Cassie has detailed what happened inside Diddy’s so-called ‘freak off’ parties and the alleged nickname she was made to call him.
Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, was arrested in New York last September and has been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion – all of which he has repeatedly denied.
The 55-year-old has been detained inside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Centre ever since, in anticipation of the high-profile trial that kicked off on Monday (May 12).
Cassandra Ventura, known more commonly as Cassie, dated the rapper for over a decade, on-and-off between 2007 and 2018, and took to the stand on Tuesday (May 13), telling the court her version of events.
The now 38-year-old musician was just 19 when she met then 37-year-old Combs, and went on to testify that she suffered alleged physical abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend.
Cassie and Diddy dated on-and-off for around a decade (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
On the stand, Ventura claimed she and Combs got in arguments that would ‘result in violence’, adding that he would ‘stomp [her] in the head if I was down’.
When asked how often Combs allegedly abused her, she responded: “Too frequently.”
In another part of her testimony, Ventura claimed she was made to call Combs ‘Pop Pop,’ the nickname she had used for her grandfather, which she said she thought was ‘weird’.
“I did it but now I think it was disrespectful,” Ventura added.
The age gap between the couple was 17 years, with Ventura saying that she was ‘in love with him’ and it was her ‘first real adult relationship’.
As for the alleged ‘freak-offs,’ the musician claimed they were ‘sexual encounter[s] called voyeurism’ where Combs would watch her have sex with another man.
Cassie has spoken out about her experience while on the stand (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
“I remember my stomach falling to my butt,” she explained to the court. “Just the nervousness and confusion… I had just turned 22.”
She told how she didn’t want to be involved, but ultimately did so because she ‘loved’ Combs and ‘wanted to make him happy’, adding: “The freak offs became a job. There was no time to do anything else but do them then try to recover. The longest was four days, significant periods of time.”
In one horrifying ordeal, she alleged Combs had directed an escort to ‘urinate in her mouth’ which made her feel like she was ‘choking’.
She also told the court that Combs would take away her things to ‘punish’ her, like her car, home, jewellery, laptop and phone.
The star said she had just turned 22 when she was allegedly introduced to the so-called ‘freak-offs’ (Julia Beverly/Getty Images)
Jurors also watched a CCTV video that had been made public and went viral last year which appeared to show Combs attacking her while inside a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
In 2024, Combs addressed the video, saying that his behavior in the video was ‘inexcusable’ and he was ‘f**ked up’.
The Honey 3 actress’ testimony comes after she filed a civil suit against Combs in 2023 where she accused him of rape and physical abuse, though the matter was settled out of court shortly after.
The trial continues.
