Donald Trump was requested by a reporter whether or not he would pardon Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs if he was convicted at his intercourse trafficking trial, and his response was a shocking one.
Diddy, 55, is going through 5 legal prices which embody racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution.
The music mogul has pleaded not responsible to the entire prices.
Combs’ trial, which is in its third week in New York, has seen testimonies from the likes of Cassie, his ex girlfriend who has alleged to have been the sufferer of years of abuse, her ex-boyfriend Child Cudi, who testified that Diddy had one thing to do along with his firebombed Porsche in 2012, and a male escort referred to as ‘The Punisher’ who has spoke about his alleged freak-off experiences.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is going through 5 legal prices, all of which he has pleaded not responsible to (Thaddaeus McAdams/WireImage)
Earlier this week, the decide rejected a defence request for a mistrial after Diddy’s attorneys mentioned prosecutors tried to indicate to a jury that he interfered with Child Cudi’s investigation into his blown up Porsche.
Now, President Trump – who has been pictured with Diddy on a variety of events all through the years – was requested by a journalist if he would take into account pardoning the Unhealthy Boy founder.
The reporter prefaced the query by mentioning that Trump, 78, beforehand thought of Combs a good friend again in 2012.
He mentioned in a latest information convention: “No one’s requested, however I do know persons are enthusiastic about it. I feel some folks have been very near asking.
US President Donald Trump was requested if he would pardon Diddy (Scott Olson/Getty Photographs)
“To start with, I’d take a look at what’s occurring, and I haven’t been watching it too intently…I haven’t seen him. I haven’t spoken to him in years.”
Trump added: “He used to actually like me rather a lot, however I feel after I ran for politics, form of, that relationship busted up from what I learn.
“You change into a a lot completely different individual while you run for politics and also you do what’s proper Our nation’s doing rather well due to what we’re doing.
“If I feel anyone was mistreated, whether or not they like me or don’t like me, it wouldn’t have any impression on me.”
Trump, First Woman Melania and Diddy pictured in 2005 (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
It comes after actuality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who had been convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022, obtained pardons on Wednesday.
Rapper NBA Youngboy, who was sentenced for gun-related prices, was additionally pardoned by the president.
“I wish to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the chance to maintain constructing — as a person, as a father, and as an artist,” the rapper, whose actual identify is Kentrell Gaulden, mentioned in an announcement.
50 Cent has been offering one thing of a working commentary of Diddy’s trial on social media, albeit with a considerable amount of satire.
So think about the rapper’s shock when he seen his personal title crop up throughout court docket proceedings on Tuesday (27 Could), as Capricorn Clark took the stand.
Diddy’s former assistant testified about incidents of violence she claims to have witnessed whereas she was employed by the music mogul on-and-off for greater than a decade.
She claimed that she was kidnapped at gunpoint by Diddy earlier than he broke into Child Cudi’s house, noticed repeated assaults on Cassie, spent five-days taking a lie detector take a look at and that her life was repeatedly threatened.
Clark, who was beforehand international model director for Unhealthy Boy Leisure, additionally recalled an event the place Diddy – actual title Sean Combs – had allegedly sparked a dialogue about weapons.
She testified that she heard the father-of-seven talk about having a firearm after attending an MTV occasion which 50 Cent had additionally been concerned in, CNN reports.
The court docket heard Clark was in a carry alongside Diddy and his former supervisor when Diddy defined he had ‘an issue’ together with his fellow rap artist.
Whereas speaking about methods to deal with the problem, Clark alleges that Diddy mentioned: “I don’t do this; I like weapons,” with a ‘very critical’ manner.
As talked about, 50 Cent has been protecting his finger on the heart beat in relation to the high-profile trial, so it did not take lengthy for him to find he had been name-dropped.
The ‘I Get Cash’ musician, 49, appeared to see the humorous facet of the court docket testimony, as he took to Instagram to share his response.
He shared what seems to be an AI-generated picture of himself sporting a go well with stood in entrance of a digicam crew alongside the caption: “Reduce, CUT. Wait a minute PUFFY’s acquired a gun, I can’t consider this I don’t really feel secure LOL.”
