Where Casandra ‘Cassie' Ventura left off claims about Sean Diddy Combs abuse

Everything Cassie feared Sean Diddy Combs would do if she ‘said no’ to Freak Offs’

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Hiba Anjum
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Former girlfriend Casandra Cassie Venturas testimony to prosecutor Emily Johnson at Combs sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S. / REUTERS/Jane
Former girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura's testimony to prosecutor Emily Johnson at Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S. / REUTERS/Jane

An in-depth look into the full testimony Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura gave about her ex, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs comes into view.

Cassie’s Opening Statement:

Cassies courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane
Cassie's courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane

Starting with a brief ‘Hello’ to the court, government exhibit 2A-103, i.e. Cassie took to the stand at the behest of prosecutor, Asst. U.S,. Attorney Emily Johnson.

“We were in a relationship for 10, 11 years,” she began by telling the court, when asked about her relationship with the man on the screen.

About what would happen anytime they were together Ms Ventura said, “Mashing my head… kicking me in the head if I was down,” would happen. “Things of that nature.”

She was even asked, “How frequen” were the incidents of kicking, dragging by her hair, as portrayed in an unedited clip of the hotel NYC hotel incident.

“Too frequent,” Ventura responded to that by saying. “Busted lips, swollen black eyes. The white of my eye would get red. Bruises on my body.”

Cassie talks about Hotel Incident with Diddy:

Hotel incident courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
Hotel incident courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg

Then came another exhibit on the screen and it showed a still from said hotel video, from 2016, at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, California.

“That’s me and Sean,” she testified under oath. “We were having an encounter we called a freak-off” with a “third party.”

“Specifically, another man,” she explained. “So I could perform for Sean.”

However, she made sure to admit that the first time she heard of ‘Freak Outs’, “I just remember my stomach falling down into my butt. I had just turned 22 at that time. I was confused, but I loved him very much and I wanted to make him happy.”

“Eventually, it became a job for me. I think the longest was four days,” she added. “Recovering from freak-offs, that was a big part of my life… There was no room for anything else.”

At this point, she was asked if she ever considered saying ‘no’ to the acts but she responded to that by saying, “I didn’t know what ‘no’ could turn into.”

Cassie's first Intimate Encounter with Diddy:

Courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo
Courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg/File Photo

The conversation also came towards their first encounter at 21, and how that played out.

According to the Daily Beast, Ventura had just signed on with Diddy’s label at the time, Bad Boy records, and was taken to MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas only to be kissed “suddenly” in the bathroom of Comb’s hotel suite.

“I was pretty confused,” she recounted. “I was pretty naive. I just remember running out, back to my hotel.” And it was after that that she saw “another side” of Combs. Which was the abusive side, the side that wanted control over my life.”

Allegation of Diddy ‘mashing’ Cassie’s Face in:

Courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane
Courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane

She even accused him of having a short fuse and said, “Make the wrong face and the next thing he would mash my face in.”

Accusation of Physical and Psychological Abuse:

Cassie on the red carpet for Killing Them Softly screening at 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 22, 2012. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)/File Photo
Cassie on the red carpet for "Killing Them Softly" screening at 65th Cannes Film Festival, May 22, 2012. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)/File Photo

“Psychological is an everyday thing,” she said during her testimony as well. “Somebody telling you what to do. I was just a little shadow for a while.”

After this point other allegations were made, including the ones about having to use baby oil during Freak Outs etc.

The trial is said to resume for its 3rd Day at 6:30 Pakistan Standard Time