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Cassie Ventura Will Testify Using Her Name at Sean Diddy Combs' Trial

The longtime girlfriend of the incarcerated rap mogul will no longer be known as "Victim 1" when she takes that stand at his sex trafficking and racketeering trial in New York next month.

In a Friday motion submitted by the prosecution, federal attorneys told the court that the witness listed as “Victim-1” will no longer be testifying anonymously during the New York trial, which is set to begin May 5. In May, Ventura was back in the headlines when CNN leaked footage from a security camera at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles showing her fleeing a room, only to be attacked by Combs as she waited for an elevator to arrive. With this, he faces the same three federal offenses he was originally charged with, related to allegations of directing a vast criminal enterprise wherein he assaulted and trafficked women, then forced them to perform sex acts at “freak off” parties.

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