50 Cent then adopted up with one other comparable snap of himself wanting scared, subsequent to the phrases: “Oh my goodness itty bitty Diddy desires me Useless, I’ve to put low. I believe I’m gonna cover out on the playoff recreation tonight. LOL.”
He was famously shot 9 instances and survived, so it appears Diddy’s alleged weapons do not spook him.
Diddy blew up Child Cudi’s Porsche and broke into his dwelling after discovering his relationship with Cassie Ventura, a courtroom has heard.
The disgraced rapper, actual title Sean Combs, is presently on trial for intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, all of which he denies.
He has pleaded not responsible to the entire costs, for which he might spend the remainder of his life in jail if convicted.
As we speak (22 Might), Scott Mescudi – higher recognized by his stage title, Child Cudi – has taken to the stand to testify about how turned embroiled in Diddy’s relationship with Cassie.
The 41-year-old musician, from Ohio, briefly dated the ‘Me & U’ singer in 2011, whereas she was additionally nonetheless concerned with Diddy.
Mescudi informed the courtroom that he struck up a friendship with Cassie after they met in 2008, earlier than they started relationship for a brief interval three years later – whereas he was beneath the phantasm that ‘she and Sean Combs had some issues they usually weren’t relationship anymore’.
Mescudi stated he obtained a name from the Honey 3 actress, 38, in December 2011 at round 6am within the morning, informing him that Diddy had turn into conscious they had been an merchandise.
Child Cudi, actual title Scott Mescudi, seen arriving at courtroom at present (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Whereas taking to the stand herself final week, Cassie claimed that Diddy had scoured by means of her emails throughout a ‘freak off’ and located that she had been speaking with Mescudi.
She alleged that in wake of this, the Unhealthy Boy mogul had threatened to launch footage of her sexual encounters with escorts and warned that ‘he was going to harm’ her and Mescudi.
Cassie additionally testified that Diddy informed her Mescudi’s automotive could be blown up – which did actually occur.
Discussing his model of occasions, Mescudi defined that Cassie had requested to be ‘picked up’ when she referred to as him, as per CNN, telling the courtroom: “She sounded actually burdened on the telephone, nervous, scared, so I went to go decide her up.”
The pair then went to a close-by resort, earlier than contacting one among Diddy’s workers, Capricorn Clark, who Mescudi stated was ‘very scared’ and ‘gave the impression of she was on the verge of tears’.
Clark then informed them that Diddy was inside Mescudi’s dwelling with an affiliate, in response to the rapper’s testimony, and that she had been ‘compelled to go together with them’ and wait outdoors in a automotive.
Child Cudi then rang Diddy to seek out out whether or not this was actually the case, who informed the ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ rapper that he ‘simply wished to speak’ and was ‘over right here ready for you’, the courtroom heard.
Cassie pictured with Diddy in late 2012 (Jeff Vespa/Getty Photographs For GQ)
Child Cudi defined that his property appeared to look regular when he obtained again, however later realised his safety cameras had been moved – which he says he didn’t do.
Mescudi recalled how a lot of items he had bought for his family members had been opened and littered throughout the kitchen counter, whereas his canine had been locked in a rest room – one thing which he additionally says he didn’t do.
The rapper insisted he would let his pet, who he’d had for 3 years on the time, ‘roam’ round his property when he wasn’t in – whereas saying the canine was ‘jittery’ and ‘on edge the entire time’ ever since this incident.
Mescudi informed how he contacted Diddy to ‘confront him’, admitting he even ‘wished to struggle him’, however in the end determined to name the police as he ‘did not know what [Diddy’s] intentions’ had been.
Following what appeared to have been a break-in at his residence, the rapper filed a police report in regards to the incident the next day.
Mescudi then went to Connecticut with Cassie to spend the Christmas interval along with her household, telling the courtroom that Diddy tried to contact him through textual content message a number of occasions whereas he was there.
“I suppose he was at midnight about issues and wished to speak, however at that time, post-break-in, I didn’t need to discuss,” Child Cudi stated at present. “You broke into my home, you messed with my canine, I don’t need to discuss to you.”
