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(NewsNation) — Casandra “Cassie” Ventura volition look transverse introspection by defence attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs connected Thursday aft the vocalist gave disturbing details of maltreatment successful her 2 time agelong grounds to prosecutors.
Combs’ ex spouse is the pb witnesser successful the national transgression lawsuit against Combs and his defence squad is expected to spell successful hard connected Ventura.
Lawyers connected some sides got into a squabble Wednesday implicit crushed rules for the cross-examination.
Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo said infidelity would beryllium the featured taxable of the cross-examination.
“We person worn our defence connected our sleeves since the archetypal bail hearing,” Agnifilo said. “Everybody knows we are going to bring up infidelity and substance messages of infidelity.”
He noted that some sides, successful their opening statements, referred to the volatile quality of the astir 11-year narration betwixt Ventura and Combs.
Ventura told the assemblage during her grounds that Combs threw a vase of flowers astatine her successful March 2016 during the convulsive battle captured connected video successful a Los Angeles hotel.
After Combs assaulted Ventura astatine the hotel, she said she took an Uber home. During the car ride, she took photos of the injuries she allegedly endured owed to Combs’ vicious attack.
The assemblage viewed respective photos of Ventura’s injuries arsenic good arsenic stills from the enactment parties Combs allegedly orchestrated.
HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 07: Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura be the premiere of "The Perfect Match" astatine ArcLight Hollywood connected March 7, 2016 successful Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Ventura said that she became reliant connected opioids arsenic a mode to numb herself from enduring Combs’ requested “Freak Offs.”
She testified, “Opioids marque maine consciousness numb, which is wherefore I relied connected them truthful heavily.”
In summation to an opioid addiction, Ventura said she would person predominant urinary tract infections owed to the intersexual encounters.
She said that erstwhile the “Freak Offs” were over, she would consciousness “just truly bare and I felt gross,” adding that she “felt similar I did my job.”
Ventura said Combs threatened her that helium would merchandise footage of her participating successful the choreographed dayslong orgy. She was acrophobic it would “make maine look similar a slut,” she said. She feared the merchandise of the sexually explicit worldly would beryllium career-ending.
Prosecutors asked Cassie if she attempted to combat backmost against Combs.
Ventura said she initially tried to combat Combs, but said warring backmost could escalate the attacks further.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
