Cassie Ventura testimony is key to case against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Cassie Ventura Fine has crucial testimony in sex-crimes trial against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
Kid Cudi’s relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former girlfriend Cassie took center stage during Combs’ ongoing criminal trial.
Casandra “Cassie” Ventura Fine, who serves as one of the government’s key witnesses in Combs’ federal sex-crimes case, testified in Manhattan court on May 14 that her romance with Cudi (real name: Scott Mescudi) angered Combs and sparked a violent outburst.
Cudi was first mentioned in Ventura Fine’s bombshell 2023 civil lawsuit against Combs, with Cassie citing an alleged incident in which Combs threatened to “blow up” the rapper’s vehicle, seemingly in retaliation for his relationship with Ventura Fine.
Ventura Fine, who’d been dating the hip-mogul since she was 19, said in court that she began seeing Cudi in 2011 after their professional relationship turned romantic. She did not disclose the relationship to Combs at the time.
During a “freak off” — a type of party featuring sexual performances that Combs has been accused of orchestrating — Combs discovered Ventura Fine’s relationship with Cudi after going through her phone and seeing emails between Cassie and Combs’ assistant, Capricorn Clark, that detailed plans to bring Ventura Fine’s toiletry bag to Cudi’s house the following day.
Per Ventura Fine’s account, Combs became angry and lunged at Cassie with a wine bottle opener between his fingers, but she said she managed to escape and went to another hotel, where she contacted Cudi using a burner phone.
During a conversation with Combs following the alleged incident, Ventura Fine testified she wanted to “resolve” the conflict, but the rapper was “irate, so angry.” She added that Combs threatened that he was “going to hurt Scott and I,” including releasing explicit “freak off” videos that featured her.
While exiting Combs’ home, Ventura Fine said Combs kicked her in the back, causing her to fall to the floor. She claimed she sustained a “large bruise” as a result of Combs’ violence. Additionally, when she returned to her hotel room, Cassie said she found urine on the floor, knocked over furniture and a toilet full of excrement.
The court was shown large photos of the bruises Ventura Fine had on her lower back and thigh, taken not long after the alleged incident.
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Contributing: Patrick Ryan, KiMi Robinson and Jay Stahl, USA TODAY
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