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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial: Jury Sees Photos of Injuries, Drugs, and Hears Testimony

Eyewitness News ABC7NYJune 5, 20253 min13,959 views
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Testimony in Sean 'Diddy' Combs Trial

  • 🎤 Federal prosecutors are continuing the sex trafficking and racketeering trial against Sean 'Diddy' Combs, with the second week of testimony underway.
  • 🗣️ Several of Cassie Ventura's former friends and Diddy's former personal assistant testified, providing accounts of alleged abuse.

Allegations of Brutal Beatings

  • 💥 Two women testified that they witnessed Sean Combs brutally beating Cassie Ventura, including kicking, dragging her by her hair, and slapping her.
  • ⚖️ However, inconsistencies arose during the cross-examination of one witness, Don Rashard, a cast member from 'The Making of the Band'.

Witness Accounts and Defense Challenges

  • 🚫 Rashard testified that Combs told her to "Stay out of my relationship" and that after a 2016 skillet attack on Ventura, Combs warned that "people could go missing" if they spoke out, which Rashard interpreted as a death threat.
  • ❓ Defense attorneys challenged Rashard's account, highlighting different recollections of the skillet incident and questioning why she only revealed the alleged threat to federal prosecutors recently.

Released Photo Evidence

  • 📸 Federal prosecutors released photo evidence for the first time, including pictures of Ventura's injuries, such as a fat lip after a 2016 hotel assault.
  • 🧴 Evidence also included baby oil and ziplock bags shown to the jury.

Friendship and Alleged Assault

  • 💔 Carrie Morgan, a close friend of Cassie Ventura for nearly 20 years, testified about Combs allegedly beating on Ventura's door with a hammer after the 2016 hotel attack.
  • 🗣️ Morgan stated their friendship ended in 2018 when she claims Combs assaulted her, and Ventura told her she was "overexaggerating and milking it."
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