Cassie's Testimony Rocked Week One of Diddy's Trial

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.2 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Laura Coates catches entertainment correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister just after court concludes for the week for a breakdown of the most important moments and the biggest shocks from the first week of the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. They get into Cassie Ventura’s emotional testimony, the potential impact of the settlements she’s now disclosed, and the surprising testimony from another witness that puts the case in a new light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.6	All right.
1:09.8	The first week of the trial of Sean Diddy Combs, it's now behind us.
1:12.6	And it was a huge, huge week. The defense is relying heavily on Ventura's own words during her time with Combs, showing
1:17.6	jurors a series of text messages and emails between the former couple.
1:21.6	Now, the ex-girlfriend of Sean Diddy Combs testified about explicit texts between the couple
1:26.6	and pushed back on the defense's
1:28.6	claim that she proposed having a so-called freak off back in 2016.
1:33.0	The court's taken a number of steps to ensure that her testimony is fully finished on Friday
1:37.2	when the prosecutor is expressing concern that the heavily pregnant Ventura could give birth
1:41.9	as soon as a weekend. Emotional moments were there, especially from that star witness Cassie Ventura could give birth as soon as the weekend.
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