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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Health
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Cassie welcomes third child 2 weeks after Diddy trial testimony
NEW YORK — Cassie Ventura has welcomed her third child on the heels of testifying as the star witness against Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. The 'Me & U' singer, 38, and husband Alex Fine welcomed their youngest on Tuesday, the same day Ventura was seen checking into the labor-and-delivery unit at a New York hospital, TMZ reports. Insiders previously told the outlet that Ventura might be contending with complications. Ventura — who was in a contentious, on-off relationship with the Bad Boy Records founder, 55, from 2007 to 2018 — married trainer Fine in 2019. The couple shares daughters Frankie, 5, and Sunny, 4. They announced in February that they were expecting a third child. Ventura's November 2023 blockbuster lawsuit accusing the Harlem-born Combs of rape, sex trafficking and longstanding abuse effectively served as the canary in the coal mine as dozens of similarly disturbing lawsuits have since been filed including the federal charges for which he is currently standing trial. Combs was arrested this past September and faces life in prison if convicted. His trial, which began earlier this month, is expected to span eight weeks.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Diddy ‘should definitely walk' amid sex trafficking trial, Suge Knight says
NEW YORK — Suge Knight says former rival hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs 'should definitely walk' three weeks into his federal trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges. The Death Row records founder, real name Marion Knight, appeared on NewsNation Tuesday to weigh in on the trial and the testimony of the Bad Boy founder's former assistant, Capricorn Clark. Hours earlier, Clark alleged that Harlem-born Combs, 55, kidnapped her in 2011 while armed, so she would help 'kill [Kid] Cudi.' 'I say this all the time: Puffy and I definitely not friends, but Puffy should definitely walk,' said 60-year-old Knight, who is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence for manslaughter, related to a 2015 hit-and-run in his native Compton. 'It was other executives that was involved in Puffy's life. And for Puffy to be the only guy that gets on the stand is a sad day for hip-hop.' Clark on Tuesday testified that, prior to joining Bad Boy in 2004, she signed with Death Row Records. She identified Knight as 'the father of my best friend's children.' Combs, she said, calmly 'told me he didn't know that I had anything to do with Suge Knight and if anything happened he would have to kill me.' 'When it's all said and done, how [come] every person who was involved with Puffy is not on the stand? It's just Puffy. So, at some point, the law gotta be blind,' said Knight, whose legal issues date back to 1992. 'Death Row and the employees at Bad Boy were really good friends, a lot of them.' He said Death Row security chief Reggie Wright Jr. was in charge of security for Combs and Biggie Smalls the night the latter was fatally shot. 'So I can't see that they would look at Capricorn's affiliation with Death Row that bad and that type of threats,' said Knight. 'We just can't jump to conclusions and throw Puffy under the bus. Like I said, him and I are not friends, but Puffy definitely should walk. What's right is right, wrong is wrong.' Combs, who is also the subject of dozens of troubling lawsuits, faces life in prison. The trial is expected to go on until July.
Chicago Tribune
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Cassie welcomes third child 2 weeks after Diddy trial testimony
Cassie Ventura has welcomed her third child on the heels of testifying as the star witness against Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. The 'Me & U' singer, 38, and husband Alex Fine welcomed their youngest on Tuesday, the same day Ventura was seen checking into the labor-and-delivery unit at a New York hospital, TMZ reports. Insiders previously told the outlet that Ventura might be contending with complications. Ventura — who was in a contentious, on-off relationship with the Bad Boy Records founder, 55, from 2007 to 2018 — married trainer Fine in 2019. The couple shares daughters Frankie, 5, and Sunny, 4. They announced in February that they were expecting a third child. Ventura's November 2023 blockbuster lawsuit accusing the Harlem-born Combs of rape, sex trafficking and longstanding abuse effectively served as the canary in the coal mine as dozens of similarly disturbing lawsuits have since been filed including the federal charges for which he is currently standing trial. Combs was arrested this past September and faces life in prison if convicted. His trial, which began earlier this month, is expected to span eight weeks.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cassie welcomes third child 2 weeks after Diddy trial testimony
Cassie Ventura has welcomed her third child on the heels of testifying as the star witness against Sean 'Diddy' Combs at his federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. The 'Me & U' singer, 38, and husband Alex Fine welcomed their youngest on Tuesday, the same day Ventura was seen checking into the labor-and-delivery unit at a New York hospital, TMZ reports. Insiders previously told the outlet that Ventura might be contending with complications. Ventura — who was in a contentious, on-off relationship with the Bad Boy Records founder, 55, from 2007 to 2018 — married trainer Fine in 2019. The couple shares daughters Frankie, 5, and Sunny, 4. They announced in February that they were expecting a third child. Ventura's November 2023 blockbuster lawsuit accusing the Harlem-born Combs of rape, sex trafficking and longstanding abuse effectively served as the canary in the coal mine as dozens of similarly disturbing lawsuits have since been filed including the federal charges for which he is currently standing trial. Combs was arrested this past September and faces life in prison if convicted. His trial, which began earlier this month, is expected to span eight weeks.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Diddy's twin daughters graduate from high school amid RICO trial
NEW YORK — Sean 'Diddy' Combs' twin daughters graduated from high school Thursday in the midst of their father's federal trial for sex trafficking and racketeering. Jessie and D'Lila, 18, posted about the milestone all over their Instagram story Friday on their joint account, The Combs Twins. The duo shared congratulatory snaps posted by their big brothers: Quincy, 33, Justin, 31, and Christian, 27. The teens also shared a celebratory clip from the account belonging to their toddler sister, Love. The Harlem-born Bad Boy founder, 55, shares the twins and Christian — also known as 'King' — with his late ex, Kim Porter, who died in 2018 from pneumonia at 47 years old. Combs also adopted Quincy, Porter's son from a previous relationship. The hip-hop mogul shares Justin with stylist Misa Hylton; daughter Chance, 18, with Sarah Chapman; and baby Love, born in 2022, with Dana Tran. The teen girls walked out of the courtroom during testimony last week when escort Daniel Phillip described an alleged sexual encounter with Combs. A November 2023 blockbuster lawsuit filed by Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura spearheaded a flood of legal action against the Bad Boy Records founder. Though they settled the civil case the following day, over 70 others have made similarly disturbing allegations in a multitude of lawsuits in addition to the federal RICO case for which he is currently standing trial. Ventura, 38, was the star witness when she gave four days' worth of explosive testimony last week, while eight-and-a-half months pregnant. The trial is expected to span a total of eight weeks. Should he be convicted, Combs faces potential life in prison.
