Cassie Ventura alleges Trump hotel shooter was a ‘sex slave’ at Diddy trial
Cassie Ventura, ex-girlfriend of Sean 'Diddy' Combs, said she and the rapper, who faces sex trafficking charges, had sexual relations with a Trump resort gunman.
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The ex-girlfriend of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ has alleged that she and the rapper - who is charged with crimes including sex trafficking - had sexual relations with the gunman who opened fire on Donald Trump’s Miami resort.
Cassie Ventura, who was in a nearly 11-year relationship with Combs, took the stand during his sex trafficking trial on Friday for cross examination from the defence team.
The R&B singer was questioned about her relationship with Jonathan Oddi, a former porn star who fired shots at Trump’s Doral Miami resort in 2018.
Cassie testified that Oddi was a ‘sex slave’ for Combs in 2018.
Cassie told the court that she had met Oddi multiple times and once feared he’d secretly recorded a video of one of their “freak-off” sex parties.
She said that she “didn’t trust” Oddi and “believes” their relationship ended when she caught him allegedly taping the sex session.
In court, Cassie said: “I was in the room with [Oddi] and saw the phone up and told Sean.”
She added that Sean responded that he’d “take care of it”.
During his arrest in 2018, Oddi claimed he had “had sex with Cassie and Sean” and Combs asked him to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
His allegations at the time were dismissed as ‘conspiracy theories’.
It was reported last week that Oddi signed a NDA with Combs in exchange for $5 million.
On Thursday, the third day of the trial, Cassie returned to the court to give evidence after spending the previous day recounting grotesque and humiliating details of life with the accused.
On Friday, the defence appeared to attempt to paint Cassie as an unreliable witness, referencing a bar fight the singer was involved in in 2013.
At the beginning of proceedings on Friday, she testified about an alleged 2016 incident at an InterContinental Hotel in California, in which security camera footage shows Combs apparently hitting, kicking and dragging her around.
In messages that Cassie sent to Combs after the alleged assault that left her with a black eye, she told him how unhappy she was about what happened.
"I'm not a ragdoll, I’m someone's child," one message said.
Ending the cross-examination on Friday, the defence presented a text exchange from 2012.
Combs asked, "Want to freak-off one last time tonight?", referring to the sex encounters where he would direct and watch Cassie with escorts, sometimes lasting days at a time.
After a series of messages, one of Cassie's texts said, "I can't do one last time, I'd rather not at all".
Cassie told the court she was referring to the so-called "freak-offs".
Also on Friday, the last day of Cassie Ventura's testimony to court which lasted four days, her lawyer read out a statement on behalf of her husband, Alex Fine, who was in court.
He described his Cassie's appearance in court as a show of "strength and bravery".
The statement ended with a message aimed at Sean Combs which read: "To him and all of those who helped him along the way, please know this: you did not. You did not break her spirit, nor her smile that lights up every room."
Before the trial resumed, prosecutors asked the judge to make sure Cassie's testimony ends on Friday
They said there is a risk of a mistrial if Cassie, who is pregnant and nearing the birth of her third child, goes into labour this weekend.
The trial which is taking place in Manhattan, New York, continues.