Cassie Ventura testifies again in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex-trafficking trial

Ex-girlfriend details sexual and physical abuse as defense zeroes in on text messages about so-called ‘freak-offs’

Singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, a former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs and a key witness in the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial of the music mogul, has returned to the stand on Friday for further examination by Combs’s legal team.

Judge Arun Subramanian said on Friday morning that prosecutors agreed to re-question Ventura for 30 minutes, meaning the defense needs to conclude their questioning before or by 4.30pm EST.

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