Cassie Ventura’s mother testified that she borrowed $20,000 to guard her daughter, Cassie, from Diddy’s threats involving an express video.
Regina Ventura advised a federal courtroom Tuesday (Might 20) that she took out a mortgage to pay Diddy $20,000 after he allegedly threatened to launch a intercourse tape of her daughter, Cassie Ventura.
Regina stated Diddy needed to retaliate in opposition to her daughter and rapper Child Cudi in testimony that added a deeply private layer to the rising listing of accusations in opposition to the Hip-Hop mogul.
Ventura stated she needed to borrow the cash “for my daughter’s security” to repay the billionaire mogul to forestall the discharge of express materials.
Regina Ventura, testifying as a prosecution witness in Diddy’s ongoing federal case, described a disturbing sample of abuse and management that mirrored her daughter’s earlier testimony.
Diddy is going through a number of federal prices, together with intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transporting people for prostitution. If convicted, he may spend the remainder of his life in jail.
Regina Ventura stated she first met Diddy in 2006 when her daughter signed to his label, Dangerous Boy Information. “He was her boss. Then they began courting. They moved to LA,” she stated.
Essentially the most harrowing second of Ventura’s testimony got here when federal prosecutors requested her to learn a message from December 2011.
“She stated Sean Combs threatened to launch a intercourse tape and go after her and Mr. Mescudi,” Ventura advised the court docket.
When requested how she reacted, Regina Ventura didn’t maintain again. “It made me sick. Sean Combs demanded $20,000, he stated to recoup losses because of Mr. Mescudi, from my husband and myself.”
Prosecutors then directed her to a binder containing images. “These are the photographs I took of my daughter’s bruises, from Sean Combs,” Ventura stated.
Her testimony helps what Cassie advised the court docket final week—that Diddy recorded their sexual encounters and used them as “blackmail supplies” to maintain her compliant all through their relationship, which lasted from 2006 to 2018.
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