Cassie testifies about Diddy moment that left her 'shocked' as jurors are shown 'freak off' party videos in court
Warning: This article contains allegations of sexual harassment and domestic violence which some readers may find distressing
Cassie has provided another 'shocking' testimony about Diddy as jurors are shown images from the 'freak off' party videos in court.
The rapper stands accused of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, which he has continuously denied.
Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend has returned to court for a second day after testifying on Tuesday (13 May) about the drug-fuelled 'freak offs', which could 'last up to four days'.
Cassie and Diddy's relationship
The R&B singer, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, was 19 when she met Diddy, then 37, for the first time in 2005.
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After he signed her to his Bad Boy Records label, on her 21st birthday, she claims she was shocked when the music mogul, now 55, allegedly kissed her.
They were then involved in an on-and-off relationship between 2007 and 2018, which Cassie testifies involved an alleged regular cycle of abuse.
She claimed that Diddy threatened to release videos of her engaging in the so-called 'freak-offs', which were alleged encounters with male sex workers that he orchestrated whilst she was under the influence of drugs.
“I feared for my career. I feared for my family. It’s just embarrassing. It’s horrible and disgusting. No one should do that to anyone,” Cassie said.
"He pulled up 'freak off' videos on his laptop that I thought were deleted," she added. "He was showing them with other people around. I said, 'You are embarrassing me'.
"I was scared, I felt trapped, how do you get out of this situation?"
Juror's reactions to photos of 'freak-off' videos in court
On Wednesday (14 May), jurors were shown sexually explicit images taken from the 'freak off' videos.
CNN's live court report states that one 'female juror let out a deep breath and rested her hand on her chest as an image was placed on the monitor before her'.
The outlet also reports that a 'male juror looked at the screen at one of the images and his eyes appeared to move away quickly'.
Meanwhile, another male juror was writing something on his notepad.
Cassie testifies after 'freak off' images shown in court
Cassie - who is eight months pregnant and shares two children with her husband Alex Fine - testified that after Diddy allegedly abused her, it would take days to recover.
“Any time he was physical, there would at least be some trace — a bruise or something,” she said.
She claims she witnessed abuse for the first time within the first few years of their relationship, with the singer recalling a time when she was out for dinner with Combs, who was said to have been flirting with somebody else.
She claims another person saw that she had noticed, and she just shrugged her shoulders.
When they got into Diddy's vehicle after dinner, she testified that 'he hit me in the side of my head and I fell to the floor of the car'.
“I was just shocked, and I didn’t necessarily understand what happened and why he was so angry except for the little bit he said as he was hitting me in the car,” she said. “And I just went home and kind of hid out after that.”
Cassie sued Diddy in 2023, a year before 2016 hotel video leaks
Although the singer sued him in 2023, alleging years of abuse, the suit was settled just hours after it was filed.
The following year, a 2016 video of Combs wearing a towel whilst allegedly punching, kicking, and dragging Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel was shared by CNN.
"I take full responsibility for my actions in that video," Diddy said in a public apology at the time.
The trial continues.
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Topics: Cassie Ventura, Diddy, Celebrity, Crime, US News
Anish Vij