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'Held over a 17-story balcony': What Cassie's friend Bryana Bongolan told the jury in Sean Diddy case
Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces trial on sex trafficking charges. A friend of Casandra Ventura testified that Combs dangled her off a balcony in 2016. Bryana Bongolan described the incident in court. She claimed to have suffered injuries and trauma. Ventura previously testified about forced participation in 'Freak Offs'. Prosecutors allege coercion and abuse. Combs denies the charges, claiming consent.
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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.
