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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Ex-Girlfriend Cassie Ventura Testifies to Jury: He ‘Controlled a Lot Of My Life’

In Diddy trial news, the mogul's ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura told the jury about freak offs and abuse while testifying at his sex-trafficking trial.

Just a day after the trial began, Ventura took the witness stand to tell jurors she felt she had no choice but to participate in those sexual encounters — at times because she was in love with Combs and wanted to please him, but also because she feared blackmail, physical violence and other blowback. Her case, which accused the star of rape and years of physical abuse, was quickly settled with a large payment from Combs, but it sparked a flood of additional suits from other alleged victims and set into motion the criminal probe that led to his indictment. Once one of the music industry’s most powerful men, Combs is formally accused in the case of racketeering conspiracy (a so-called RICO charge), sex trafficking and violating a federal prostitution statute.

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