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Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial continues May 29 in Manhattan federal court with additional testimony from ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s longtime stylist Deonte Nash, and a former personal assistant who said the music mogul sexually assaulted her.
The former assistant, referred to in court as “Mia,” has accused Diddy of attacking her while she worked for him. Prosecutor Emily Johnson described the alleged incident in her opening statement on May 12. “Mia is just beginning to grapple with the times the defendant forced himself on her sexually,” Johnson said. “Mia will tell you how she could not talk about what happened to her until recently, how she wanted to take the secret of what the defendant did to her to her grave.” Diddy “forced himself on her sexually, putting his hand up her dress, unzipping his pants and forcing her to perform oral sex, and sneaking into her bed to penetrate her against her will,” Johnson also claimed.
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Nash first took the stand on May 28 and described Diddy frequently calling Cassie a “bitch” and heard him threaten her multiple times. Nash also recalled Diddy beating Cassie after complaining she didn’t pick up the phone. During the alleged incident, Cassie hit her head on a bed frame, leaving her with a large bleeding wound.
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