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Casandra “Cassie” Ventura recounted the horrific details of the alleged abuse she experienced at the hands of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs during an emotional testimony at his sex-trafficking trial.
“He would bash me on my head, knock me over, drag me, kick me, stomp me on the head if i was down,” the “Me & U” singer, who is expecting her third child with husband Alex Fine, testified from the witness stand inside Manhattan federal court Tuesday.
She claimed Combs would often fight with her over minuscule disagreements, telling her to “fix [her] face or watch [her] mouth” followed by him allegedly “hitting” her in the face.
“I also felt at certain times when I knew it wasn’t even about me … make the wrong face and the next thing I knew I was getting hit in the face,” she further testified.
Ventura, 38, who appeared in the courtroom wearing a tight brown dress with her baby bump on display, also recalled how the physical assault would be so severe that she would “get knots” in her forehead.
She also claimed she experienced psychological abuse “every day” because she was always not “knowing who he was going to be when we woke up.”
The singer went on to describe how her infamous ex — who is 17 years her senior — introduced her to “Freak-Offs” around the age of 22. She claimed Combs viewed the acts as “voyeurism,” when a person gets turned on by seeing others engage in intimate or sexual behaviors.
She claimed he would “direct” her and her sexual partner on what they should be doing, adding, “I was in love and I just wanted to make him happy.”
“It basically entails the hiring of an escort and setting up this experience so that I could perform for Sean,” she further explained.
Ventura testified that the longest “Freak-Off” lasted four days — “maybe even more – on and off with the breaks” — and that, in some ways, it became a “job” for her. She noted there would even need to be a recovery period from the dehydration and drug use.
Ventura testified that she was very “sexually inexperienced” when she first met Combs and that he would at times make her “feel crazy for not reciprocating” oral sex.
“I was also still in a relationship with someone else,” she added of the early days of their romance.
Ventura testified that moving forward she began using drugs like ecstasy when having sex with Combs.
He allegedly “controlled” all aspects of her life, making her feel unable to leave the relationship — despite her wanting to do so.
“He’s a bit of an incessant caller or he would have staff, security continue to call until you answered or called you,” she added of his alleged obsessive habits and need to assert his control.
However, Ventura did note during her testimony that there was “still love” in the relationship at times.
Ventura claimed Combs would “blackmail” her, threatening to put her videos and photos of her sexual encounters “on the internet.”
The “Long Way 2 Go” singer — whom prosecutors dubbed “Victim 1” — is a key witness in this case.
Ahead of her court appearance, Reuters reported last week that Combs’ defense team planned to accuse Ventura of domestic violence once she took the stand in attempt to take a stab at the singer’s credibility.
In November 2023, Ventura filed a bombshell civil lawsuit, accusing Combs of rape and abuse throughout their decade-long relationship, which took place from 2007 to 2018.
Her attorneys claimed in the complaint that the “Bad Boy for Life” rapper “was prone to uncontrollable rage, and frequently beat Ms. Ventura savagely.”
Combs quickly settled the suit for an undisclosed amount of money within 24 hours, but claimed at the time that the agreement was not an admission of wrongdoing.
However, six months later, CNN released shocking surveillance video taken in 2016 of the Bad Boy Records founder dragging Ventura, his then-girlfriend, across a hotel hallway and physically beating her.
The damning footage corroborated at least the abuse portion of the “King of Hearts” singer’s claims, and forced Combs to issue a public apology.
Ventura’s lawsuit opened the floodgates for dozens of alleged victims to come forward to accuse the “All About the Benjamins” rapper of sexual assault and other crimes.
The mom of three’s claims have also proven useful for the feds’ ongoing case. In September 2023, the authorities charged Combs with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Investigators conducted a months-long probe — which included raids on the disgraced music mogul’s homes in Los Angeles and Miami — and allegedly found evidence of nefarious “Freak-Off” parties, in which illegal sexual activity allegedly occurred.
Combs has pleaded not guilty and has been waiting for his trial to begin while behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY. Per eyewitnesses, the jail time has rapidly aged him.
Meanwhile, Ventura has slowly been stepping back into the spotlight again.
In March, she and Fine attended a red carpet event in London — their first since Combs’ legal battle commenced.
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