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Laura Coates Live

Cassie’s Friend Says She’s Seeking $10M In Lawsuit Against Diddy

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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A forensic video expert and a woman who said Sean “Diddy” Combs dangled her over a balcony took the stand Wednesday in the Hip-hop mogul’s federal criminal trial. The testimony came as the prosecution has sought to prove Combs and some in his inner circle constituted a criminal enterprise that used threats, violence, kidnapping and other means to coerce women into “Freak Offs” with male escorts and to protect his image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Dangling 17 feet from potential death. The accuser behind one of the most chilling allegations against Sean Diddy Combs took the stand.

0:41.7

We'll talk about it tonight on a special edition of Laura Coates live, Diddy on trial.

0:52.9

Well, good evening and welcome. I'm Laura Coates right here in New York City tonight, where I was in court for day 16 of the Ditty trial.

1:00.9

And I heard Cassie Ventura's close friend say that she witnessed violence against her firsthand and frankly lived through it herself allegedly.

1:08.1

In just a moment, my team of legal experts and court

1:11.1

insiders will unpack Brianna Vana Bongoland's testimony and how the defense tried to pick

1:18.2

apart her credibility and her claims. Now here is just a glimpse of what the jury heard today.

1:24.2

She accused Eddie of dangling her over the railing of a 17-floor balcony. She claimed that he got

1:30.7

in her face and told her he's the devil and that he could kill her. And she said she saw Diddy throw a knife

1:37.5

at Cassie at one point who threw it back. Now, Bongland's testimony was a moment many had been

1:43.6

waiting for, frankly, on both sides.

1:46.1

That's because she was referenced in Cassie's 2023 civil lawsuit against Citi, but not by name.

1:52.3

It described an incident where he allegedly dangled a woman over a balcony at a hotel.

1:59.1

Well, today, Bonga Lynn put her name and face to that story and revealed that

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