Cassie Ventura details Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ four-day marathon ‘freak off’ sex session in emotional court appearance
The trial continues.
Cassie Ventura opened up about her relationship with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, and the ‘freak offs’ they would partake in as she took to the stand in his sex trafficking trial for the first time.
The disgraced rapper is currently on trial in New York, on five charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution – he has denied all allegations against him.
The hearings began on Monday, and have focused on the 55-year-old’s 11-year romance with the Me & U singer – who he dated on-and-off between 2007 and 2018.
Appearing at the courtroom in Manhattan earlier today, the 38-year-old became emotional as she discussed the time she spent with the music mogul.
Unpacking their 11-year, on-off relationship, she explained that things began when she was a young artist became romantic over a series of trips – but began to see cracks in their romance.
‘I began to just experience a different side of him,’ she told the court via BBC, sharing that he wanted to control much of her life – including her appearance and career.
Cassie was seen ahead of her testimony (Picture: Backgrid)She alleged that things soon became violent, and that Combs would ‘bash on my head, knock me over, drag me, kick me’, with the alleged assaults occurring ‘too frequently’.
According to the publication, Ventura – who is eight-and-a-half months pregnant with her third child – became emotional and wiped away tears as she reflected on the much-publicized freak offs.
In the federal indictment, which was unsealed after the businessman’s arrest, it was claimed that he coerced multiple alleged victims into sex acts, known as ‘freak offs’.
It was claimed that he organized the ‘freak offs’, and has been accused of ‘directing, masturbating during, and often electronically recording’ the ‘elaborate and produced sex performances’.
Combs made a heart gesture to his family in the court room (Picture: Reuters) He has denied all allegations against him (Picture: Getty)He is also said to have forced, or coerced, women to participate with male sex workers, who were reportedly flown in to take part.
On the stand, the BBC reports that Ventura described it as a ‘sexual encounter called voyeurism’ in which he would watch her having sex with another man.
When asked how she felt when Combs first proposed a ‘freak off’, she said via AP: ‘I just remember my stomach falling to my butt. Just the nervousness and confusion in that moment.’
The incidents reportedly entailed the Empire actress ‘setting up this experience so that I could perform for Sean’.
Cassie and Combs dating for around 11 years (Picture: FilmMagic)She claimed that she didn’t feel as though she could turn down the request, because she ‘didn’t know what “no” could be, or what “no” could turn into.’
‘The freak offs became a job,’ she told jurors, reportedly sharing that they could last up to 36 or 48 hours, with the longest one she was involved in taking four days.
Those participating in the marathon sex sessions would routinely require recovery from drug use, dehydration and fatigue, it was alleged.
Combs would allegedly blackmail Ventura with videos of the ‘freak offs’ to get her to do more, she claimed.
They eventually split in 2018 (Picture: Getty)In November 2023, Ventura filed a lawsuit against Combs, alleging that he had raped and physically abused her over the course of their relationship.
She claimed that she ‘endured over a decade of his violent behavior and disturbed demands’, and was raped ‘in her own home’ in 2018 after ‘she tried to leave him’.
She also accused him of controlling her career and personal life, including her medical records.
Combs vehemently denied the allegations, and they both settled the case the day after the documents were filed, with the terms being kept under wraps.
Cassie is pregnant with her third child (Picture: Getty)Last year, months after news of their settlement emerged, brutal surveillance footage was obtained and published by CNN, appearing to show him assaulting Ventura and dragging her across the floor of the InterContinental Hotel in LA.
The footage was played out during the first day of his trial, on Monday – he previously issued an apology shortly after the video was made public.
Combs is facing five charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution – he has denied all allegations against him, but could spend the rest of his life behind bars if convicted.
The trial continues.
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