Cassie Ventura describes violence and threats from Combs: 'I just felt trapped'
In addition to the attack by Combs at the InterContinental hotel that was captured on video, Cassie Ventura testified that there were other times that she was injured at a "freak off."
“He would put his hands on me,” Ventura testified, referring to Combs. “He would grab me up, push me down, hit me on the side of the head, kick me.”
Prosecutor Emily Johnson asked, “How frequently did Sean put his hands on you during 'freak offs'?”
Ventura responded: “Too frequently. A lot.”
Ventura testified that there was a time in August 2013 when she was packing for a music festival in Canada and Combs allegedly entered her apartment “and it just was commotion, him yelling at us, about me being passed out on the couch, about me being asleep.”
Ventura testified that Combs threw her onto the bed, causing her to strike the side of her face on a corner.
“I had a pretty significant gash on the side of my eyebrow,” Ventura told the court.
The jury was shown a photo of the injury. “That’s my eyebrow after I was thrown," Ventura testified, referring to the photo of her.
Ventura testified that she texted the image to Combs with the message, “So you can remember.”
Ventura testified that the injury left her with a permanent scar on her eyebrow. “I cover it with makeup,” she said.
Ventura also told the court that she had an argument with Combs on a yacht on which the two were staying during the Cannes Film Festival. On the plane ride home, she testified, Combs showed her videos of "freak offs."
“I just felt trapped. Like, how do you get out of this situation?” Ventura said on the stand. “He would put these videos out. He would ruin me, embarrass me. Just make me out to be someone that I’m not.”
Ventura told the court that the “humiliating, derogatory” videos gave Combs “leverage” over her.
Upon landing in New York, Ventura testified that she and Combs went to dinner, after which he allegedly wanted to have a "freak off."
“So we had a 'freak off',” Ventura testified. “Whatever was not going to make him angry at me and threatening me I was willing to do. I just didn’t want to feel scared.”





