'I was in bed with P Diddy when assault video surfaced - here's what he said'
Sean "Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend took the stand this week in the rap mogul's sex trafficking trial, testifying about her relationship with the embattled music icon
Sean"Diddy" Combs' ex-girlfriend has chillingly recalled how she was in bed with the music mogul when video of his assault of Casandra "Cassie" Ventura surfaced online.
Combs, who has been held in jail since his high-profile arrest in September 2024, is currently on trial in New York. The music mogul pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Testifying under the name Jane, she described the atmosphere as "very eerie" upon the release of the notorious 2016 hotel assault video.
Jane recounted how she gave Combs "space" while he reportedly scrambled to manage the fallout with his family and associates.
"I just remember that they were just trying to come up with some sort of sincere apology post or something regarding the video," Jane disclosed during her testimony.
The video, initially reported by CNN, seemingly captures Combs, wearing only a towel, pursuing Ventura towards an elevator at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles.
The footage suggests Combs then kicked and hit Ventura before hurling an object at her. Following the incident, Combs issued an apology through a now-deleted video.
"It's so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life," Combs admitted. "Sometimes you gotta do that. I was f***ed up. I mean I hit rock bottom but I make no excuses. My behaviour on that video is inexcusable."
During Combs' ongoing trial, the video has been played repeatedly.
Jane expressed her feelings about Combs' subsequent apology, labelling it as "underwhelming".
"I felt there was no heart there," she stated in court, voicing her "disappointment" with his public response.
Combs faces charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has entered a plea of not guilty.
It comes after Diddy and Cassie's former makeup artist, Mylah Morales, took the stand and testified that she saw Cassie with injuries on her face on Grammy weekend in 2010.
After a party at Prince's house, Morales and Cassie went to a hotel room. Diddy later came into the room and asked where Cassie was, Morales testified. She said Combs went into the room where Cassie was and closed the door. Morales said she heard yelling and screaming.
'I was just frantic and I didn't know what to do,' Morales said. She added that Cassie was 'distraught' when Combs stormed out. 'She had a swollen eye and a busted lip and knots on her head."
She took Cassie to her home to recover for a few days. She revealed a doctor friend checked Cassie over after the incident. When they recommended she got to the hospital, Cassie refused and they did not call the police.
Morales said she didn't phone the police because she feared Combs and feared for her life.
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