Sean Diddy Combs Says During Sex Crimes Trial
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The 55-year-old hip-hop mogul has been charged by federal prosecutors with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
USA TODAY confirmed claims of a sexual assault resulting in a $100 million default judgment against Sean “Diddy” Combs are not true.
Regina Venture told a Manhattan federal jury Tuesday she took out a home-equity loan to pay off the rapper after he threatened to release sex tapes of her daughter.
Diddy's trial is recapped on Day 7, which saw Cassie Ventura's mom testify about a payment around a sex tape. A male escort also took the stand.
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.
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs’ long-awaited sex trafficking trial got underway this week at a New York City courthouse, where jurors have already heard horrifying testimony from the musician’s former partner, Cassie, who made several allegations about the heinous abuse she says she suffered at his hands.
When Sean “Diddy” Combs was taken into custody, Homeland Security uncovered baby oil, pink ketamine, and $9,000 from his hotel room, along with additional evidence, per court photos and testimony.