Ventura’s harrowing testimony revealed graphic details on everything from freak-offs and drug use to the emotional and physical abuse she endured throughout their 11-year relationship.
Cassie Ventura, who dated Sean “Diddy” Combs for over a decade until 2018, appeared in court as the star witness during his high-profile sex trafficking trial.
The pregnant R&B singer took the stand this week to testify against the disgraced music mogul. Her harrowing testimony revealed graphic details on everything from freak-offs and drug use to the emotional and physical abuse she endured throughout their 11-year relationship.
Here’s a roundup of the most shocking bombshell moments of Ventura’s testimony during trial.
The duo met when the Bad Boy Records founder signed then 19-year-old Ventura to record her first album with the label. The business relationship turned romantic on her 21st birthday when Combs kissed her during a trip to Las Vegas.
Ventura admitted she cried after the kiss because “there was a 17-year age difference.”
“I was really confused at the time, you know, new artist. I was pretty naïve she said on the stand.
She also revealed she wasn’t sober the first time they had sex.
“I was drinking wine, then started to take drugs, a blue dolphin ecstasy pill,” she said. “Sean gave it to me, I had never taken it before. I was just out of it, laughing, didn’t know what it was until a little bit later.”
The “Me & You” singer spoke about Diddy’s “insanely jealous” and controlling behaviors throughout their relationship.
Ventura said Combs would have his security guards keep an eye on her at all times and that he had keys to her apartment. She also told jurors he kept many guns in his homes and would force her to carry one for him as a fear tactic.
“Sean controlled a lot of my life, whether it was career, the way I dressed, everything,” she testified. “I just didn’t have much say in it at the time.”
Ventura said Diddy first got violent when she was 21, shortly after they became romantically involved in 2007.
“He hit me in the side of my head and I fell to the floor of the car,” she recalled.
The violence only continued from there, according to Ventura. When asked how often Combs physically assaulted her, she replied, “Too frequently.”
She said if she even so much as made the wrong expression, “the next thing [she] knew, [she] was getting hit in the face,” and that any attempt to fight back would only “make him more violent.”
Ventura detailed another alleged incident in 2009, during which Diddy attacked her for the entire length of a 10-minute car ride. She said she was punched and kicked during another beating in 2015 that left her with “black eyes” and “golf-ball sized knots” on her forehead.
