Cassie is continuing her testimony in the trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday, May 14, answering questions from the prosecution at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York City. Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and has denied all of the allegations against him.
The singer, 38, began on Wednesday by discussing the surveillance video from 2016 that showed Diddy, now 55, physically assaulting her at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. Cassie (full name Casandra Ventura) recalled her then-boyfriend throwing a vase with flowers in it at her.
“I didn’t get hit. I remember it hitting the wall,” she told Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson. “He was yelling at me and threw it at me.”
The video, which was published in an edited form by CNN last year, has no audio, so Cassie attempted to remember what Diddy was saying to her. She claimed he was telling her that she “couldn’t” leave him as she was trying to exit the hotel.
Cassie took the stand New York City’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse during ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, testifying about their relationship and her allegations against him. The singer, 38, began her testimony on Tuesday, May 13, by describing her relationship with Diddy, 55, claiming that it was marked by violence. “There were violent arguments […]
The prosecution then displayed photos of Cassie in the aftermath of the assault, which showed her with a swollen lip. She told the court that she had a black eye under her sunglasses.
After the assault, Cassie claimed, Diddy tried to contact her, but she texted him, “Please stay far away from me.”
When she returned home, a friend called the police and Cassie spoke to them about the incident, but she testified that she didn’t want to tell them who assaulted her. When asked by Johnson whether she wanted to “protect” Diddy, Cassie replied, “Yeah, of course.”
Cassie then alleged that Diddy came to her apartment too, at which point she heard “chaos outside of the door” including “banging, kicking [and] yelling.” She said she went to the home of D-Roc, one of Diddy’s security guards, shortly after the assault “to feel safe.”
The first day of testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongoing sex crimes trial kicked off with a hotel security guard called by prosecutors. In a New York City courtroom, Israel Florez — a former security guard at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles — recalled an incident where the rapper assaulted Cassie Ventura on March […]
The prosecution also showed a photo of Cassie and Diddy at an afterparty following the premiere of her movie The Perfect Match, which took place two days after the assault. She pointed out a bruise on her right shin.
After discussing the assault, Cassie began answering questions about her role in Diddy’s freak offs, alleging she was often responsible for hiring male escorts who would participate in the events. “That was just my job, really,” she said. “It was expected of me.”
Since Diddy’s arrest last year, his legal team has repeatedly denied the allegations against him.
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a statement in September 2024. “He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs and ex-girlfriend Cassie weathered many ups and downs during their romance before parting ways for good in 2018. While Cassie (real name Cassandra Ventura) has since married Alex Fine and become a mother, her relationship with Diddy hasn’t stopped making headlines. The New York Times reported in November 2023 […]
Diddy’s arrest came nearly one year after Cassie filed a lawsuit against him accusing him of sexual and physical abuse throughout their relationship, which lasted off and on from 2007 to 2018. The mogul denied her claims in a statement shared by his attorney.
“Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations,” Diddy’s lawyer Ben Brafman said at the time.
One day after the suit was filed, Diddy and Cassie settled out of court. In May 2024, CNN published the hotel surveillance video of Diddy kicking and grabbing Cassie in 2016. He later apologized for his actions in a video shared via Instagram.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support. If you or someone you know is a human trafficking victim, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
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