In January 2012, a month later, Mescudi claimed he then obtained a name from the one who was taking care of his canine to alert him to the truth that his automotive was on hearth.
Child Cudi testified that he believed Diddy and Cassie had been over when he started relationship the singer in 2011 (Mike Coppola/Getty Photographs for Folks.com)
The musician, who was about 45 minutes away from his dwelling, was then despatched images of the broken Porsche in his driveway earlier than he arrived again.
After photographs of the burnt out motor in courtroom, he stated it depicted ‘the injury of the Molotov cocktail in my Porsche’, including: “It seems like the highest of my Porsche was lower open, and that’s the place the Molotov cocktail was put in.”
When requested what his response was to this incident, Child Cudi stated: “What the f**okay.”
Just a few days later, he obtained in contact with Diddy and ‘lastly informed him that we would have liked to satisfy up, to speak’, as he thought issues had been ‘getting out of hand’ following the automotive hearth.
Discussing the assembly, Mescudi stated: “Sean Combs was standing there, staring out the window along with his fingers behind his again, like a Marvel supervillain.
“We mentioned just about the entire story about how me and Cassie first began thus far to what it was to the way it ended.”
He claimed that Diddy stated he ‘did not know what he was speaking about’ when he quizzed him in regards to the automotive hearth, and that the music mogul gave him ‘his phrase’ that he did not have any involvement in it.
He additionally testified that following all of this, he and Cassie ‘simply stopped speaking’ regardless of being in touch every day for round 12 months, whereas including: “I used to be upset to seek out that she had form of went again to him.”
In 2015, Mescudi ran into Diddy at an unique members membership and stated that Diddy informed him: “Man I simply need to apologize for the whole lot and all that bullsh*t.”
“That was the very last thing I used to be anticipating to get from him,” Mescudi stated, including that he ‘discovered peace’ with the scenario following this encounter.
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A psychologist took the stand throughout Diddy’s trial this week to elucidate why it typically takes victims a number of makes an attempt to sever ties with their abuser.
Dr Daybreak Hughes, a board-certified medical and forensic psychologist, is the primary knowledgeable witness to be known as to testify by prosecutors within the high-profile court docket case.
Diddy, 55, is presently going through expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, all of which he denies. The rapper has pleaded not responsible.
Yesterday (21 Might), Dr Hughes provided up her data on the advanced nature of abusive relationships, which is available in wake of Cassie Ventura’s emotional testimony final week.
The heavily-pregnant singer, 38, shared vivid particulars of the ‘freak offs’ she was allegedly compelled to take part in by Diddy, actual identify Sean Combs, as she claimed she solely did so to please her former associate.
Cassie stated she agreed to the numerous sexual encounters with escorts – regardless of feeling ‘disgusting’ and ‘humiliated’ by them – all through her 11-year on-off relationship with the music mogul, as she feared the rapper’s response if she refused.
She additionally claimed that Diddy ‘blackmailed’ her and threatened to launch footage of the freak offs, whereas her mom Regina Ventura testified that Diddy demanded $20,000 in return for not publicising the movies.
Cassie Ventura was in a relationship with Diddy from from 2007 till 2018 (Thaddaeus McAdams/Getty Photos)
Cassie instructed the court docket she ‘did not have the sources to get out’ of the connection, as Diddy managed just about each facet of her life, together with her profession, funds and housing.
“I understood Sean’s capabilities, his entry to weapons, and the threats that he made previous to that,” Cassie stated beforehand.
The ‘Me & U’ hitmaker additionally mentioned alleged violent assaults she endured and the way she struggled to interrupt free from the connection.
Different witnesses known as to the stand, corresponding to singer Daybreak Richard, have additionally testified in regards to the abuse they declare to have witnessed Cassie endure by the hands of Diddy.
Dr Hughes has since been known as in as a ‘blind knowledgeable’ – that means she is unaware of the main points and will not check with the specifics of the case – to teach the jury about why folks keep in abusive relationships for such lengthy durations of time.
