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We're going to get started right here in New York City

at a federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial against Sean D.D.Combs.

It was an emotional day in court as Cassie Ventura,

Combs' ex-girlfriend and former bad boy protege, took the stand

and detailed their 10-year relationship. It was testimony filled with allegations of physical

abuse and control that included drug-fueled sexual encounters called freak-offs, with male

escorts under Combs' direction. Cassie told the jury

that Combs would often beat her, leaving her with black eyes and bruises all over her body.

Her lawsuit filed in 2023 became the framework for the government's case against P. Diddy.

Cassie testified that her career as an artist ultimately became stifled

because she spent most of her time fulfilling Combs' sexual fantasies.

Cassie is back on the stand today with more details of their relationship.

Defense attorneys for Diddy maintain the sexual encounters between he and Cassie were consensual?

This is just my opinion.

I don't give it shit.

I don't give it shit, not even a little bit.

When you hear the details that we heard, good luck with the defense,

deciphering the difference between sex trafficking and racketeering as opposed to domestic abuse and thinking that's going to win them a jury.

I find it very difficult to believe that human beings are going to be able to disassociate

themselves from the criminal kind of behavior. it very difficult to believe that human beings are going to be able to disassociate themselves

from the criminal kind of behavior she's alleged he has done. By the way, there is video of it,

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