=\"comp people-bylines mntl-bylines text-utility-200\">\n<ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<li><strong>Opening arguments in Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs&#8217; trial began Mon., May 12, at a federal court in Manhattan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Combs pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prosecutors allege that Combs is the mastermind behind a criminal enterprise that forced women to perform sex acts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The degrading acts that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sean-diddy-combs\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a>\u00a0allegedly forced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cassie-sex-tape-diddy-blackmail-live-fear-11734084\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Cassandra &#8220;Cassie&#8221; Ventura\u00a0<\/a>to perform for his pleasure took a toll on her health, she told jurors on Wed., May 14.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cOccasionally I\u2019d get sores on my tongue from doing drugs,&#8221; the R&amp;B singer testified on day three of Combs&#8217; high-profile federal sex crimes trial in Manhattan federal court. &#8220;Also (from) having my mouth on different things from oil and lubricants.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">When Ventura texted Combs to let him know she had painful sores on her tongue and &#8220;another UTI,&#8221; he responded by saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; she testified.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The former model and &#8220;Me &amp; You&#8221; singer, who is married to personal trainer Alex Fine and is eight months pregnant with their child, is testifying about the physical and emotional abuse she allegedly endured at the hands of her powerful ex-boyfriend of 11 years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ventura alleges that Combs forced her to take part in orchestrated sex acts called &#8220;Freak Offs&#8221; that he filmed, threatening to use the tapes as blackmail to derail her music career. She testified that she took drugs to help her get through these encounters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block collapsed\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native-fluid_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native-fluid mm-ads-native \" data-right-rail-index=\"2\">\n<div id=\"mm-ads-native__adunit_1-0\" class=\"comp mm-ads-native__adunit mm-ads-gpt-dynamic-adunit mm-ads-gpt-adunit scads-to-load gpt native dynamic js-immediate-ad js-immediate-ad-loaded\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-landscape figure-high-res\">\n<div class=\"figure-media\">\n<div class=\"img-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-image_1-0\" class=\"mntl-image mntl-image universal-image__image lazyloadwait lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/G2IfF3pMRgWwGZoVOvIUqivjji8=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(720x245:722x247):format(webp)\/diddy-combs-cassie-052024-1-dfe6092d69874288b97d18621bbe1ade.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, 4000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/G2IfF3pMRgWwGZoVOvIUqivjji8=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(720x245:722x247):format(webp)\/diddy-combs-cassie-052024-1-dfe6092d69874288b97d18621bbe1ade.jpg 4000w\" alt=\" Sean &quot;Diddy&quot; Combs attends the 2022 Billboard Music Awards; Cassie Ventura L'AGENCE SS23 Presentation, Boom Boom Room at The Standard\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" data-src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/G2IfF3pMRgWwGZoVOvIUqivjji8=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(720x245:722x247):format(webp)\/diddy-combs-cassie-052024-1-dfe6092d69874288b97d18621bbe1ade.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/G2IfF3pMRgWwGZoVOvIUqivjji8=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(720x245:722x247):format(webp)\/diddy-combs-cassie-052024-1-dfe6092d69874288b97d18621bbe1ade.jpg 4000w\" data-sizes=\"4000px\" data-expand=\"300\" data-tracking-container=\"true\" data-img-lightbox=\"true\" data-click-tracked=\"true\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"><span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Sean Combs; Casandra &#8220;Cassie&#8221; Ventura.<\/span>Bryan Steffy\/WireImage; Madison McGaw\/BFA.com\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">When Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson asked Ventura why she didn&#8217;t refuse to take part in the Freak Offs, Ventura said she complied because she loved him and because she allegedly feared his wrath.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong><em>Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Combs became violent with Ventura when he was angry at her but also during their Freak Offs with male escorts, she told jurors.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Combs, she alleged, would sometimes \u201cput his hands on me. He would grab me up, push me down. Hit me in the side of the head. Kick me. You name it.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Ventura recalled one incident n 2013, when Combs attacked her in front of two friends, prompting them to \u201cjump on his back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">When she cut her eyebrow on the bed during the struggle, Combs asked members of his security team to take her to a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon to check it out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_29-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">When she sent him a photo of the injury, he allegedly responded, \u201cYou. Don\u2019t know. When to. Stop. You have pushed IT Too far. And continue to push. Sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_34-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Arrested in September 2024,<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/diddy-sex-trafficking-trial-everything-to-know-about-the-case-11725337\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">\u00a0Combs pleaded not guilty<\/a>\u00a0to five counts of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_36-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">On the first day of the trial on Monday, May 12, in Manhattan federal court, jurors saw surveillance video of the hip-hop mogul beating and kicking Ventura in the elevator bank of a hotel lobby in 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_38-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Johnson told jurors in her opening statement that Combs is the mastermind behind a vast criminal enterprise he used to allegedly lure women with promises of romance and help with their careers, drug them and force them to have sex.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_40-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">In her opening statement, Combs&#8217; defense attorney Teny Geragos said that any sex between her client and Ventura was consensual, as was the fact that she stayed with him for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_42-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Combs could face up to life in prison if he is convicted on all counts. Since his 2024 arrest, he has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Complex in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_43-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-adslot mntl-block\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_44-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><em>If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to<a href=\"https:\/\/rainn.org\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">\u00a0rainn.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The pregnant R&amp;B singer is testifying in the mogul&#8217;s sex trafficking trial, where he faces life prison if he is convicted on all counts Opening arguments in Sean &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27599,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27597\/revisions\/27599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}