The first week of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ criminal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial began with Casandra “Cassie” Ventura giving graphic and explicit testimony about the ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs and Casandra “Cassie” Ventura ... If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at ...

And it's a story of hope. The woman on the stand was one year out of high school, a private college preparatory school on the Connecticut coast, when she met Combs. He was 36. She had moved to New ...

Once one of the most powerful music producers in the world, Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering, conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.

Krystina Alarcon Carroll has experience in every facet of the industry, including digital and print news; live, streamed, and syndicated TV; documentary and film productions. She is also the ...

At the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, his ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie Ventura, testified for multiple days. Her testimony was completed on Friday. Ventura is a critical ...

Bad Boy Records artist Dawn Richard was called as the fifth witness at Sean Combs’ sex-trafficking and racketeering trial on Friday, as prosecutors sought to corroborate claims the music mogul ...

New York — R&B singer Cassie was pressed to read aloud her own explicit messages to ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs in federal court Thursday, including texts that showed her expressing ...

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NEW YORK — The R&B singer Cassie testified Wednesday that her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs kept her in a cycle of abuse and exploitation by threatening to release videos of her encounters ...

"CNN aired the story about the video several months before Combs was arrested." The defense tried to have the video excluded from evidence, but to no avail. Combs' inner circle gave one of the ...

He released only one album the whole time and vetoed other job opportunities. Prosecutors allege Combs used the resources of his businesses for sex trafficking. While R&B singer Cassie Ventura was ...