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Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex-trafficking trial continued on Day 8, with Special Agent Gerard Gannon, psychologist Dawn Hughes and ex-employee George Kaplan testifying.
Cassie Ventura and Sean "Diddy" Combs' former assistant testified that he tried to confront Marion "Suge" Knight at a diner. The pair have been rivals since the '90s.
Regina Ventura, the mother of Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura Fine, told the court on May 20 she was "physically sick" over the rapper's alleged abuse and said she was once pressured to send him $20,000 after he raged at her daughter. "I was scared for my daughter’s safety," Ventura told jurors.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is on trial in New York for sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, and transportation to engage in prostitution. His ex, Cassie Ventura, took the stand during the first week, with her mom testifying against the rapper during week two of the trial.
Prosecutors showed the jury photos taken during the raid on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Miami home last year as a Department of Homeland Security agent took the witness stand.
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A handful of witnesses took the stand in Sean Combs' sex-crimes trial, including a psychologist, a federal agent and a former aide.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces a number of charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution
Attorneys for the rap mogul spent the day minimizing the testimony of two of the three witnesses — a Homeland Security agent who raided his Miami home and the other, a clinical and forensic psychologist.