“It’s common to remain in an abusive relationship,” she instructed the court docket, as per Sky Information. “They keep as a result of they [abusers] are utilizing a variety of behaviours that make folks really feel entrapped – psychological, emotional, financial abuse – all to maintain victims in [a] relationship to make them really feel like they cannot depart.”
The psychologist defined that victims typically type an ‘intense psychological bond’, or ‘trauma bond’, with their abuser – whereas the sufferer’s mind ‘reorganises’ to give attention to surviving the connection, moderately than escaping it, the BBC reported.
Dr Hughes detailed the psychological influence which abuse has on victims (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photos)
Discussing bodily abuse, Dr Hughes stated: “It would not should occur on a regular basis. As soon as they present the flexibility to do it, the threats, the controlling and the put-downs, that solidifies the specter of utilizing extra bodily violence.
“It makes them really feel afraid of the threats and so they cannot get out due to that worry, this proverbial feeling of strolling on egg shells and never figuring out what’s coming subsequent.”
Dr Hughes then defined that victims are likely to ‘minimise’ the hurt they’re struggling, as there may be additionally ‘love and kindness along with the abuse’.
“The sufferer needs that, they need that again,” Dr Hughes stated. “So when that’s proven to the sufferer, that’s very reinforcing.”
The psychologist identified that break ups are tough ‘beneath the very best of circumstances’, however they’re even more durable when an individual resides in worry of one other assault.
“When you’ve gotten all this violence and abuse, you are simply making an attempt to dwell daily on this very micro method,” the knowledgeable continued. “No sufferer needs to be abused. They keep within the relationship as a result of it isn’t nearly hitting. It is about a variety of abusive behaviours that make a sufferer really feel trapped.”
By way of sexual abuse – which the psychologist dubbed ‘one of many highest forms of traumatic stress’ – Dr Hughes stated that this additional isolates victims and stops them from searching for assist, as they’re typically coping with a variety of disgrace.
Diddy has denied all expenses and maintains his innocence (Paras Griffin/Getty Photos)
“You’re strolling round injured and harmed, they expertise an incredible quantity of disgrace, humiliation, they do not need to make it public, it prevents them from getting assist to get out of the connection,” she stated.
That is much like how emotional abuse can influence victims, in accordance with Dr Hughes, who defined this facet of ill-treatment removes a sufferer’s ‘motivation to do something that may be useful’, saying: “If you cannot discuss what’s occurring within the relationship, you possibly can’t get assist.”
The psychologist additionally testified that leaving these type of relationships is especially laborious when there may be standing, energy or wealth at play too.
“When you’re going in opposition to somebody who has wealth, entry and privilege…,” she instructed the court docket, saying {that a} sufferer might imagine: “Who’s going to guard me?”
Cassie beforehand instructed the court docket she took substances throughout freak offs to ‘disassociate’, and Hughes stated this behaviour is usually appear in victims who need to ‘numb ache’, whereas ‘eliminating’ the recollections, in addition to worry and nervousness.
The trial, which is anticipated to span for roundeight weeks, continues.
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An unique dancer often called ‘The Punisher’ has testified that Diddy wore a non secular face masking throughout his notorious ‘freak-offs’.
Sean Combs’ racketeering and sex-trafficking trial reached day seven in New York on Tuesday (20 Might), and Sharay Hayes is without doubt one of the 10 witnesses who has taken to the stand to this point.
Prosecutors allege that the rapper ‘directed’ ‘freak off’ intercourse occasions that have been ‘coercive, manipulative occasions designed to interrupt down victims and maintain them dependent’.
His ex-girlfriend Cassie, legally often called Casandra Ventura, testified to the court docket that she was typically bodily abused throughout the freak offs, which may last as long as 4 days.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has pleaded not responsible the costs (Noam Galai/Getty Photos for MTV)
The court docket yesterday heard from Hayes, who testified that he initially wasn’t conscious he was assembly Diddy as a result of he wore a face masking throughout freak-offs.
Hayes, who obtained his nickname from taking part in basketball in his teenagers, has been within the escort trade since 1995.
