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Sean ‘Diddy' Combs trial: Most shocking bombshells from Cassie testimony

Sean ‘Diddy' Combs trial: Most shocking bombshells from Cassie testimony

Yahoo15-05-2025

NEW YORK — Cassie Ventura, who dated Sean 'Diddy' Combs for over a decade until 2018, appeared in court as the star witness during his high-profile sex trafficking trial.
The pregnant R&B singer took the stand this week to testify against the disgraced music mogul. Her harrowing testimony revealed graphic details on everything from freak-offs and drug use to the emotional and physical abuse she endured throughout their 11-year relationship.
Here's a roundup of the most shocking bombshell moments of Ventura's testimony during trial.
How Cassie's relationship with Diddy started
The duo met when the Bad Boy Records founder signed then 19-year-old Ventura to record her first album with the label. The business relationship turned romantic on her 21st birthday when Combs kissed her during a trip to Las Vegas.
Ventura admitted she cried after the kiss because 'there was a 17-year age difference.'
'I was really confused at the time, you know, new artist. I was pretty naïve,' she said on the stand.
She also revealed she wasn't sober the first time they had sex.
'I was drinking wine, then started to take drugs, a blue dolphin ecstasy pill,' she said. 'Sean gave it to me, I had never taken it before. I was just out of it, laughing, didn't know what it was until a little bit later.'
Diddy's 'insanely jealous' behavior
The 'Me & You' singer spoke about Diddy's 'insanely jealous' and controlling behaviors throughout their relationship.
Ventura said Combs would have his security guards keep an eye on her at all times and that he had keys to her apartment. She also told jurors he kept many guns in his homes and would force her to carry one for him as a fear tactic.
'Sean controlled a lot of my life, whether it was career, the way I dressed, everything,' she testified. 'I just didn't have much say in it at the time.'
Violence frequently occurred
Ventura said Diddy first got violent when she was 21, shortly after they became romantically involved in 2007.
'He hit me in the side of my head and I fell to the floor of the car,' she recalled.
The violence only continued from there, according to Ventura. When asked how often Combs physically assaulted her, she replied, 'Too frequently.'
She said if she even so much as made the wrong expression, 'the next thing [she] knew, [she] was getting hit in the face.'
Ventura detailed another alleged incident in 2009, during which Diddy attacked her for an entire 10-minute car ride. She said she was punched and kicked during another beating in 2015 that left her with'black eyes' and 'golf-ball sized knots' on her forehead.
Any attempt to fight back 'just made him more violent,' she claimed.
Following the assaults, Combs' team would often set her up in hotels or lock her away at home to hide until her wounds healed, she said. Ventura testified that many people, including Combs' security guards, drivers and assistants, were witness to the brutal attacks and did nothing to stop them.
How Cassie was introduced to freak-offs
Ventura said she was 22 when she was first asked to participate in one of Diddy's infamous sex parties known as 'freak-offs.'
'He described it as a fantasy he had where he would want to see me having sexual interactions with another male so he could watch,' she revealed, saying she was afraid to say no out of fear he would react with physical violence.
'I just remember my stomach falling to my butt,' she recalled. 'I was confused, nervous, but I loved him so much.'
Ventura said the freak-offs happened almost every week for the subsequent years, sometimes for days at a time, and were often filmed without her consent. She claimed Combs would later threaten to release the recordings when he was angry with her.
What the baby oil was used for
Authorities allegedly found over 1,000 bottles of baby oil after raiding Diddy's homes in March 2024, according to prosecutors.
Ventura said the baby oil was poured on people's bodies during freak-offs.
She also described an incident in which Combs requested she get inside an inflatable pool filled with baby oil, and she once again feared what would happen if she refused.
'If Sean wanted it to happen, that was what was going to happen, there was no way around it,' she said. 'We used 10 bottles of baby oil, regular-size.'
Drug use during freak-offs
According to Ventura, Combs plied her with ecstasy and cocaine to keep her awake while performing sexual acts during freak-offs.
'I was high, so I didn't feel much,' she tearfully said on the stand. 'Did this really happen to me? I didn't know what was going to happen after that, if we were going to do it more frequently. I said yes to more, I didn't want to make him upset or angry.'
Ventura said she eventually developed an opiate addiction from the drugs Combs supplied her.
Diddy forced a male escort to urinate in Cassie's mouth
The 38-year-old spoke of a time when Combs told a male escort to urinate in her mouth during a freak-off.
'There was no conversation. It was a turn-on for him, so it happened,' she said. 'I just felt humiliated. It was disgusting. It was too much. I choked. I didn't want to be doing that. … Sean urinated on me at the same time.'
Ventura again described being high and unable to control the situation, particularly with 'two men standing over you.'
Cassie was forced to have sex during her period
Ventura testified that Combs expected her to perform in the freak-offs even during her menstrual cycle.
'He wanted that and I did not want to do that,' she said on the stand. 'Blood would get on the linens.'
She further described suffering numerous UTIs from the frequent orgies.
Diddy raped Cassie amid their breakup
After Ventura attempted to end the relationship in 2018, Combs allegedly raped her on the floor of her home, she testified on the stand.
'His eyes were black, he wasn't himself, it was like somebody taking something from you,' she said, describing how she was crying and saying 'no' during the attack.
Ventura confessed she was consensually intimate with Combs one more time before ending the relationship for good. When asked why she would voluntarily have sex with Combs after being raped, she admitted it was difficult to extricate herself from the relationship after nearly 11 years.
Cassie considered suicide after suffering flashbacks
Years after leaving Combs, debilitating flashbacks of the abuse led Ventura to consider ending her life.
'I didn't want to be alive anymore at that point,' she said of having suicidal thoughts in 2023. 'I couldn't take the pain I was in.'
Ventura tearfully recalled one instance in March of that year when she 'tried to walk out the front door into traffic' — while her two daughters were asleep in the house.
Her husband, Alex Fine, who's been supporting her in court, stopped her from walking out the door that night.
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