Cassie Ventura’s buddy has claimed that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs tried to break the singer’s door down with a hammer after the stunning LA hotel struggle.
The disgraced rapper’s trial began in New York final week – he’s going through prices of racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to interact in prostitution, and has denied all allegations.
The Me & U singer ended her testimony on Friday, and spoke intimately concerning the stunning video that emerged in 2024, showing the 55-year-old kicking and hitting his ex-girlfriend whereas on the InterContinental Hotel in 2016, earlier than dragging her throughout the ground.
Her former buddy, Kerry Morgan, took to the stand at present to discuss the aftermath of the footage, explaining that she was staying at Ventura’s condominium on the time.
Speaking to the court docket, Morgan stated that Ventura appeared to have a black eye when she returned, and that Combs turned up round half-hour later.
Multiple US shops report that she testified he was yelling and banging on the door with a hammer when he arrived, inflicting her to ‘freak out’.
She recalled getting in contact with his safety guard, whereas Ventura remained on the couch.
‘I don’t assume she [cared] if he got here in and killed her,’ she informed the jury, earlier than sharing that Combs was by no means in a position to get into her condominium.
Elsewhere, Morgan – who was certainly one of Ventura’s long-time pals earlier than they went their separate methods – stated that she hid in a ditch with the Empire actress for ‘what felt like hours’ after the mogul attacked her in 2013.
Earlier within the day, Dawn Richard continued her testimony and spoke of the second she was threatened after witnessing him attack his then-partner.
Richard got here to fame in 2005 after auditioning for Combs’ MTV collection, Making the Band 3 – she made it into Danity Kane alongside Aubrey O’Day, Wanita Woodgett, Shannon Bex and Aundrea Fimbres.
The group formally disbanded in 2009, after which she turned a member of Diddy-Dirty Money with Combs and Kalenna Harper, earlier than ultimately leaving his Bad Boy Records label in 2011.
She filed a lawsuit against Combs in 2024, alleging that he assaulted her, disadvantaged her of meals and sleep, and refused to pay her correctly.
In the paperwork, she claimed that she witnessed the businessman abuse Ventura on a number of events – accusations he has fiercely denied.
Richard initially appeared in court docket on Friday and alleged that she noticed him attack the star with a skillet filled with eggs in 2009 when he was enraged over his breakfast.
Speaking on the stand at present, the 41-year-old informed the jury that she ‘frequently’ witnessed him being violent.
‘He would punch her, choke her, drag her, slap her in the mouth,’ she stated. ‘I saw him kick her, punch her in the stomach.’
When discussing what prompted the outbursts, she stated: ‘It could be Cass speaking up for herself. It could be random. We didn’t even know the place it got here from.’
Richard informed the court docket that Combs turned violent at a dinner attended by file label executives, and allegedly punched Ventura within the abdomen on the restaurant.
She claimed that the previous couple had been arguing quietly earlier than the attack, and that he instructed Ventura to depart after she bent over in response to the blow.
The argument reportedly continued within the automobile exterior the venue, the place his ex was ‘embarrassed’ that the incident had been so public.
Richard stated that he ‘grabbed her by the neck and popped her, slapped her in the mouth,’ and informed her to shut up.
She additionally claimed that he threatened her and Ventura shortly after the kitchen incident.
‘He said you could go missing, that we could die,’ she alleged. ‘I was shocked but also scared, I couldn’t consider this could be the start of a journey for us [with the group Dirty Money].’
The hearings are anticipated to go on for a number of weeks – if convicted, Combs may spend the remainder of his life behind bars.
The trial continues.
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