• Cassie Ventura testified that Sean Combs raped her and subjected her to physical abuse.
• Her testimony includes details of being blackmailed with explicit videos of their encounters.
• Ventura described the emotional toll of the relationship, including PTSD and suicidal thoughts.
• The trial is centered on allegations of racketeering and sex trafficking against Combs.
• She has filed a civil suit against him, which reportedly settled for $20 million.

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura took the stand in Manhattan as part of her testimony against Sean “Diddy” Combs in a trial focusing on serious allegations including sex trafficking and physical abuse. She recounted a decade filled with “routine physical abuse” and revealed that near the end of their relationship Combs raped her, leaving her with deep psychological scars, including post-traumatic stress and suicidal thoughts, that she still grapples with today according to SCMP and Bangkok Post.

In a deeply emotional testimony, Ventura described the physical violence she endured, including an incident in 2016 where surveillance footage showed Combs brutally assaulting her in a hotel hallway. “Staying curled up on the ground felt like the safest place to be,” Ventura explained when asked why she did not fight back during the assault, a sentiment echoed in her recollection of being forced to attend a film premiere with visible injuries soon after, according to HuffPost, New York Times, and Bangkok Post.

Ventura recounted a particularly harrowing episode during which Combs supposedly threatened to release explicit videos of their intimate encounters with male escorts as a form of blackmail. She stated, “I was just in love and wanted to make him happy — to a point I didn’t feel like I had much of a choice.” This manipulation, coupled with the fear of public humiliation, kept her in the toxic relationship, as emphasized in her heartbreaking testimony that included references to drug addiction as a means of coping with the abuse, reported HuffPost and SCMP.

As Ventura concluded her testimony after hours of intense questioning, she expressed the weight of her experiences, stating, “I can’t carry this anymore... what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong.” Her emotional declarations have set a powerful context for the jury as they consider the allegations of racketeering and the role of Combs in what is described as an organized criminal sex ring, according to New York Times and SCMP.