He testified that the primary time he met Diddy, with out figuring out it was really him, was when he was employed in 2012 by somebody who known as themselves ‘Janet’.
The writer of In Search of Freezer Meat claimed he was greeted on the door by Cassie at Trump Tower in Midtown, who ‘handed me’ $800.
“I used to be particularly informed to not acknowledge her husband, not to take a look at him, no communication between me and him,” he claimed.
Sharay Hays, often called ‘The Punisher,’ testified he was employed by Diddy as much as eight instances (Instagram/@getpunished)
The dancer testified that he and Cassie began placing oil on themselves when a unadorned man sporting a head masking walked in.
“I couldn’t see his face,” Hayes mentioned. “He had what the Muslim ladies put on, the place their face is totally coated and you might solely see his eyes.”
Hayes added that the masked man was carrying a bottle of lubricant and masturbated within the dimly lit room.
When Cassie left the room, she allegedly gave Hayes one other $1,200.
The dancer informed the court docket that he was employed by them one other eight to 12 instances.
“My understanding was we have been making a scene, an attractive scene, that was pleasant to her associate,” he mentioned.
Diddy pictured together with his ex-girlfriend Cassie, who testified in opposition to him in court docket final week (Jeff Vespa/Getty Photos For GQ)
Hayes says he solely found who the masked man was when he went to fulfill the couple on the Essex Home Resort in New York with a welcoming signal which learn ‘Mr. Sean Combs’, including that his final encounter with Diddy and Cassie was in 2015.
Combs has pleaded not responsible to at least one rely of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of intercourse trafficking by power, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution.
If discovered responsible on all prices, the 55-year-old faces life in jail.
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Daybreak Richard has spoken out on the alleged horrific issues she noticed Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs do in direction of Cassie.
The singer took to the stand throughout his trial as he faces prices of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. Diddy denies all prices.
Richard was signed on the rapper’s Unhealthy Boy Data label together with her lady group, Danity Kane, from 2009 till 2011, throughout which she is alleged to have witnessed Cassie be assaulted by him.
Full title Casandra Ventura, she was in a long run relationship with Combs from 2007 to 2018 and through her testimony final week she uncovered extra in regards to the drug-fuelled ‘freak offs’ he allegedly orchestrated.
In her testimony, Richard claimed that she noticed the Hip-Hop mogul hit the singer over the top with an egg skillet in 2009, knocking her to the bottom.
Diddy and Cassie separated in 2018. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Pictures)
Having been ‘shocked’ and ‘scared’ by what she witnessed, she added that the next day, Combs informed her: “You might go lacking.”
Prosecutor Christy Slavik requested Richard in court docket: “When Mr. Combs informed you folks may go lacking, how did you interpret it?”
“That individuals may die. I could not imagine that this could possibly be the start of a journey for us,” the previous lady group member responded.
After witnessing this skillet incident, Richard claimed she ‘incessantly’ noticed him being violent towards Cassie.
“He would punch her, choke her, drag her, slap her within the mouth,” she mentioned. “I noticed him kick her, punch her within the abdomen.”
Richard performing with Diddy. (George Napolitano/FilmMagic)
The singer additionally claimed that members of Comb’s employees would see these alleged assaults which left accidents on Cassie’s ‘face, eyes, legs, arms, and knees’.
“They would not react, they would not do something,” she added.
On one other event, Richard alleges she noticed Combs punch Cassie within the abdomen whereas they had been at a restaurant. After they left, she mentioned they had been arguing within the automotive with Combs’ companion ’embarrassed’ by what occurred.
Richard testifies that when Cassie informed him he should not have performed that in public, ‘He grabbed her by the neck and popped her, slapped her within the mouth’ informed her to close up.
The singer added that after Cassie was allegedly left with a black eye from a punch, she and one in all her bandmates wore sun shades together with her in public ‘to have solidarity, to be a pal, to be a assist system for somebody who wanted it’.
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Cassie Ventura has spoken out after finishing her testimony and spending time being questioned by each the prosecution and defence on the witness stand at Diddy’s trial.
