Testimony continues after Cassie Ventura, an escort and Daybreak Richard all took the stand throughout Week One.
The trial in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs continues this week in NYC.
The hip-hop mogul has been charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to interact in prostitution. He is maintained his innocence.
If convicted on all prices, which additionally embrace arson and bribery, Combs may face a compulsory 15-year jail sentence, with the potential for life behind bars.
The primary week of testimony got here largely from Cassie Ventura, who dated Combs from 2007 to 2018, after he’d signed her to his Dangerous Boy Data label in 2005. On the stand, she detailed graphic sexual situations, or “freak offs,” with Combs — dropping allegations of drug utilization, violence, blackmail, and even rape. Get a full breakdown of her testimony right here.
Others on the witness stand included an escort who was allegedly concerned in “freak offs,” in addition to an agent who detailed what was seized when authorities arrested Combs at a New York Metropolis lodge in September 2024. Former Danity Kane member Daybreak Richard additionally started to testify on Friday, together with her testimony persevering with this week.
Compensate for the whole lot that occurred Week One right here, on the hyperlink beneath.
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Week 2, Monday
Daybreak Richard Again on the Stand
Richard returned to the witness stand very first thing Monday morning, the place she continued talking about an alleged “assault” on Ventura by Combs in 2009. She stated she felt threatened and claimed he was “regularly” violent towards Cassie.
“He would punch her, choke her, drag her, slap her within the mouth. I noticed him kick her, punch her within the abdomen,” she continued, saying it might occur both randomly or when Ventura spoke up for herself.
When requested whether or not she ever intervened, she stated she did not, for her personal “security,” and stated Combs advised her to remain out of their relationship “or else we’d pay for it.” Richard additionally claimed she witnessed Combs have marijuana, ketamine, ecstasy and cocaine delivered — and stated he carried handguns, as did his safety.
Underneath cross-examination, she was requested about her personal lawsuit in opposition to Diddy, questioning whether or not her allegations have modified since assembly with prosecutors on this case. “I have been constant,” she maintained.
Protection additionally tried to level out inconsistencies together with her recollection of the 2009 skillet incident at Diddy’s house, with Richard saying she’s advised it as greatest she will be able to recall. As protection continued to poke holes in her statements about threats, medication and weapons on the stand, evaluating them in opposition to previous statements, she added, “As time progresses, I bear in mind extra.”
Richard then denied submitting her personal lawsuit in opposition to Combs to become profitable, telling protection she was solely asking to be “compensated” for her work.