Casandra “Cassie” Ventura took the stand at her ex Sean “Diddy” Combs’ 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking trial starting on May 13

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura began testifying against her ex Sean “Diddy” Combs in his 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking trial on May 13 in New York City.

On the first day of her testimony, Ventura got emotional while going into detail over her decade-long relationship with Combs and the abuse she allegedly suffered. Ventura, who is considered the prosecution’s star witness, also spoke about the alleged “freak offs” Combs hosted, which were 𝓈ℯ𝓍 parties where he allegedly forced her and others to have 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual encounters with male 𝓈ℯ𝓍 workers while he watched.

Ventura, who is married to personal trainer Alex Fine and eight months pregnant with her third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, also shed insight into her personal relationship with Combs and recalled some of the moments Combs allegedly took advantage of their 17-year age gap. Ventura continued testifying against her ex on May 14.

The hip hop mogul was arrested and indicted on charges of 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution in September 2024. He pleaded not guilty and has vehemently denied all the charges.

Here’s everything to know about what Cassie Ventura has said about her ex Sean “Diddy” Combs in his 𝓈ℯ𝓍 trafficking trial.Ventura went into detail over Diddy’s alleged “Freak Offs”Cassie and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attend Roc Nation THE BRUNCH on January 27, 2018 in New York City.

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During her first day of testimony on May 13, Ventura spoke at length about Combs’ alleged “Freak Offs” — 𝓈ℯ𝓍 parties Combs allegedly orchestrated involving women having 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual encounters with male escorts.

“The [Freak Offs] performance involved watching Sean watch me with another person and direct us on what we were doing 𝓈ℯ𝓍ually,” she said in court.

Ventura recalled feeling “confused and nervous” when Combs asked her to participate in a “Freak Off” for the first time after she had recently turned 22.

“I knew it was something he wanted to do. I just remember my stomach falling to my butt. I had just turned 22 — didn’t have a concept the Freak Offs would be a turn-on,” she remembered thinking. “I was confused, nervous, but I loved him so much.”

At the time, Ventura felt like she didn’t have an option on whether or not she could participate, because she “didn’t know what ‘no’ could be, or what ‘no’ could turn into,” she said in court.

Ventura further claimed that the “Freak Offs” could last days at a time, and told the courtroom, “The longest was four days or even more with breaks. Then I was recovering from the drugs, dehydration — just trying to stay awake all the time. The Freak Offs became a job.”

In addition to “performing” in the alleged “Freak Offs,” Ventura also said that she was taking drugs to disassociate from the 𝓈ℯ𝓍ual activities that Combs allegedly coerced her to do.

“During Freak Offs, I would take [pills] all the time. If we ran out, we would call friends, drug dealers,” Ventura said, while later adding, “For me it was dissociative and numbing. I can’t imagine doing any of it without a buffer — it was emotionless. I didn’t want to have 𝓈ℯ𝓍 with a stranger.”

Ventura claimed that she got sick from the drugs during some of the “Freak Offs,” but Combs allegedly continued to force her to perform even after she threw up from the drugs. The drugs varied, but Ventura listed cocaine, ketamine, GHB, MDMA, ecstasy and mushrooms as substances she took during the “Freak Offs.”

After the “Freak Offs” had ended, Ventura claimed she was often in charge of cleaning up the hotel rooms, which were usually filled with blood and urine.

Ventura alleged that Diddy would urinate in her mouth during “Freak Offs”

In addition to discussing what allegedly took place during Combs’ “Freak Offs,” Ventura also shared some of the things she had to personally endure.

Ventura testified that Combs or one of the male escorts he hired for the “Freak Offs” — or sometimes both parties at the same time — “would urinate on me.”

When Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson asked if Cassie wanted Combs or the escort to urinate on her, she replied, “No. But there was no conversation. It was a turn-on for (Combs), so it happened.”

Ventura claimed that she found herself “choking” at certain points because there was “too much urine in my mouth.”

“I don’t want anyone to urinate on me,” she said. “Sean would urinate in my mouth — not super often but often enough.”

Even though she didn’t want to participate in the act, Ventura was “high and in the moment.” She added, “There is not a whole lot of control you have with two men standing over you peeing. I thought it was obvious I didn’t want to do it.”

In addition to having to ingest urine, Ventura also alleged that Combs forced her to have 𝓈ℯ𝓍 with male escorts while she was on her period.

“I was expected to have freak offs on my period,” she said. “Sean would expect it. I don’t think anyone wants to do that.”She claimed Diddy “controlled a lot of my life”Cassie Ventura and Sean Diddy Combs at the 2018 Costume Institute Benefit Gala on May 7, 2018 in New York City.

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Ventura and Combs were in an on-again, off-again relationship until 2018, and Ventura recalled feeling “controlled” for most of their relationship.

“He controlled a lot of my life,” she testified, while adding that she was “naive” and a “total people-pleaser” when they began dating.

As the relationship developed, Ventura claimed that he would control her appearance and connection to the outside world. When he was displeased with something Ventura did, she claimed that he would “punish” her by taking away her phone, computer or other electronics for “however long I was being punished for.”

“Sean is a really polarizing person; he was charming,” Ventura said on the stand. “It’s hard to really be able to determine what you need when he’s telling you what he wants. I just didn’t know. I didn’t know what would happen.”