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Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s mother took the stand at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial after her daughter’s emotional testimony last week, alleging she was once forced to pay the mogul $20,000.

“It was understood that he was going to need $20,000 to recoup money he had spent on her because he had been angry that she had had a relationship with Scott Mescudi,” Regina Ventura testified Tuesday. (Mescudi is rapper Kid Cudi’s real name. Cassie previously testified Combs was jealous of their romance.)

“He was angry that he had spent money on her and she had been with another person,” Regina claimed.

Cassie’s mom further claimed from Manhattan federal court Tuesday that she and her husband, Rodrick Ventura, took out a home equity loan to fulfill the payment that Combs allegedly demanded.

“I was scared for my daughter’s safety,” she admitted. Regina also revealed that she had become aware of the domestic violence her daughter had been dealing with and had even taken photos of her marks.

“I wanted to make sure we memorialized it,” Regina testified of the alleged abuse.

Cassie, 38, testified last week that she often hesitated opening up fully to her mom about her issues.

She testified that despite struggling to tell her mother the truth, though, Regina had mother’s intuition.

According to the “Me & U” singer, the matriarch once called her to ask her if about a blind item that detailed an assault online was about her.

“I didn’t tell my mom the truth because I was ashamed, but I also felt like at that point I didn’t know what was going to happen,” Cassie testified. “I didn’t want to put my mother in danger of knowing anything of that magnitude.”

The singer also claimed that, despite being cautious about what she shared, her mother eventually once called the police out of concern when she and Combs had a fight about her cheating on him.

In a 2007 interview with the New York Times, Cassie gushed over her upbringing with mom Regina and dad Rodrick, saying, “My parents raised me right.”

“I work hard, and I want to prove I deserve what I have. I talk to them every day,” the “Long Way 2 Go” singer told the publication, adding that her folks “keep [her] focused.”

Around the time the sit-down occurred, Cassie had just begun dating Combs, who is 17 years her senior and allegedly introduced her to a world of drugs and sexual acts in which she had never partaken before.

The “King of Hearts” singer testified that “Freak-Offs” — in which she had sex with escorts while her then-boyfriend watched in an apparent act of “voyeurism” — became like a “job” and could last up to four days.

Cassie testified that she would have to be under the influence of several drugs that would act as a “buffer” so she would not feel how “emotionless” the “sex with a stranger who I didn’t want to have sex with” was.

She also detailed the alleged physical abuse she suffered, testifying, “He would bash me on my head, knock me over, drag me, kick me, stomp me on the head if I was down.”

The singer testified that she was scared to leave the relationship so long because of how it could impact her and her loved ones. “[I] feared for my career. I feared for my family,” she said on the stand.

Aside from Cassie’s mother, another person close to her — her former best friend, Kerry Morgan — testied.

The model, 39, took the stand Monday and claimed the Bad Boy Records founder once choked her and hit her with a wooden hanger in an effort to get her to reveal with whom Cassie was allegedly “cheating.”

The attack led to Combs paying Morgan $30,000 to keep her quiet and ended her 17-year-long friendship with the “Love a Loser” singer.

“She told me she thought I was milking it and was over-exaggerating,” the ex-best friend claimed of Cassie on the stand, adding that they “never spoke” again.

Combs — who has been charged with sex-trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution — has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.