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This week's testimonies in Sean Combs' trial have been delivered.

Testimonies from week two of Sean Combs' criminal trial provide additional insights to Cassie Ventura's account, shared during the trial's opening week. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, reporting from the New York courthouse, summarizes the evidence presented to the jury.

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2025 May 28 . 1:57 AM

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Week Two Testimonials in Sean Combs' Criminal Trial Provide Additional Insight into Cassie... — Week Two Testimonials in Sean Combs' Criminal Trial Provide Additional Insight into Cassie Ventura's Initial Narrative. Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, Present in the New York Courtroom Throughout the Past Week, Supplies Update on the Case as Presented to the Jury.

This week's testimonies in Sean Combs' trial have been delivered.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, a prominent music mogul, faced federal trial in its second week with multiple witnesses, including Cassie Ventura, providing testimonies supportive of the prosecution's case against him. Combs faces charges including racketeering and sex trafficking, and he has pleaded not guilty.

Combs' alleged violence, control, and intimidation towards Ventura were a recurrent theme in the testimonies. Last week, Ventura herself testified to being beaten, coerced into sex acts, and controlled by Combs.

This week, Scott Mescudi, a musician known as Kid Cudi, testified about his brief relationship with Ventura in 2011, during her decade-long on-again, off-again relationship with Combs. He claimed Combs found out about their relationship and allegedly orchestrated a house break-in and a car arson at Mescudi's residence.

Dawn Richard, a singer, also spoke about observing Combs physically abusing Ventura by punching, kicking, and dragging her by the hair.

Although these charges do not involve domestic violence or trespassing, they contribute to the government's case by illustrating Combs' widely perceived as dangerous and threatening behavior towards Ventura, implying that she lived in fear and may have been compelled to comply with his desires due to that fear.

The trial, currently its sixth week, is on course to last another four weeks, providing more opportunities for witnesses to testify and the defense to present its case.

The government's case against Sean "Diddy" Combs is bolstered by testimonies from witnesses like Dawn Richard and Scott Mescudi, who recounted Combs' alleged involvement in entertainment-related crimes such as orchestrating a house break-in and a car arson.
In addition to the charges of racketeering and sex trafficking, the government's case against Combs also includes allegations of entertainment-related crime, like Kid Cudi's testimony about a supposed house break-in and car arson at his residence, which illustrate Combs' widely perceived dangerous and threatening behavior towards Ventura, that could have potentially influenced her choices due to fear.