She has spoken about many issues, together with the ‘freak offs’ that her former associate Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs held and the abuse she alleges Combs focused her with.
The courtroom has been proven textual content messages between the pair and heard Ventura communicate on a number of incidents, whereas the defence had their likelihood to talk to her as effectively.
Diddy’s trial is anticipated to proceed for a number of extra weeks and there can be many different witnesses referred to as earlier than the jury deliberates and a verdict is handed.
If discovered responsible Combs may find yourself spending the remainder of his life in jail.
Cassie Ventura was relationship Diddy between 2007 and 2018, and has given testimony (Laura Thompson / New York Day by day Information by way of Getty Pictures)
After the tip of her testimony, Cassie Ventura launched an emotional assertion reflecting on her time within the courtroom and the incidents she was referred to as upon to talk about.
She stated: “This week has been extraordinarily difficult, but additionally remarkably empowering and therapeutic for me.
“I hope that my testimony has given power and a voice to different survivors, and can assist others who’ve suffered to talk up and likewise heal from abuse and concern.
“For me, the extra I heal, the extra I can keep in mind. And the extra I can keep in mind, the extra I’ll always remember.”
Additionally current within the courtroom was Alex Fantastic, Ventura’s husband, who launched an announcement of his personal displaying assist for his spouse and paying tribute to her ‘power and bravado’.
Ventura stated that regardless of the challenges, her time on the witness stand had been ‘remarkably empowering and therapeutic’ (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
“Over the previous 5 days, the world has gotten to witness the power and bravado of my spouse, releasing herself of her previous,” Fantastic stated in his assertion.
“There was hypothesis on-line surrounding the way it should really feel for me to take a seat there and take heed to my spouse’s testimony. I’ve felt so many issues sitting there. I’ve felt large delight and overwhelming love for Cass.
“I’ve felt profound anger that she has been subjected to sitting in entrance of an individual who tried to interrupt her. So, to him and all of those that helped him alongside the best way, please know this: You didn’t.”
Ventura has needed to give detailed testimony about a number of that might be very tough to talk about, together with an incident in a lodge in 2016 the place video footage confirmed her being assaulted by Combs.
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Cassie Ventura’s husband has launched an emotional assertion amid the singer’s ongoing testimony within the trial in opposition to P Diddy.
Alex Advantageous, who married Cassie in 2019, launched an announcement to CNN, saying: “Over the previous 5 days, the world has gotten to witness the energy and bravado of my spouse, releasing herself of her previous.
“There was hypothesis on-line surrounding the way it should really feel for me to take a seat there and take heed to my spouse’s testimony. I’ve felt so many issues sitting there. I’ve felt great pleasure and overwhelming love for Cass.
“I’ve felt profound anger that she has been subjected to sitting in entrance of an individual who tried to interrupt her. So, to him and all of those that helped him alongside the way in which, please know this: You didn’t.
“You didn’t break her spirit nor her smile that lights up each room. You didn’t break the souls of a mom who provides the perfect hugs and performs the silliest video games with our little ladies.
“You didn’t break the girl who has made me a greater man.”
He went on so as to add: “I didn’t save Cassie, as some have stated. To say that’s an insult to the years of painful work my spouse has performed to avoid wasting herself. Cassie saved Cassie. She alone broke free from abuse, coercion, violence and threats.
“She did the work of preventing the demons that solely a demon himself might have performed to her. All I’ve performed is love her as she has beloved me. Her life is now surrounded by love, laughter and our household.
“This horrific chapter is endlessly put behind us, and we won’t be making further statements.
“We admire the entire love and assist we’ve obtained, and we ask that you simply respect our privateness as we welcome our son right into a world that’s now safer due to his mother.”
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Because the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs continues in New York, the jury has heard a recording taken by Cassie Ventura of a dialog she had with a person who mentioned he had seen a sexually express video of her.
The trial started on 12 Might and sees Combs accused of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, which might land him with a possible life sentence ought to he be discovered responsible of all costs.
In the course of the trial, the courtroom has heard from Ventura – who is without doubt one of the key witnesses within the trial – concerning Combs’ alleged behaviour in the direction of his former accomplice in addition to the notorious ‘freak off’ events.
