New York (AP) – Cassie, R&B singer and former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combstestified Tuesday that the musical magnate abused and exploited her sexually for years, when she took the position of the witnesses for the first time during her trial on sexual traffic.
Sighing heavily and stopping to compose sometimes, Cassie told the jury in New York that she felt obliged by Combres to participate in elaborate sex marathons called “Freak Offs” involving sex workers. She also said that Combs has assaulted her several times during their turbulent relationship.
“He would crash me into my head, overturned me, drags me, gives me a kick. Played in the head if I was down, ”she said, leaving her bruised and bloody. She said it was difficult to refuse combat requests because she was afraid of hurting her or fleeing the videos of “freak offs” on the internet.
Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, Pasée Combs in 2023 alleging years of abuse. The prosecution was settled in a few hours, but dozens of similar legal complaints followed, arousing the criminal investigation.
She is the star witness of prosecutors who accuse combs Use your status as a powerful executive To orchestrate an empire deviant of exploitation, forcing women in abusive sexual festivals and becoming violent if they refused.
The lawyers of the triple winner of a Grammy argue that although he can be violent, the combs never turned sexual traffic and racketeering, telling the jurors that sexual acts were consensual. Defense lawyer, Teny Geragos, said in the open statements on Monday that jurors could think that Combres is a “moron” and may not tolerate his “perverse sex”, but that he is not accused of being a fool “.
Combs, 55, pleaded not guilty. He has been imprisoned since his arrest in September. If it is convicted, could obtain at least 15 years and up to life prison.
Cassie testifies to violence and abuse
She and Combs met in 2005 at the age of 19 and he was 37 years old. He signed it to his Label Bad Boy Records and, in a few years, they started to go out together.
“Sean has checked a large part of my life, be it the career, the way I got dressed, everything, everything,” said Cassie.
Under the interrogations by a prosecutor, Cassie said that his relationship with Combs ran the range of good times to arguments and physical altercations.
“If they were violent arguments, this would generally lead a kind of physical violence and drag, just different things,” Cassie said. Questioned how often the combs have become violent with her, Cassie has slowly replied: “Too frequently.”
Cassie sniffed and stamped her eyes with a fabric on the stand. She is pregnant and sometimes rested her hands on her belly.
Cassie felt that she could not refuse combat requests
Now 38 years old, Cassie said she was barely 22 years old when Combs asked her for the first time to make a “panic”. The meetings last 36 or 48 hours, and she said that the longest lasted four days. She said they came from the interests of Combs for Voyeurism.
Cassie said that the “Freak OFS” involved hiring a sex worker and “setting up this experience so that I could play for Sean” while Combs looked. This took place in private, often in dark hotel rooms, unlike the very public white evenings of Combres in the Hamptons who attracted celebrities and gossip columnists.
She said that her first “panic” occurred in the house of Los Angeles de Combs with a male stripper in Las Vegas and that she felt dirty and confused thereafter, but a relief that Combs was happy.
Cassie said she felt forced to follow the future “Flipages”.
“I just didn’t want to upset him,” she said. “I just didn’t want to get him angry and regret that I told me about this experience that was so personal.”
She was also concerned about potential violence and the threat of sex videos displayed on the Internet if she refused, she said.
Cassie began to cry when she was asked if there was one aspect of the “frequencies” she loved. She said that “time spent with him” was what she loved.
“Freak offs” has become a “work”
Soon, she said, she made “Freak OFS” every week. They lasted a decade, the last taking place in 2017 or 2018, she said.
“‘Freak OFS’ has become a job where there was no space to do something other than recovering and trying to feel normal again,” she said. Each time, she said, she had to recover lack of sleep, alcohol, drugs “and other substances” and “have sex with a foreigner for days”.
Showing fixed images of security camera images now infampered of Combres leafing her in a hotel in Los Angeles, Cassie said that before the altercation: “We had a meeting called” freak off “and I left there.”
Cassie said the “Flices” involved a lot of baby oil. On an occasion, she said, a swimming pool of baby oil and lubricants was placed in a hotel room and he was told to enter. She also described that she was humiliated by some of the things that Combs has done it.
“It was such a mess,” she said. “It was like,” What are we doing? ” »»
The Associated Press generally does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual abuse unless they manifest themselves publicly, as Cassie has done.
Hotel video is a key evidence
On Monday, the jurors received the video security video, which CNN broadcast last year, leading Comb to apologize. The video shows combs with only a white towel, striking, kicking and dragging Cassie in a hotel corridor.
Israel Florez, a former hotel security officer, said on Monday that he had refused when Combs had offered him a pile of money and said “he said to no one”.
California prosecutors said they could not continue the assault because there were years before the video was made public and the limitation period had expired.
Combs has been among the most influential producers and hip-hop executives of the last three decades. The rapper, entrepreneur and founder of Bad Boy Records worked with a multitude of high -level artists, including Big, Mary J. Blige and Usher. He also created the Sean John fashion clothing line and produced the reality TV show “Making the Band” for MTV.
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The writer Associated Press Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report.
