A former pop star has informed a courtroom Sean “Diddy” Combs was “frequently” violent together with his ex-partner Cassie Ventura, and that he threatened her life if she spoke out about it.
Daybreak Richard informed the jury in Manhattan federal courtroom that Combs made the menace after she allegedly witnessed him making an attempt to hit Cassie with an egg skillet.
She stated the Dangerous Boy Information founder informed her and one other lady who noticed the alleged assault that “we could go missing” in the event that they revealed particulars of what they noticed.
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Daybreak Richard arriving at courtroom on Monday. Pic: Reuters
Richard, who was a former member of woman group Danity Kane and electrical soul trio Soiled Cash, stated Combs would “punch [Cassie], choke her, slap her in the mouth, kick her, and punch her in the stomach”.
She stated of the beatings: “When [Cassie] had these moments of trying to stick up for herself, [Combs] would hurt her for it.”
Richard additionally stated one alleged incident came about in a West Hollywood restaurant with celebrities together with Usher, Huge Daddy Kane, Jimmy Iovine and Ne-yo additionally current.
Combs, 55, faces 5 felony counts: one rely of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion; and two counts of transportation to interact in prostitution. He denies the allegations towards him.
Starting her proof on Friday, Richard informed the jury Combs would retailer his medication in a Louis Vuitton pouch and stated she typically” saw him use “Ketamine, cocaine, molly [also known as Ecstasy]”.
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Combs with woman group Danity Kane in 2009. Pic: AP
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Throughout cross-examination it was instructed her story had modified over time, however Richard stated she was doing her finest to recall “traumatic” occasions from greater than a decade in the past.
She admitted she had contacted Diddy after parting methods together with his administration and agreed that, regardless of being “scared” of him, she requested to come back again to work for him.
Defence lawyer Nicole Westmoreland instructed Richard was testifying as a result of she was indignant that Combs had ended Danity Kane and Diddy – Soiled Cash.
Ms Westmoreland requested: “You felt that Mr Combs ruined your career not once but twice?”
“Yes,” Richard replied.
Morgan and Cassie had been pals for greater than 17 years after assembly as younger fashions.
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Combs with Cassie in 2006. Pic: AP
‘I used to be dizzy, I vomited’
Morgan, who stated Combs was vulnerable to “mood swings” and may very well be “very aggressive”, described two events she allegedly noticed Combs beat Cassie.
She informed the courtroom about listening to Cassie’s “guttural, terrifying” screams earlier than allegedly seeing Combs dragging her by her hair from the main bedroom.
Morgan additionally described when Combs “choked her” leaving “finger marks” on her throat, and threw a picket hanger at her head, leaving her with concussion.
She stated: “I was dizzy, I vomited a few times. I went to an urgent care facility. I hired a lawyer about the assault. I was planning on filing a lawsuit, but I did not.”
She informed the courtroom she obtained a $30,000 settlement from Combs over the alleged assault, organised by Cassie.
Morgan stated she and Cassie ceased to be pals after the incident, explaining: “The reason I stopped speaking to her was because she was not supportive of me after that incident. I draw my line at physical abuse.”
Morgan stated Cassie informed her she couldn’t go away Combs as a result of she was reliant on him for “her job, her car, her apartment”.
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Michael B Jordan, pictured earlier this week. Pic: Reuters
Combs ‘jealous’ of Michael B Jordan
Throughout Cassie’s cross-examination by the defence, the courtroom was informed that Cassie was jealous of Combs’s ex, Kim Porter, whereas Combs was jealous of actor Michael B Jordan, whom Cassie had a short relationship with in 2015.
Whereas Morgan stated she could not affirm whether or not Cassie was in a relationship with the Creed star, she confirmed: “What I remember was that she was speaking to Michael B Jordan and they hung out together and [Combs] was jealous of it.”
Morgan confirmed she had not needed to look in courtroom, having “moved on” together with her life, and had been subpoenaed to offer testimony.
Final on the stand was Combs’s former private assistant, David James, who described working 20-hour days for Combs at Dangerous Boy Information, for six or seven days, for as much as three weeks at a time.
James, who had additionally been subpoenaed, stated Cassie informed him she could not go away Combs’s “crazy” world as a result of “he controls my career, pays my allowance, and pays my rent”.
Combs, beforehand generally known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy, based Dangerous Boy Information, and is credited with serving to flip artists together with Mary J Blige, Religion Evans, Infamous B.I.G. and Usher into family names within the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s.
Combs has been jailed since September and faces at the least 15 years or probably life in jail if convicted.
