Federal prosecutors continued calling the stands of the stand on Tuesday morning in Sean “Diddy” Criminal Judgment of combs. Her ex -girlfriend, R&B Cassie Ventura singer begged her testimony within the New York City Court when the trial entered her second day.
Ventura is a critical witness in prosecutions Case against combsWho has accused or sexual aggression, traffic and exploiting women for decades until their judgment In multiple positions last September. The music tycoon could experience a prison sentence for life if he is convicted of all of them.
Ventura’s testimony will probably last the rest of the week. Here are some key conclusions of this so far.
Violence occurred “frequently”
In her initial statements before the Court, Ventura, now pregnant with her third son and married to the personal coach Alex Fine, recalled the first interactions of her and combs and how she began to see a different side or he in time. She said that with combs when she was a newly signed singer at age 19, and her flourishing friendship became romantic two years later.
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He also described his alleged violence through his 10 -year relationship, counting cases in which he knocked her down, kicked her and dragged her, and trampled her head, causing black eyes and bruises in her body. When asked, Ventura said that the abuse he suffered occurred “often.”
Combs is seen attacking Ventura on video video CNN Given and published Last year, which shows it by throwing it to the floor, kicking and dragging it in the hall of a Los Angeles hotel.
“The control was everything”
Ventura characterized combs as abuusive physical and psychological during the first hours of their testimony.
“The control was everything, from the way I looked, to what was working that day, with whom I was talking,” he said. “The control was generally something to some extent.”
Combs allegedly introduced Ventura in “Freak offs”, drug fed events in which they are accused of forcing women to perform sexual acts with contracted sex workers, which were a focus of the accusation that describes their alleged crimes.
Ventura said that combs approached the idea of sexual encounters that involve the first year of their relationship, and he would hire a escort or dancer with whom he would see her participate as she directed them. The singer testified that she felt confused and nervous, “but I also loved him and wanted to make it happy.”
She testified that she worried about combs for how much control she had about her life and her career, and the possibility that she could blackmail her by releasing images of the “fans.” Prosecutors alleged in judicial documents that combs often registered these actions with or without the consent of the participants.
A change in the relationship
Ventura remembered that combs took her first with him. They fell in love, he said, as they spent time together in the studio or traveled elsewhere.
“I think I was in love with him. We were having a good time. It was very fun at this time,” he told the court. But as their appearance, transport, rent and general lifestyle were under the control of the combs, Ventura said that his musical career, and his record treatment, any type of rear seat for the assumptions “fans”, why did Lef feel humiliated?
She testified that despite recording hundreds of songs and nine albums while she was with combs, the work was never released because “Freak offs” became his work. They uploaded too much time and energy to leave space for other activities, said Ventura, adding that he would remain awake for several days at the same time to have fun, drink and have sex with strangers.
The “fans” could last from 36 to 72 hours at the same time, he said, and the longest continues for four days. She recalled that they happened almost weekly for years.
Ventura felt “disgusted” and “humiliated” by “Freak offs”
Ventura began to cry his testimony when asked if he wanted to participate in each “Freak Off”. She said she did not and felt “disgusted” and “humiliated” by them, but also because it disappoints the combs.
Ventura told the Court that ComBs dismissed her when she expressed how she felt for them, calling her predictable for not wanting to participate.
Testifying extensively about the “Freak offs,” Ventura said that combs provided ecstasy and cocaine, which are aspired to keep them awake.
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