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Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'Held over a 17-story balcony': What Cassie's friend told the jury in Sean Diddy case
Here's everything Bryana Bongolan said in the court Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A close friend of singer Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura testified on Wednesday that Sean 'Diddy' Combs once dangled her over the edge of a 17-story balcony during a violent altercation in 2016."I was held over a 17-story balcony," said Bryana Bongolan , 33, speaking before a jury in Manhattan federal court. Bongolan told jurors that after pulling her back, Combs threw her onto balcony furniture, leaving her bruised and dramatic testimony came during the fourth week of Combs' federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. Bongolan said she continues to suffer from night terrors and paranoia stemming from the encounter. The judge called a recess before prosecutors could question her further. Her testimony was scheduled to continue in the 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. Prosecutors allege that over a span of two decades, the music mogul coerced multiple women — including Ventura — into participating in drug-fueled group sex encounters with male sex workers, referred to as "Freak Offs."According to CNN, Bongolan recalled a beach photoshoot in early 2016 where Combs allegedly came up close to her and said: 'I'm the devil and I could kill you.'She said she didn't know what triggered the threat and that it was the first time he had said anything like that to that year, Combs allegedly threw a knife at Cassie Ventura during a late-night confrontation in her said Combs gave her drugs on multiple occasions. She saw him use marijuana, ketamine, and and Ventura would often use drugs together weekly but also tried to stay sober by cooking or doing other activities—efforts that didn't last a shopping trip in 2016, Combs somehow sent Ventura a list of all the places Bongolan and Ventura had visited that day—even though they hadn't told testified that she saw Ventura with a black eye during a FaceTime call before the "The Perfect Match" movie said Ventura had sent her the call just after the 2016 hotel assault, which was caught on video and already shown in also noticed other bruises on Ventura over Ventura's 29th birthday at Blind Dragon club in West Hollywood, Bongolan said Ventura and Combs seemed fine at first but then started the club, Ventura abruptly packed a bag and left her apartment. Bongolan didn't know where she went.
Hindustan Times
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Cassie Ventura says Diddy forced her into ‘freak-off' on her 29th birthday: ‘I just gave up'
Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura claimed in her bombshell testimony that Sean 'Diddy' Combs ruined her 29th birthday by forcing her into a 'freak-off,' New York Post reported. 'I told him I wanted to stay out and celebrate with my friends. In my mind, I didn't want to have the burden of doing that that night,' Ventura said of Combs while testifying at Manhattan federal court. The 38-year-old R&B singer told jurors that at the time she and Combs had gone to the Blind Dragon club in West Hollywood for karaoke with her friends, but he 'pulled me out' of the event 'so many times that I just gave up,' per the outlet. Also Read: Spring Breakers 2: Bella Thorne to star in sequel for cult classic Ventura and Combs then went to attend a 'freak-off,' the disgraced rapper's infamous 'drug-fueled sex parties.' In her testimony on Tuesday, the Me&U hitmaker described graphic instances from the party. 'Sometimes Sean, he himself or the escort, would urinate on me,'' Ventura revealed, adding that a male prostitute once urinated in her mouth, causing her to 'choke.' She also detailed how the music mogul would mercilessly beat her. 'He would be violent with me, his look would just change over, he would just become a different person,' she said of Combs. 'He would just become a different person. I wouldn't know what would happen,'' Ventura went on, adding, 'The best way to describe it is, his eyes just go black. The version that I was in love with is no longer there.' Elsewhere in her testimony, Ventura confessed that she initially agreed to participate in the 'freak-offs' to make him happy. 'If it was something Sean wanted to happen, it was going to happen. There wasn't another way around it.'
