As we approach Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs May trial, it arises that his former girlfriend and accuser Cassie Ventura will testify against him under her own name, instead of taking the stand as ‘Victim 1’.
She is expected to tell the court of her fraught with conflict relationship with the rap mogul charged with federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
Ventura and three other alleged victims are set to testify in court against ‘Diddy’, who is facing five counts on three charges of racketeering, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution.
‘Diddy’ has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing.
Hollywood Reporter reported:
“’[Ventura] is prepared to testify under her own name. Victim-2, Victim-3, and Victim-4 have asked that their identities not be revealed to the press or the public’, wrote the prosecution, along with a request that pseudonyms be used in court for all the other accusers.
‘This case has already received an exceptional amount of media coverage, which will presumably only increase as trial proceeds’, they added. ‘Permitting these measures will prevent unnecessary public disclosure of the victims’ identities, and the harassment from the media and others, undue embarrassment, and other adverse consequences that would almost certainly follow if these women were forced to reveal their true names publicly at trial’.”
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN
The guy deserves huge punishment for being a repeated offender
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— Timorous Enigma (@enigma_timorous) September 27, 2024
Ventura filed a civil lawsuit against Combs in 2023, and it was settled out of court the day after.
Her case unleashed a flood of civil lawsuits against ‘Diddy’, accusing him of sexual misconduct and crimes that include rape of women and men.
Diddy’s properties were raided by the FBI, and ended up arrested on September 16.
“In May, Ventura was back in the headlines when CNN leaked footage from a security camera at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles showing her fleeing a room, only to be attacked by Combs as she waited for an elevator to arrive. In the footage, Combs, wearing a robe, is seen kicking Ventura, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her to the ground before grabbing her suitcase and handbag. Combs apologized for his role in the incident following its release, but his attorneys accused CNN of altering the footage in a March 13 filing, telling a judge the network removed the time stamp, changed the video sequence and sped up the footage; this does not ‘fairly and accurately depict the events’, his team argued.”
Last week, federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment against ‘Diddy’.
In arranging his ‘Freak-off’ parties, prosecutors allege that Diddy transported sex workers across state lines and even internationally.
“The new count alleges Combs’ ‘recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, advertised, maintained, patronized and solicited [Victim-2], and attempted, aided and abetted, and willfully caused [Victim-2], to engage in commercial sex acts, knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that Victim-2 was engaging in commercial sex acts as a result of force, fraud, and coercion’.”
His legal team insist that all relationships were consensual.
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