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Laura Coates Live

Trial by Jury: Violence, Fear and “Freak-offs” Cassie Takes the Stand

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On the second day of Diddy’s federal trial, all eyes turned to star witness Cassie Ventura. The singer, once signed to Bad Boy records, had a complex relationship with Diddy marked by abuse. But will the jury see her only as a victim? We’ll ask one of Bill Cosby’s former attorneys, Monique Pressley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Today, in a lower Manhattan courtroom where the trial against Sean Diddy Combs is playing out,

0:38.5

a star witness took the stand. Cassie Ventura described Combs as controlling and said some of

0:45.8

their arguments would get violent. She broke down in tears when asked about his so-called freak-off

0:51.5

parties where they allegedly forced her to have sex.

0:56.0

She told the jury, quote,

0:58.0

he would smash me in my head, knock me over, drag me, kick me,

1:02.0

stop me in the head if I was down.

1:04.0

Ventura said she suffered injuries from the alleged abuse,

1:07.0

including knots on her forehead,

1:10.0

busted lips, and bruises all over her body.

1:13.1

She said, quote, I would get my car taken away.

1:15.3

I got kicked out of my house, my apartment.

1:17.5

I had jewelry taken away.

1:18.9

It was very random depending how he felt.

1:24.0

Today was the day that I had been waiting for

1:26.8

this entire trial. I wanted to know what was going to happen the second that Cassie Ventura walked into a courtroom and saw Sean Diddy Combs for the first time in over six years. While I got to see it today firsthand, first of all, when she walked in, you could hear a pin drop. She's visibly pregnant, and I wanted to see, was Diddy going to look at her?

1:49.0

Were they going to make eye contact?

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