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R&B singer Cassie gives birth to third child as Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial continues

Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as Cassie, has welcomed her third child

The Independent UK

First week of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: huge media attention and disturbing details of alleged abuse

Journalists, fans of Combs, podcasters and others lined up to get into court, where Cassie testified about alleged rape

The Guardian - US

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial: Takeaways From First Week Of Testimony

The first week of testimony in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs included a witness core to the case: Casandra Ventura, the music mogul's ex-girlfriend who accuses him of harrowing abuse, coercion and rape.

International Business Times

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Combs's Ex Cassie Returns To Witness Stand

Defense lawyers for Sean Combs have another stab Friday at the testimony of the music mogul's former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, who will return to the stand for a fourth day of marathon questioning in his sex trafficking trial.

International Business Times

Combs's Ex Cassie Faces Intense Cross-examination

Attorneys for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Thursday tried to chip away at the credibility of Casandra Ventura, the music mogul's former girlfriend, after two days of her grueling testimony in his trial on sex trafficking charges.

International Business Times

Sean Combs's Ex Cassie Alleges Pattern Of Abuse Ahead Of Defense Grilling

Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner Casandra Ventura testified Wednesday that the music mogul raped her near the end of their decade-plus relationship that included routine physical abuse and left her with post-traumatic stress and suicidal thoughts.

International Business Times

Singer Cassie describes abusive relationship with Diddy in court testimony

Singer says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs routinely beat her and threatened to ruin her career with videos of sexual encounters.

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Baby oil, sexual desires and violence: What are Diddy’s ‘freak offs’ that have become a key part of his trial?

‘Freak offs’ or days-long, drug-fueled orgies were allegedly orchestrated by Diddy and involved his former longtime partner, Cassie.

The Independent UK

'Humiliated': Combs's Ex Cassie Gives Searing Testimony Of Abuse

Casandra Ventura says she was coerced into sex with male escorts while Sean Combs watched and masturbated.

International Business Times

Cassie shares graphic details about how Diddy would use ‘10 bottles of baby oil at each freak off’

Cassie testified how each “freak off” used about 10 large bottles of baby oil because Diddy wanted her “glistening”

The Independent UK

Sean Combs's Ex Cassie Says He 'Controlled' Her Life With Violence

Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner Casandra Ventura told jurors at the music mogul's sex trafficking trial Tuesday how he "controlled" her life and brutally beat her to keep her in line.

International Business Times

Sean Combs's Ex Cassie Says He 'Controlled' Her Life

Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner Casandra Ventura told jurors at the music mogul's sex trafficking trial Tuesday how he "controlled" her life and wielded compromising sexual blackmail material to keep her in line.

International Business Times

The Latest: Singer Cassie set to testify in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial

The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder faces charges that he orchestrated a deviant empire of exploitation that forced women into drugged-up sex parties called “freak-offs.”

The Independent UK

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' daughters left courtroom during graphic testimony

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' three daughters all left the courtroom on two occasions during a male escort's graphic testimony on Monday (12.05.25).

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Al Jazeera

Music mogul ‘Diddy’ faces allegations of abuse during first day of US trial

Witnesses say entertainment superstar physically abused women and used his power to push them into humiliating acts.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial hears allegations against him are ‘just tip of the iceberg’

During opening statements of the highly-anticipated court case, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sat motionless as federal prosecutors unveiled a catalogue of graphic and disturbing allegations against him at the opening of his trial – calling them “just the tip of the iceberg”.

Salon

How fame delayed "The Fall of Diddy"

Versions of this story have been told before, but few demonstrate so well how our celebrity worship got us here

The Independent UK

Prosecutors say lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs want to 'hijack' criminal case to fight civil claims

Federal prosecutors say lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs are trying to “hijack” his criminal case from them by asking a judge to force early disclosure of evidence, including his accusers' identities

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The Guardian - US

New lawsuits add to growing ‘pile of evidence’ against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, say experts

The disgraced hip-hop mogul is facing scores of lawsuits, adding to his legal jeopardy as he remains in jail

The Independent UK

Lawyers for Sean 'Diddy' Combs ask judge to release identities of his accusers

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs are asking a New York judge to force prosecutors to disclose the names of his accusers in his sex trafficking case

The Guardian - UK

Lawyers for Sean Combs allege US government leaked assault footage to CNN

Legal team claim footage of rapper physically assaulting ex-girlfriend was passed on by Department for Homeland Security, which prosecutors deny

Reason

Decoding the Sex Trafficking Case Against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Diddy’s indictment turns the typical sex trafficking charge on its head.

International Business Times

Sean 'Diddy' Combs Charged With Racketeering, Sex Trafficking

Combs, 54, was arrested by federal agents in New York on Monday evening and accused in a just-unsealed three-count criminal indictment alleging he sexually abused women and coerced them into drug-fueled sex parties using threats and violence.

The Independent UK

1,000 bottles of baby oil and ‘freak offs’: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the rise of his ‘criminal enterprise’

More than three decades after Sean Combs named his label Bad Boy Records, he’s been arrested on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, accused of everything from arson to kidnapping. As authorities outline the shocking activities allegedly carried out at Combs’ direction by his “criminal enterprise,” Sheila Flynn charts the…