Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial is underway in New York for the second week after testimony from his ex-girlfriend and main accuser Cassie Ventura concluded.
The music mogul, 55, is accused of exploiting his status as an entertainment executive to force women, including Cassie, into drug-fueled ‘freak-offs’ with male sex workers and engaged in other abusive acts against people who relied on him for their careers.
On Monday, singer Dawn Richard testified that the hip-hop mogul threatened to kill her if she told anyone that she saw him beat his longtime girlfriend.
Cassie’s former best friend Kerry Morgan and Diddy’s ex personal assistant David James also took the stand Monday for the prosecution.
Their testimonies come after, in four days on the witness stand last week, Cassie said that she wanted a loving relationship with Combs during their nearly 11 years together but was instead subjected to weekly drug-fueled ‘freak-offs’ with male sex workers that left her too exhausted and damaged to pursue her music career.
Diddy’s lawyers have argued that he is guilty of domestic violence – which he is not charged with – but innocent of sex trafficking and racketeering.