Singer Cassie testified Tuesday during the sex trafficking trial of American singer Sean 'Diddy' Combs, detailing how, to please P. Diddy, she was forced to engage in sexual marathons with paid, drugged men who "disgusted" and "humiliated" her.
The former girlfriend of the 55-year-old rapper and producer is the centerpiece of the prosecution in his highly publicized trial.
"It was disgusting and overwhelming, and I felt hopeless," Cassie told the jury, referring to the sexual acts her then-partner planned and orchestrated in hotel rooms.
She said she felt "humiliated." The men she engaged in these sexual acts were paid thousands of dollars in cash, one of whom confirmed this in court on Monday.
P.D. Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, used his fame and financial resources to force women into prolonged sex sessions with males. He would watch and film these sessions, threatening to release them if the victims spoke publicly about them.
One of the first victims to break her silence in this case was R&B singer Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura, who was signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records and had been in a romantic relationship with the producer for more than ten years.
At the prosecutor's request, she listed the types of drugs she used (ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana, and ketamine) to "dissociate" herself from the events when it came to pleasing Sean Combs.
Cassie met the rapper when she was 19, at the height of his fame. She said of the beginning of their relationship, "I just loved him. I wanted to make him happy."
Since Monday, jurors have repeatedly shown a video clip published by CNN in 2024, which includes surveillance footage from a Los Angeles hotel in 2016, showing Sean Combs violently attacking Cassie, kicking her, and dragging her to the ground.
Cassie said the violence occurred "too many times to count," noting that her lips were "swollen" and she had "bruises all over her body."
P. Diddy is being tried on charges of human trafficking for sexual exploitation, transportation of persons for prostitution, and kidnapping, corruption, and violence, all criminal offenses typically directed at criminal organizations.
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