Diddy’s former personal assistant testifies that he controlled his ex Cassie Ventura

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Click on Federal Public Prosecutors in Didi Sex Trafficking today by calling Three witnesses witnessed How did the music pole seemed to control his long girlfriend and a singer R&b Cassandra Ventura.

As a major witness to the government, Vinterora He witnessed in the unrestricted details last week About sexual intercourse with paid male companions, she said that Didi forced her to bear her in light of the physical and psychological abuse.

With witnesses today, the government tried to enhance its allegations. The last watch today, David JamesPersonal assistant worked with Didi from 2007 to 2009, he cried on the platform as he was conducting interviews with his job: There was Didi’s picture on the wall, and James said that he was told: “This is the Kingdom of Mr. Combs, and we are all here to serve in it.”

• Dawn RichardA singer with Didi as a member of the Girls Group, Daniti Kane, and D in Didi – Dirty Funds, He returned to the platform today. “He was piercing it, strangling it, dragging it, and slapping it in his mouth,” said Richard’s alleged violence against Ventura. She said that Vinterora will wear makeup and sunglasses to cover bruises on her face, and that she and another member in Didi – dirty money wore sunglasses alongside Vinterora while appearing in Central Park to support her.
• The best former friend of Fentura, Kerry MorganShe saw that Dada saw Ventura’s attack twice, once in Jamaica and once in Los Angeles. “I heard Cassi screaming, so I ran to the hallway,” Morgan said on the platform about the Jamaica’s journey, adding that she saw her on the hair. She also witnessed that Didi attacked her at the Ventura house, which led to Ventura’s friendship.
• James also witnessed the first time that he interacted with Ventura as a personal assistant in Didi. “This place is crazy”, and when he asked her why she did not leave, Didi said, “she controls my career, pays my allowances and pays rent.” He also said that he once heard Didi calling Ventura “Queen” and “formed it”.

The scene from the inside

Written by Adam Reese and Clewy Milas

Didi team brought the heat in the interrogation line today to Richard, and it seems that it is winning holes in its testimony. This was the first time that we saw a very aggressive interrogation of the defense.

Defense lawyer Nicole Westernland She had multiple moments of the microphone when she used Richard’s words against her and suggested contradictions in what Richard required a 2009 alleged incident when she said that Didi attacked Ventura with an egg frying pan. On Friday, Richard witnessed that Didi tried to hit Ventura with the pan, as he differs from a previous statement in which Richard said he hit her and another time when Didi said he threw the eggs before he lay the pan. On re -guidance, Richard told the prosecutor Mitzi Steiner I tried to “erase those things from my memory”, but “every day, I remember certain things.”

In other news: Before the jurisdiction of the Richard Certificate, Judge Aaron Supramian Doubted the value of some of what can be shared on the platform. He warned the rumor -based certificate, “He struck me as a cause based on gossip.”

Mark AgnifiloOne of Didi’s lawyer answered that he was concerned that the certificate was controlling his client. “I think this has become a kind of bad act for all,” he said.

analysis: Is it coercion?

Written by Danny Civalos

James witnessed today that he suggested that Ventura leave “the life of parties” with Didi and that Ventura told him that she was relying on Didi in her career, home and salary. This may seem to be a “forced” environment. And “coercion” is an essential element for sex trafficking. But is this the type of “coercion” that the sex trafficking law is perceived?

Sex trafficking includes the law to which Didi is accused of using “force, power threats, fraud, coercion … or any group of these means” to cause [a] A person to engage in the business of commercial sex. The law defines “coercion” as “threats of severe harm or physical restraint against anyone” or “any plan, plan or pattern aimed at making a person believe that failure to perform an act will lead to serious harm or physical restraint against anyone.”

There is no doubt that Didi was physically abused Ventura. We have seen a lot in the famous photographic video. Its testimony about harm and restrictions is likely to be satisfied with the “coercion” element. However, Did Didi rely on her career, her home and her “coercion” salary for sex? Maybe not.

The government will definitely clarify this in its final argument: jury must focus on violent coercion, and it is not thrown under the argument of the potential defense that just dependency is not enough – because it is not.

What next

James returns to the platform tomorrow. Among the other expected witnesses in the coming days Chari HayesStrange dancer. Regina VinteroraCassi Vinterora’s mother; and Yredan AtkinsonA former personal chef for my new.

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