A closer look at jurors in Sean Diddy Combs trial
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Cassie Ventura, the prosecution’s star witness in the sex-trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs, told jurors Tuesday how her relationship with the music mogul went from lovestruck to abusive. Ventura said that in the early years,
Cassie Ventura testified that she did not remember how the term “freak off” came about but she recalled Sean Combs proposed “this sexual encounter, that he called voyeurism, where he would watch me in intercourse, sexual activity with another man” within the first year of their relationship.
The 55-year-old hip-hop mogul has been charged by federal prosecutors with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
The prosecution on Monday showed the jury security video of Combs beating and kicking Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
A federal jury of eight men and four women is hearing testimony at the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The jurors range in age from 30 to 74.
Lawyers for Misa Hylton, who previously showed support for Diddy accuser Cassie, said that she was at the trial to support her son with the music mogul.
Cassie Ventura details the origin of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' 'freak offs' during her emotional court testimony: 'It wasn't something that I wanted to be doing... At some point, I felt I didn't have much of a choice.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial began with the Cassie Tape being played, testimony from a male exotic dancer and opening statements.