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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testifies 'Freak Offs' became her job

  • Cassie Ventura, Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend, testified in May 2024 during his federal sex trafficking trial in Manhattan, recounting abuse and orchestrated sex parties called 'freak offs'.
  • The trial began that week amid accusations Combs controlled and violently abused Cassie over years, pressuring her into degrading encounters and sex parties stemming from his voyeuristic interests.
  • Cassie described 'freak offs' lasting from 36 hours to four days, involving drug use and recovery, and said she feared saying no to Combs amid repeated assaults including being hit and dragged.
  • In May 2024, CNN published surveillance footage from 2016 depicting Combs assaulting Cassie, an act he acknowledged and apologized for; this footage is now a crucial element in his trial, where he could receive a sentence of 15 years or more if found guilty.
  • Cassie's testimony and the video highlight the prosecution’s claims that Combs abused his power to run a racketeering operation forcing women into drugged sex parties, while Combs’ lawyers assert the acts were consensual.
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Cassie set for second day of testimony in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial

The R&B singer Cassie is set to continue testifying against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex trafficking trial, a day after taking the witness stand to detail what she says was years of grotesque sexual and physical abuse.

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Sean Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura takes the stand on Day 2 of sex trafficking trial

Cassie Ventura — the ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs — took the stand on Tuesday at his racketeering and sex trafficking trial in New York. Ventura, who performed under the name Cassie, rose to fame with the single “Me & U” on her self-titled debut album, which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart back in 2006. Ventura and Combs dated on/off from 2007-2018. Security video of Combs attacking Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 is …

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Sky News UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Monday, May 12, 2025.
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