Combs is at present on trial in New York (Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Photographs for Sean “Diddy” Combs)
Because the trial in New York continued on Friday (16 Might), the jury heard a recording – taken by Ventura – of a dialog she had with a person in Atlantic Metropolis again in 2014.
Ventura can allegedly be heard threatening the person, who mentioned he had seen a sexually express video of her.
“I’m going to kill you, after which he’s gonna kill you once more,” she allegedly says.
In keeping with CNN’s reside protection, it is not clear if there was a video, nonetheless, Ventura had testified that she believed a person had secretly videoed her and Combs at a ‘freak off’ get together.
Combs had allegedly instructed her he would ‘deal with it.’
Ventura has been a key witness within the trial (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
Earlier within the trial, jurors had been horrified after they heard Ventura’s description of the ‘freak off’ events.
The New York jury was proven sexually express photographs taken from Diddy’s so-called ‘freak-offs’, which allegedly consisted of forcing his drug-fuelled ex-girlfriend to have intercourse with male prostitutes as he voyeuristically masturbated.
Three reactions particularly had been famous by CNN.
Its reside federal courtroom report revealed how one ‘feminine juror set free a deep breath and rested her hand on her chest as a picture was positioned on the monitor earlier than her.’
A male juror additionally ‘regarded on the display at one of many photographs and his eyes appeared to maneuver away shortly’, whereas a 3rd scribbled one thing down on his notepad.
Ventura claimed in federal courtroom that Diddy threatened to launch movies of her participating in these ‘freak-offs’.
A recording was performed that includes Ventura (Carley Margolis/FilmMagic)
“I feared for my profession,” she admitted. “I feared for my household. It’s simply embarrassing. It’s horrible and disgusting. Nobody ought to try this to anybody.
“He pulled up ‘freak off’ movies on his laptop computer that I believed had been deleted. He was exhibiting them with different individuals round. I mentioned, ‘You’re embarrassing me.’
“I used to be scared, I felt trapped, how do you get out of this case?”
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Jurors at Diddy’s prison trial had been left completely disturbed by Cassie Ventura’s description of the ‘freak off’ events this week.
Seven years since she plucked up the braveness to finish their by all accounts horrendous relationship, Cassie is at present testifying towards the rap mogul, who faces prices of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, transportation to have interaction in prostitution, rape, and home violence.
On Wednesday (Could 14), the New York jury was proven sexually specific pictures taken from Diddy’s so-called ‘freak-offs’, which allegedly consisted of forcing his drug-fuelled ex-girlfriend to have intercourse with male prostitutes as he voyeuristically masturbated.
Three reactions particularly had been famous by CNN.
Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura is at present testifying towards her allegedly monstrous ex (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
Its dwell federal courtroom report revealed how one ‘feminine juror set free a deep breath and rested her hand on her chest as a picture was positioned on the monitor earlier than her.’
A male juror additionally ‘appeared on the display screen at one of many pictures and his eyes appeared to maneuver away rapidly’, whereas a 3rd scribbled one thing down on his notepad.
Ventura claimed in federal courtroom that Diddy threatened to launch movies of her partaking in these ‘freak-offs’.
“I feared for my profession,” she admitted. “I feared for my household. It’s simply embarrassing. It’s horrible and disgusting. Nobody ought to do this to anybody.
“He pulled up ‘freak off’ movies on his laptop computer that I assumed had been deleted. He was exhibiting them with different individuals round. I stated, ‘You might be embarrassing me.’
“I used to be scared, I felt trapped, how do you get out of this example?”
Speaking to the New York Submit final yr, an nameless get together planner peeled again the curtain on Diddy’s twisted preparations.
“In all places you appeared, you’d see your self mirrored repeatedly. You’ll be able to think about what it could seem like when individuals are bare and having intercourse on the ground, on the couches, wherever,” she recalled.
“It was positively a vibe he needed to place on the market, that in every single place you appeared there could be intercourse taking place. It was wall-to-wall debauchery.”
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