Ventura, the singer widely known as “Cassie,“ returned to the witness stand in the sex trafficking trial against her ex for another marathon day of questioning from prosecutors who accuse Combs of heading a criminal sex ring.
“I didn’t want to be alive anymore at that point,“ she told the courtroom.
The 2023 episode prompted her to seek professional rehabilitation help.
Ventura, now 38, gave vivid accounts of coercive sex parties and violent beatings that will underpin much of the prosecution's case against the music industry figure, who is alleged to have used violence and blackmail to manipulate women over many years.
“I knew his capabilities, his access to guns,“ Ventura later testified.
Ventura recounted so-called “freak-off” sex parties saying she participated because she was “just in love and wanted to make (Combs) happy -- to a point I didn’t feel like I had much of a choice.”
'It was disgusting'
The artist's lawyers indicated they would seek to emphasize that Ventura took drugs of her own free will, and behaved erratically.
The drugs kept her awake but also had a “dissociative and numbing” effect, she said -- “a way to not feel it for what it really was.”
“It was an escape.”
The prosecution played portions of the footage while Ventura was on the stand.
Following the hotel assault, Ventura was forced to attend the premiere of her movie “The Perfect Match” days later, covered in bruises to her body and face, the jury heard as they were shown photographs of the actress with Combs at the event.
The images contrasted with red carpet shots of the pair seemingly enjoying each other's company and projecting harmony.
In late 2023, Ventura filed a civil suit against Combs seeking damages, and the parties settled less than 24 hours later to the tune of $20 million, she testified.
“I can’t carry this anymore,“ she said. “I can’t carry the shame, the guilt... what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong.”
“I’m here to do the right thing.”
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