
All eyes on Cassie as the prosecution’s star witness testifies in Diddy’s trial
Cassie is the prosecution’s key witness and has testified graphic details of alleged sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Combs
Combs faces charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution
The 55-year-old denies all charges. If found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in prison
For the past half hour, defence attorney Anna Estevao has been taking Ventura back through the early stages of her relationship with Combs.
She has been trying to undercut the narrative from Ventura’s testimony yesterday, that she was naïve and young when she started to date Combs at age 21, him 17 years her senior.
Estevao notes that at that time Ventura was a successful musician with her own Manhattan apartment.
She noted that Ventura was already dating a music producer at the time, Ryan Leslie.
“It wasn’t the first time you’d been dating an older man, right?” Estevao asks her.
The lawyer also notes Ventura had a tattoo of Leslie’s initials.
The defence is now starting to get into the so-called “freak-offs” more directly – where Ventura says Combs directed her and male escorts to perform sex acts.