Testimony of Chang’s testimony of “Didi” Kombs Cassandra Ventura

The stars witness of the prosecutor’s office, Sean “Didi” Combs “, a former girlfriend of Kazandra Ventura, took a position on Tuesday in the trial of trading sex hip hop, accusing the rapper of control of her life and forcing her of” humiliating “sexual actions.

Mr. Kombs did not find himself guilty of the accusation, including the conspiracy of racketeering, sex trade and transportation for prostitution.

The family and friends came to the court in large numbers to support Mr. Kombs, whose legal team has not yet been questioned by Ms. Ventura.

Ms. Ventura, who was pregnant, told the prosecutors about the alleged physical and emotional cruelty she survived in the hands of the rapper during the so -called “freaks” or with sexual meetings that the couple with the accompaniment of men.

Here are some of the most notable parts of her first five hours.

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The prosecutors began to question Ms. Ventura from two of their central witnesses in the case of her 11-year relationship with Mr.

Now 38 and pregnant in the third trimester with her third child, Ms. Ventura met Mr. Kombs when she was a 19-year-old singer, and he was 37 years old. Mr. Kombs’ record will later sign Ms. Ventura as an artist, and their romantic relationship soon began.

Their relationship progressed on a number of several trips. At the time, she testified that she felt in monogamous relations, though he now knew that he had other girlfriends.

She said she “fell in love with” more than an entrepreneur and musician. ” But it wasn’t long before she noticed him the other side, she said.

Ms. Ventura wanted to “control” her life. She said he paid for her home, cars, telephone and other technologies he would sometimes take to “punish” her.

“The control was all, from how I looked … to what I worked on,” said Ms. Ventura.

After all, she claimed, the control became tough. Mr. Kombs “beats on my head, knocked me down, dragged me and often pushed me”, Ms. Ventura testified, sometimes through tears.

She claimed that there were swollen lips, black eyes and knots on her forehead.

The prosecutor’s office spent hours on Tuesday, asking Ms. Ventura about the so -called “freaks”.

Ms. Ventura told the court as Mr. Combs introduced her to sexual events during their first year: they would hire male accompaniment or stripper to have sex with Mrs. Ventuz while Mr. Combs watched.

Ms. Ventura told the court that she first tried to meet Mr. Combs “happy”. But she said they humiliated her, and sometimes last three -four days.

“I felt very terrible about myself,” she said in court, wiping her tears. “It made me feel insignificant.”

Ms. Ventura told the court that she never wanted to have sex with anyone, except for Mr., and stated that she would take many drugs – marijuana, ecstasy and ketamine – to help her fulfill Mr. Kombs, but also “cancel”.

The drugs were “a way not to feel it for what was really,” she said, “I didn’t want to have sex.”

As the prosecutor’s office pressed Ms. Ventur about “freaks”, she told the court how Mr. Kombs would send her to find men’s accompanying, strippers or dancers to have sex while he looked.

She claimed that Mr. Combs would pay men from $ 1500 to $ 6,000, depending on their results.

They found men through Stripper companies and sites like Craigslist. Some of their photos were shown by the jury, including Daniel Philip, who finished his testimony earlier on Tuesday.

Ms. Ventura and Mr. Combs had enouters in cities around the world, including Los -Andgeles, New York, Las Vegas and Ibiza, Spain, Ms. Ventura.

Sometimes the men will arrive during the holiday, and she claimed, and Mr. Kombs would send her to ask the staff to pay and organize their trips, calling them new employees.

Among other accusations, the prosecutor’s office is trying to prove that Mr. Combs, which is engaged in trading sex – trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation – and transportation for prostitution.

As the prosecutor’s office pressed MS Ventura for graphic parts, one of the key elements appeared: Ms Ventura claimed that Mr. Combs controlled each part of the meetings.

He chose the outfits she wore – up to the extremely high heels, which she kept for hours – as well as the sexual actions that took place, and the lighting, said Ms. Ventura.

“When Sean wanted something to happen, it was what was supposed to happen,” she said. “I couldn’t say” no. “

Sometimes, according to Ms. Ventura, she took on the role on which the men -the refugee hiring because Mr. was “very busy”, but she did it only in his direction, she said.

She said the freaks had a very specific “sample” of sexual actions each time.

“He controlled the whole situation,” she said. “He ruled it.”

Sometimes, according to Ms. Ventura, she tried to tell Mr. Komber what feels “horrible”. But when he rejected her concern, she said she was giving up, experiencing that he was angry or asked about their relationship.

Ms. Ventura is expected to continue their testimony on Wednesday if she may also face crossed interrogation.

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