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Cassie testifies that Sean 'Diddy' Combs raped her and threatened to release sex videos

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She sued Combs in 2023, accusing him of years of physical and sexual abuse. Within hours, the suit was settled for $20 million.

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Fox32 Chicago
Diddy trial: Cassie testimony begins (opens Fox32 Chicago)
Published May 12, 2025
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R&B singer Cassie is testifying Tuesday in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial. Her testimony - and the infamous hotel security video involving her - are considered key pieces of evidence.
Wfmy News 2
Cassie Ventura testifies in Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial (opens Wfmy News 2)
Published May 12, 2025
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Cassie has been a central figure surrounding Combs’ stunning downfall. She sued him in 2023 alleging years of abuse.
KTVU San Francisco
Diddy trial: Cassie testifies about 'violent arguments,' 'freak off' parties (opens KTVU San Francisco)
Published May 12, 2025
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R&B singer Cassie is testifying Tuesday in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial. Her testimony - and the infamous hotel security video involving her - are considered key pieces of evidence.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies at his trial about abuse and 'freak offs' (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Published May 12, 2025
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Cassie, the R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean ''Diddy'' Combs, testified Tuesday that the mercurial music mogul — powerful, abusive and controlling — beat her mercilessly and ordered her to have ''disgusting'' sex with strangers during drug-fueled, multi-day marathons he called ''freak offs.
Digital Journal
Sean Combs's ex Cassie says he 'controlled' her life with violence (opens Digital Journal)
Published May 12, 2025
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Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner Casandra Ventura told jurors at the music mogul's sex trafficking trial Tuesday how he "controlled" her life and
Breitbart News
Sean Combs's ex Cassie says he 'controlled' her life (opens Breitbart News)
Published May 12, 2025
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Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner Casandra Ventura told jurors at the music mogul's sex trafficking trial Tuesday how he "controlled" her life and
Los Angeles Times
Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies in his sex trafficking trial (opens Los Angeles Times)
Published May 12, 2025
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Cassie, noticeably pregnant on the witness stand, was emotional from the start, taking deep breaths and sometimes pausing as she spoke.
KOB 4
Cassie, the singer who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and abuse, begins testifying in his sex trafficking trial (opens KOB 4)
Published May 12, 2025
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Cassie, the singer who accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and abuse, begins testifying in his sex trafficking trial.
The Boston Globe
‘Sean is a really polarizing person,’ singer Cassie testifies in ‘Diddy’ sex trafficking trial. Follow live updates. (opens The Boston Globe)
Published May 12, 2025
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The R&B singer is delivering an emotional testimony a day after prosecutors showed jurors video of the music mogul beating her in a hotel in 2016.
WHDH Boston
R&B singer Cassie set to testify in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)
Published May 12, 2025
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NEW YORK (AP) — The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder
WFMZ Allentown
R&B singer Cassie is set to testify in Sean (opens WFMZ Allentown)
Published May 12, 2025
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The R&B singer Cassie is poised to testify in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial. Testimony resume Tuesday in New York. Combs is accused of forcing women including Cassie into
Green Field Reporter
The Latest: Singer Cassie set to testify in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)
Published May 12, 2025
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NEW YORK (AP) — The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder faces charges that he orchestrated a deviant empire of exploitation that forced women into drugged-up sex parties called “freak-offs.
The Boston Globe
R&B singer Cassie set to testify in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial (opens The Boston Globe)
Published May 12, 2025
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Cassie sued Combs in 2023 alleging years of abuse. A surveillance video made public last year showed Combs beating her at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
FOX 5 New York
Diddy trial live: Cassie takes the stand, details 'violent arguments' (opens FOX 5 New York)
Published May 12, 2025
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Her testimony follows accounts from a hotel guard who saw Diddy after allegedly attacking Cassie, and a man who said he was paid in 2013 to have sex with her while Diddy watched and masturbated.
WMUR
Cassie testifies in Diddy sex trafficking trial (opens WMUR)
Published May 12, 2025
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Cassie could testify against Sean Diddy Combs in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors allege years of abuse, coercion, and exploitation.
WHDH Boston
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie testifies at his trial about abuse and ‘freak offs’ - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)
Published May 12, 2025
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cassie, the R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, testified on Tuesday that the music mogul abused and sexually exploited
ABC 11 Raleigh
Cassie due back for 2nd day of testimony in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)
Published May 13, 2025
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Cassie returns to the witness stand after a day spent recounting grotesque and humiliating details of life with her ex-boyfriend, Sean "Diddy" Combs.
New York Post
Cassie recounts Diddy’s first attack on her — and the beating was so bad he refused to let her leave hotel: ‘Stomping on my face’ (opens New York Post)
Published May 13, 2025
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Cassie described for jurors the first time Sean “Diddy” Combs got violent with her when they were on a car ride in 2007.
Newsweek
Diddy and Cassie's texts revealed in court (opens Newsweek)
Published May 13, 2025
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Jurors saw text messages between Sean "Diddy" Combs and his former partner Cassie Ventura as she continued her testimony.
Blaze Media
'He would bash me on my head': Cassie Ventura testifies Diddy beat her, details 'freak-offs' with 'dozens' of prostitutes (opens Blaze Media)
Published May 13, 2025
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Diddy trial update: Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura claimed Sean Combs assaulted her, made her have sex with prostitutes at freak-offs.
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Cassie details her hotel hallway beating by Sean ‘Diddy' Combs' at his trial (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Published May 13, 2025
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The Diddy trial is now in its first week. Here are the latest updates from court.
Fox26 Houston
Sean Combs trial: Cassie Ventura testifies in federal case against Diddy, describes years of alleged abuse (opens Fox26 Houston)
Published May 13, 2025
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Cassie Ventura testifies in federal court against Sean “Diddy" Combs, alleging years of abuse and coercion. A trauma expert explains the impact and rarity of false reports.
Forbes
Diddy Trial Day 3: Cassie Ventura Will Take Witness Stand Again (opens Forbes)
Published May 13, 2025
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Combs faces five federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
The Columbian
Cassie testifies that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs controlled her with sex video blackmail (opens The Columbian)
Published May 13, 2025
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NEW YORK (AP) — The R&B singer Cassie testified Wednesday that her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs kept her in a cycle of abuse and exploitation by threatening to release videos of her encounters
Al Jazeera
Singer Cassie describes abusive relationship with Diddy in court testimony (opens Al Jazeera)
Published May 13, 2025
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Singer says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs routinely beat her and threatened to ruin her career with videos of sexual encounters.

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