Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers played a 2014 audio recording in court Friday morning in which Casandra “Cassie” Ventura threatened a man who had alluded to seeing a sexually explicit video of her. Ventura previously testified that Combs told her not to let the man out of her sight until she questioned him about the supposed video.
“I will kill you if you don’t show me right now,” Ventura is heard telling the man in the audio recording. The man had allegedly told Ventura he was in possession of the sexually explicit video, but he would not tell her about the contents of the video, nor show it to her.
“I will kill you and hide you,” Ventura said loudly, adding that she would put him “in the fucking dirt.”
At one point in the recording, Ventura referred to the man as her “brother,” indicating they had a close relationship, while telling him she is “tired of you talking shit right now.”
“I’m going to fucking kill you. You’re fucking with me,” Ventura said. “I’ve never killed anybody in my life, but I will kill you.” She added, “It’s not going to be blood on my hands. Someone else is going to do it.”
In her cross-examination of Ventura, Combs’ defense attorney Anna Estevao asked Ventura whether Combs “supported” her in preventing videos of their sex parties (or “freak-offs”) from leaking. Estevao said that Combs had once “spent a significant amount of money” to make sure a video did not get released, but Ventura said she was not aware of that instance.
Later in the afternoon, Ventura said that she confronted the man because she “felt sick” about the possibility of a sex tape leaking. She said she was “feeling pressure” from Combs, adding, “I felt like I had to handle the situation.” She said Combs had guided her on what to do.
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Ventura previously testified that Combs often videotaped “freak-offs,” in which Ventura performed sex acts with male escorts as Combs watched and masturbated. Ventura said Combs threatened to release the videos on multiple occasions, using them as blackmail over her career. She testified that on a flight from France to New York, Combs pulled up sexually explicit videos of her on his computer and played them for her on the plane. Combs allegedly told Ventura “he was going to release it to embarrass me.”
Ventura and Combs dated on and off for 11 years. Ventura alleges during that time, Combs physically abused and raped her, while coercing her into participating in hundreds of “freak-offs.” Combs denies those allegations and says all sexual activity was consensual. He is charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, and if he is convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison.
From Variety US