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(NewsNation) — A forensic video adept volition beryllium called to the basal Wednesday successful the ongoing national transgression proceedings for Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Prosecutors volition telephone adept Frank Piazza to attest astir a edifice surveillance video showing Combs allegedly beating ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura.
Also expected Wednesday is Bryana Bangolan, a pistillate who alleged Combs dangled her implicit an flat balcony successful 2016 portion successful a rage implicit Ventura.
Prosecutors person already called much than 2 twelve witnesses successful their lawsuit and are slated to bring different Combs accuser known nether the pseudonym "Jane" to the basal aboriginal this week.
On Tuesday, Derek Ferguson, erstwhile CFO of Combs-owned Bad Boy Entertainment, took the stand.
Ferguson testified to respective fiscal transactions made by Combs and his company.
Notably, helium informed the jurors astir a $20,000 ligament transportation made to Combs by Ventura's parents successful 2011.
The grounds appears to corroborate that of Regina Ventura, the singer’s mother, who told the assemblage Combs demanded her household wage $20,000 to support him from releasing sexually explicit videos of her daughter. The request allegedly came aft Combs learned Ventura was dating rapper Kid Cudi.
Ferguson besides testified to a transportation of $20,000 made backmost days later, which matches Regina Ventura's connection that the wealth was returned days later.
A erstwhile information worker with the Intercontinental Hotel successful Los Angeles besides testified Tuesday, saying the hip-hop mogul paid him thousands to dispose of the surveillance video showing a brutal onslaught connected Ventura.
Eddy Garcia said helium lone worked for the edifice for a fewer months earlier the incidental and monitored the information camera footage.
Garcia said helium was contacted by Combs' then-head of staff, Kristina Khorram, astir the video, who passed the telephone disconnected to the hep mogul.
The erstwhile worker said Combs offered fiscal compensation for the sole transcript of the edifice information camera footage. Garcia informed his then-boss, who agreed to manus implicit the footage for $50,000, helium said.
After Garcia informed Combs they had a deal, helium said Combs responded, “Eddy, my angel. I knew you could bash it.”
Garcia said helium brought the edifice footage to Combs. The rapper wanted confirmation that it was the lone existing transcript and was not stored elsewhere. Garcia reassured him that was the case, helium told the jury.
He past signed a nondisclosure statement with a $1 cardinal breach clause and said helium was excessively tense to work the document.
He said connected the basal that Combs returned with a brownish insubstantial container and took retired $100,000, counted retired successful $10,000 increments.
After helium accepted the money, Garcia said Combs said, “Don’t marque immoderate ample purchases.”
The video of the onslaught was archetypal released by CNN past twelvemonth and showed Combs moving successful a towel aft Ventura, who is seen lasting successful beforehand of a edifice elevator bank. In the video, Combs appears to aggressively drawback and resistance her down and past footwear her earlier picking up her luggage. He is past seen dragging her connected the level backmost to a edifice country arsenic she braces her head.
Ventura testified astir the incidental connected the basal earlier successful the trial. Jurors were shown the implicit surveillance video arsenic evidence.
