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Ventura says the relationship changed on his 21st birthday
Ventura says he celebrated his 21st birthday at Las Vegas with combs and some friends. She says it was when she first kissed her in her suite’s bathroom.
She says she cried, ran out and told her friend, added that she was naive, a new artist who did not know the disposition of the land when the attention of the executives came.
Ventura says that after that, he continued to find combs in the hotels to work in music, but that he called the shots.
He also says that they began to develop a more comfortable relationship, and combs attacked it about oral sex, which does not correspond to the principle, but later he did.
She describes the thesis meetings of nervous and curious duration, adding that she was sexually inexperienced and even seeing someone else.
When asked why he wanted to be close to Peines, he replied: “For the same reasons as everyone else at that time.”
“Only this exciting, entertaining and fun guy,” she says, and adds that she had a race in her hands and felt special spend time with him.
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How Ventura and combs with
Ventura remembers having been a fan of comb music, saying that it was bigger than life, but that she didn’t know much about him personally.
She says she signed a contract with Bad Boy Records in 2006, when she was 19 years old.
Ventura says that, at that time, it was a Platonic relationship, and combs watched her.
He released his first and only album that year later, and his simple “Me & u” got the no. 1 Place in the hot b/hip-hop Billboard Hot table.
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Ventura says that combs introduced the idea or “fans”
Ventura says that in the first year of his relationship, Comink suggested a sexual encounter that called voyeurism.
She says she involved hiring a escort or dancer to see her interact with another man while he directed them.
She says she was 22 years old, confused and nervous, “but I also loved him a lot and wanted to make it happy.”
He also says that, on time, he realized that it was something that he wanted to be doe so regularly, but he felt he had the option of saying no.
She says she is worried about getting angry because he controlled much of her life, including her career and how she dressed. He also worried that he could blackmail her by throwing images of the “Freak offs”.
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Ventura says that violence occurred “often”
Ventura appears in the stand with a long -brown long -sleeved dress. She describes herself as a musician and artist.
She testifies that she and combs date about 10 years, with breaks in their relationship.
She describes the accusations of physical abuse, including being demolished, dragged, kicked and trampled on the head. When asked how often the abuse occurred, she replies: “Often.”
She also describes having black eyes and bruises in her body.
10:57 am
Cassie Ventura called to stop
Fortune, One of the four batteries is expected to testify Against combs, it is called to take the podium at 11 am
She and combs dated and again for more than a decade, and she appeared with A Federal Demand against him in 2023.
A key evidence in the case is Peines video attacking Ventura in the hall of a Los Angeles hotel In 2016. It is also expected to testify about an accusation of violation of 2018.
Ventura, who acts under the name of Cassie, is now married to another man and pregnant with his third child. The combs defense team said in their initial statements that they have not been seen since 2018.
Ventura’s husband and brother are in the support court.
9:52 am
Witness 1: Israel Florez
The first witness called on Monday was Israel Florez, who worked as a security officer at the Los Angeles Hotel, where Combs was seen on video Attacking his then bride Cassie Ventura In 2016.
Florez was a reservist of the US Army. UU. For more than 15 years and is now a member of the Los Angeles Police Department.
He testified that he responded to a call about a woman in trouble at the hotel and found the combs and Ventura in the hall of the sixth floor. He said that combs had a gorge and socks, and Ventura was covered in a hooded sweatshirt.
Florez said that Ventura seemed scared and wanted her bag and phone, and that combs told her “you are not going to leave.”
Combs and Ventura continued to argue before she, ultimately, left the hotel, Florez said. He said that Cepara Ventura if she wanted to call the police, but she kept saying that she just wanted to leave.
Florez said that combs threw a battery of money and said: “Don’t tell anyone,” but he didn’t take it.
Hi, he also said that he saw a third man in the room with them, and that Comuns grabbed the phone of a security guard when he thought he was recorded.
In the interrogation, Florez said that combs was cordial and that he did not see the combs making aggressive movements towards Ventura when he arrived. Hey, he also said that combs did not seem drunk or high.
10:21 am
Daniel Phillip again at the stand
The second witness, Daniel Phillip, is back on the stage to continue his interrogation on Tuesday.
The combs defense team asked him about the nature of his relationship with Ventura, if they ever had sex without combs, and if she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The defense also asked about An incident that Phillip testified about MondayWhen he said combined me angry and threw a bottle against a wall, then dragged Ventura for his hair to a room.
The defense asked Phillip if ComBs told him to leave so he could “deal with this”, citing the previous statements of Phillip to the researchers. Phillip replied that he didn’t remember saying that.
He reiterated his testimony as of Monday, saying that Comps did not tell him to leave, but tried to have the violent outbreak again.
When asked if he ever tried to put Ventura alone, Phillip said he wanted to make sure she was fine and, “if he ever gave me the opportunity to go out with her, I would have done it.”
9:36 am
The combs family arrives for day 2
The mother of combs, Janice, and her six children are back in the Courthhouse for the second day of testimony.
Seth Wenig / AP
On Monday, they sat in the second row behind the defense.
The combs cool them a thumb up, they made a heart shape with their hands and flew a kiss. The children smiled and pump their fists.
6:31 PM / May 12, 2025
What happened on the 1st of the trial?
The morning began with Selection of the finished jury. The 12 jury members are an age of 30 to 74 and include eight men and four women. One is a social worker, another is a scientist and some are retired.
The prosecution team of all members began their opening statement by the jury “to the public, was Puff Daddy or Diddy, a cultural icon, a businessman, larger than life … but there was another side for him.”
The combs defense team, however, said that the case are voluntary adult options in consensual relationships.
“You are not here to judge him and his sexual preferences,” said the defense.
The first witness that was called was Israel Florez, a security officer at the California hotel where Combs were seen on video. Attacking his then bride Cassie Ventura In 2016.
The second witness called was Daniel Phillip, who testified that he was paid to have sex with Ventura with combs present.
See all the details of day 1 here.