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(NewsNation) — Witness grounds volition proceed Tuesday successful the national transgression proceedings for Sean "Diddy Combs," with prosecutors expected to telephone their prima witness, Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, the rapper’s ex-partner.
Jurors were shown a video Monday of the euphony mogul allegedly dragging and beating Ventura successful a hotel.
The video from 2016 allegedly shows Combs dragging and beating Ventura wrong a Los Angeles edifice hallway. In the video, Ventura is astatine the elevator doors earlier Combs appears, allegedly striking her and throwing her to the crushed earlier dragging her backmost to their edifice room.
Jurors were shown 5 videos Monday: 2 from a cellphone and 3 from edifice surveillance videos.
The proceedings kicked disconnected aft opening statements with a erstwhile edifice information serviceman who testified that erstwhile helium responded to the ailment that a pistillate was successful distress, Combs offered him a stack of money, telling him helium didn’t spot anything.
Israel Florez, who is present a constabulary officer, said helium told Combs, “I don’t privation your money. Just spell backmost into your room.”
He testified that helium took a video with his cellphone to amusement his wife, who helium thought wouldn’t judge him without evidence.
Another witness, Daniel Phillip, told the tribunal helium was a antheral stripper who was hired to person enactment with Ventura aggregate times, starting successful 2012. He said Combs would springiness him instructions each time, recounting connected 1 occasion, helium said Combs, “You request to hitch much babe lipid connected each other. You don’t person capable on.”
He testified helium witnessed Combs battle Ventura successful her apartment.
The 2 are pb ups to laic the instauration for the highly anticipated grounds of Ventura, who is presently precocious successful her pregnancy.
Combs faces national charges of racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.
The euphony shaper has been held without bail since his September 2024 arrest; 2 of his homes were raided by national investigators 7 months earlier.
Prosecutors person alleged Combs utilized the resources of his euphony empire to make “a transgression endeavor whose members and associates engaged in, and attempted to prosecute in, among different crimes, enactment trafficking, forced labor, kidnapping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice.”
