Cassie Ventura’s mother, a former assistant and male escort named Punisher, testifies in human trafficking case

On Tuesday, the Manhattan Federal Court continued a lawsuit in Sean’s Diddy Combs, which contained more witnesses – including a former personal assistant, a man named Punisher, and Regina Ventura, a mother of her former friend Cassie Ventura, testified to him.

Federal prosecutors say they have abused, threatened and forced women to attend sexual marathon meetings called Freak Offs for decades, and used their business empire along with weapons, abductions and arson to hide their crimes. The 55-year-old hip-hop magnate was accused of trade in sex, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

The Combsus acknowledged as innocent. If he is convicted, he may face life in prison.

Here are some of the most important testimonies on Tuesday, which have grown from various journalists and news organizations in the courtroom, including CNN, NBC News and The Washington Post.

Former assistant reminds the storage of hotel rooms with drugs and baby oil

David James, an assistant to the Combs from 2007 to 2009, returned to the witness stand on the second day of the show. James told the court that he would store hotel rooms with a comb before arrival. They had a Louis Vuitton bag with 25 to 30 tablets such as ecstasy and percocet, baby oil, ointment, condoms and $ 10,000 cash.

For some, James was compensated by Bad Boy Entertainment. But for others like Baby Oil and condoms, it was compensated by the Combs security guards who will pay him in cash from the Louis Vuitton bag. He said the drug dealer, nicknamed One Stop, would often bring drugs to Combs, but Combs would occasionally ask James to buy drugs for him and his friends.

James told the court about a violent incident involving a Combsse and his personal chef Jourdan Atkinson, Combs’s Alpine, NJ, at home. James stated that the Combs told him to submit a police report falsely claiming that Atkinson was an aggressor, and first struck Combs. However, James said he did not want to submit a false police report, so he drove around and returned to the Combso house, where he lied and told his boss that the message had been submitted.

James testified that at least twice he was told to perform the tests of lies detectors performed by a former FBI agent when Combs jewelry disappeared.

A former assistant says the Combs has had three handmade weapons in search of the suge knight

James also testified about the incident in which he was told to drive a Combs and a security guard at 4 p.m. Mel’s Diner Los Angeles to face the competitor’s record producer Marion’s “Suge” Knights, who was noticed there. The Combs was in the back seat with three hand pistols in its tape, James said. The knight disappeared when they entered the restaurant.

The incident encouraged James to report that he was planning to quit.

“It really shocked me,” James said. “It was the first time his assistant realized that my life was in danger.”

During the cross -investigation of the defense, James was asked whether he was mine, whether his trip with a Combs Business or personally. James said there was a “great line” between them because the personal and business life of the Combsters was so intertwined. On Tuesday, James said in his testimony that before hiring the Bad Boy Entertainment, the executive director told him, “This is the kingdom of Mr. Combs, and we are all here to serve it.”

Big Picture: Prosecutors were hoping to use James’ testimony to determine the Recretory Prosecution – showing that the Combsse had used his business empire to facilitate his alleged crimes.

Regina Ventura, Cassie’s mother, occupies a position

Cassie Ventura’s mother, Regina Ventura, testified to what she saw during her daughter’s relationship for more than a decade with coms.

Direct interviewing prosecutors, Regina Ventura 2011 December Said Cassie, sent to her mother, saying that the Combssee threatened to release her clear video when he found out she was a date with her child Cudi.

“I was physically ill,” said Regina Ventura. “I didn’t understand that; the sex tape threw me. He tried to hurt my daughter.”

At the same time, Regina Ventura said that Combs contacted her, saying she wanted to recover $ 20,000 spent by Cassie. Regina Ventura said she was afraid of her daughter’s safety and that the family took a home loan to pay the comb of $ 20,000 he said they had owed her. She said the money was combined with her without explanation a few days later.

Regina Ventura testified that the same month Cassie showed her bruises from the alleged bruise she took from the Combs. Regina took a picture of her beaten daughter, who was shown in court.

“She was injured, and I wanted to make sure we would immortalize it,” Ventura said.

Defense did not go to expert Regina Ventura, and she was dismissed.

Big Picture: Last week, Cassie Ventura spent four days at a witness booth, describing the court in detail, describing the physical abuse she thought she had experienced during a comb with a comb. Regina Ventura spent less than an hour on the booth, confirming some of the main parts of Cassie’s testimony, but contributed to little new information.

Men’s escort known as Punisher remembers its sexual meetings with Cassie Ventura and Combs

Sharay Hayes, a former exotic dancer man whose stage name was Punisher, testified to his meetings with Cassie Ventura and Combs, including the first Trump International Hotel in New York. Hayes said that when they arrived at their apartment, Ventura told him that she did not want him to dance, but wanted him to help her create a “sexy scene” that would have baby oil for her “husband” who will be in the room. Hayes stated that Ventura told him not to recognize his “husband”, who entered the veil, which he later realized it was a combination.

“Ironically, but I’m a fan and I follow him on Instagram,” Hayes told Combs.

He said he was paid a total of $ 2000 cash for that meeting, and that the couple was hired from eight to 12 similar interactions, which always began with the application of baby oil and often ended with having sex with Ventura. According to him, sessions usually started around 2 p.m. Or 3 hours, he said, took a few days. Hayes said the comb sometimes directs Ventura to adjust the lighting or change her body.

Hayes said he felt increasing pressure, having sex with Ventura in front of the comb, eventually failed and never called back. He later wrote a self -help book on erectile dysfunction called When looking for a freezer meat; This included a section on his experience with Ventura and Combs, which he did not call it, pointing them only as a married, rich couple.

During the cross -examination of the defense, Hayes said he never felt that Ventura was uncomfortable and never witnessed violence. “It seemed as much as I cared about it was a consensus,” Hayes said.

Big Picture: On the first day of the trial, an escort of a different male described similar dynamics during their sexual meetings with the couple. Prosecutors want to show the jurors that there were witnesses to witness control, they said the Combsse had to participate in Freak Offs – including the male satellites they paid for their login.

Federal Agent Details in the raid raid about the home of Combsi Miami

On Tuesday, Gerard Gannon, a federal agent who overseen in 2024, also testified. Raid at Combs Miami’s home.

Gannon said between 80 and 90 law enforcement representatives were involved in finding a 20,000 square foot tournament. Some agents have been placed on boats to detain anyone trying to leave the property directly to the water in the Combs.

The special agent told the court that the special response team was ready to face potentially with the commercially armed bodyguards. And a vehicle was used through the front gate, which, according to Gannon, was “standard practice”.

Gannon said the search was intentionally executed after the Combsse went on a planned trip with his family.

“We thought it was best to wait for him and his family to leave,” he said.

During the search, agents found lingerie, high heels, baby oils, personal ointments and AR-15 rifles in the Combs cabinet, Gannon said. The serial numbers were scratched against firearms, a special agent said.

Big Picture: Having a special agent testifying to the security measures related to the raid on one of his property, prosecutors seem to emphasize the seriousness of the accusations faced by the Combs.