'Abused, dragged and choked': Sean Diddy forced his ex into freak-offs, threatened to leak tapes and ruin her career
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An "enraged" Sean 'Diddy' Combs forced his then-girlfriend singer Cassie Ventura into sex marathons and once repeatedly struck her 'pretty hard' in front of her friends because she didn't answer her phone, a celebrity stylist testified Wednesday.Stylist Deonte Nash recounted that the incident occurred on Cassie's 29th birthday in 2015, New York Post reported. She had planned to celebrate with a night of drinks, drugs, and karaoke, but Sean Combs had different intentions.According to Nash, Combs insisted they go to a hotel for what he described as a 'freak-off' — a prolonged sexual encounter. Nash stated he witnessed Combs yelling at Cassie as she pleaded to spend her birthday the way she had planned. Later, Cassie confided in Nash that she hadn't wanted to participate in the 'freak-off,' but felt she had no choice, as Combs was coercing her.Deonte Nash also told jurors at Combs' bombshell federal trial in Manhattan that he witnessed the disgraced music mogul fly into a violent rage in Ventura's apartment as the stylist was helping her pack for a trip in 2013.'B–h, didn't I tell you to answer the phone?' Nash recounted Combs saying. He 'grabbed her by the hair, pulled her off the couch and started hitting her,' the stylist said.The alleged ordeal, which unfolded as Ventura was prepping to leave for Drake's OVO festival in Toronto, took place in front of the stylist and a handful of others, Nash testified.Nash — who had been Ventura's longtime stylist and close friend — testified that Combs sought to exert control over nearly every part of his then-girlfriend's life.She recounted an incident from 2013 when Combs became enraged after Ventura went to a Los Angeles gay club with Nash, singer Rita Ora, and Cheetah Girls member Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, and demanded she return home immediately.The celebrity stylist told jurors they were at the club when Ventura took a call from Combs on speakerphone during which he allegedly told her that 'she better bring her ass to his house.''She started to panic,' Nash told the jury.'Then [Combs] called back and he talked to me and told me that we were wildin' and that he thought he told us not to be going out since every time I go out that b–h wanna go.'Nash testified that Ventura 'just packed her stuff and went to his house.'The stylist, who worked with Sean 'Diddy' Combs from 2008 to 2018, testified that the disgraced Bad Boy Records founder had twice told him and singer Cassie Ventura they needed his permission before going out.According to the stylist, Rodney 'Nash' Jones, Combs became physically violent with him on several occasions. One incident involved Combs choking him for going out with Ventura without approval. 'He threw me on the car and started choking me out,' Nash recalled, describing a 2013 altercation that occurred while Ventura was filming the music video for her song I Love It.As Ventura's stylist, Nash said he was regularly required to get Combs' approval for her clothing and appearance choices. He alleged that Combs once became enraged just before the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars party because Ventura had chosen to wear her hair down. 'She looked bomb… Her hair was long,' Nash testified, claiming Combs responded angrily, saying, 'I thought I told you to keep her hair up,' before grabbing Nash by the jacket and lifting him off the ground.After Nash pinned Ventura's hair up, Combs allegedly remarked, 'I was right, it looks better that way.'Nash, who said he was with Ventura nearly every day, also testified that he frequently overheard Combs verbally abusing and threatening her. When asked to specify the threats, Nash claimed Combs said he would beat her, withhold her music releases, have her parents fired from their jobs, and send her sex tapes to their workplaces.'He told her she was nothing but a s–t anyway,' Nash added.The stylist testified, too, that the alleged abuse drove Ventura 'crazy.''She would be super emotional, would cry, sometimes she would just stay in the house for days and go into a cocoon,' he said.It got to the point that Nash said he'd help Ventura 'hide' at hotels to get away from Combs' violent moods — 'too many [times] to count,' he testified.When the hip hop artist couldn't find his on-and-off girlfriend, he 'would blow everyone's phones up and threaten everybody' to try to get her to come home, Nash testified.'He would call incessantly,' saying 'that we needed to get back to the house,' Nash recounted.Jurors were presented with numerous photographs showing Ventura with visible injuries — including extensive bruising, a gash above her eyebrow, and swollen lips — allegedly sustained from repeated assaults by Combs.Ventura, 38, gave birth to a baby boy in New York City just days after taking the stand, with her husband, Alex Fine, watching from the courtroom gallery. The couple now has three children together: daughters Frankie and Sunny, and their newborn son. Ventura is expected to resume her testimony Thursday morning.Following Ventura's testimony, an anonymous accuser referred to as 'Mia' is scheduled to take the stand. Mia, who served as Combs' personal assistant for several years, is expected to testify that he coerced her into performing oral sex and raped her.
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