Cassie Ventura

Women and Crime

Cloud10

True Crime, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Ep 270: A woman’s allegation of violence against a powerful man triggered a media storm and high-profile trial but left many with questions about justice. This is the Casandra Ventura story. This episode was a collaboration with Celesia Stanton from "Truer Crime" podcast. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or visit: https://truercrimepodcast.com Sources for Today's Episode: The biography.org npr.org cnn.com New York Daily News ABC News People.com Sponsors: (thanks for using our promo codes, it really does help the show!) Hungry Root - You’re going to love Hungryroot as much as I do – it’s the easiest way to eat healthy. For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to Hungryroot.com/WAC and use code WAC. TaskRabbit - Book trusted help for home tasks & tackle your to-do list today! Get $15 off your first task at TASKRABBIT.com or on the Taskrabbit app using promo code WAC. Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced by James Varga Audio Editor, Jose Alfonzo Script Editor, Abagail Belcastro Music by Dessert Media Special Thanks to: Celesia Stanton Get Even More Women&Crime Episodes: Patreon - Ad-free shows starting at $2 a month, or upgrade for $5 a month to get a new extra episode every month, as well as exclusive virtual HappyHours with Meg & Amy. Check-out other tiers for perks such as lectures, true crime book club, and more! Visit our Patreon page for more info: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrime Apple Subscriptions - Exclusive episodes and ad-free regular stories are now available through Apple’s podcast app for only $4.99 a month, or save with an annual membership. YouTube Memberships - Exclusive episode available on YouTube for only $4.99 a month. https://www.youtube.com/@WomenandCrime/membership Help is Available: If you or someone you know is in a crisis situation, or a victim of domestic, or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation. For direct links to these organizations please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Keywords: Sean Diddy Combs, Puff Daddy, Diddy sex trafficking trial, assault allegations, freak off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A woman's allegations against a powerful man triggered a media storm and high-profile trial,
0:05.8	but left many with questions about justice.
0:10.0	This is the Cassandra Ventura story. Hello, listeners.
0:25.6	Today's case is one that most of you have heard of, and many of you, like me, have probably
0:33.0	even followed this case in the media.
0:36.0	Amy and I both closely followed the trial of Sean
0:40.0	Diddy Combs in New York's federal courts this summer. And with the outcome just recently and so
0:46.2	many questions about the meaning of justice in this case, I really felt like I needed to cover it.
0:52.9	But today, Amy is unable to join me.
0:55.6	Columbia has her very busy teaching this summer, and though I miss her, for today, I'll be hosting this episode with Celicia Stanton from the podcast, Truer Crime.
1:06.8	Hi, Celicia.
1:08.2	Hi, I'm doing good.
1:09.9	I'm so excited to be here.
1:11.3	I am so thrilled you were here today. We picked this case together. I just kind of said why I wanted to cover it, but why were you interested in covering this case?
1:22.3	Yeah. So this case definitely stuck out to me. You know, you had kind of come with a few cases that you thought
1:28.6	kind of would converge, like what we typically talk about on our shows. And this one really stood
1:33.7	out to me, one, because it's timely, right? I feel like I am often covering cases on true
1:38.7	crime that are years or maybe decades old. And so I did want to kind of unpack something that felt like, all right,
1:45.3	this is just happening. Everybody's watching it. And then also like I feel like kind of where this
1:51.7	case is happening is really interesting, right? It's in hip hop. It's in this like post me two world.
1:56.5	And I feel like that's a world, this is a world where we're really still trying to find our footing, especially with cases like these.
2:02.5	You know, it's like how do we balance honoring victims and enacting justice in a system that doesn't necessarily have a long history on winning convictions in cases like this?
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