Assistant Testifies She Saw Diddy Digging Nails into Cassie at Brad Pitt Premiere — and Knew Something Wasn't Right

Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ former individual adjunct testified Thursday that nan Bad Boy Records mogul allegedly sexually assaulted her aggregate times, dumped a bucket of crystal connected her head, threw her into a swimming excavation and slammed her limb into a doorway during an agonizing eight-year tenure moving for him. She besides testified that her friend, lead witnesser and R&B vocalist Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, had visible injuries during nan 2012 Cannes Film Festival.

The woman, testifying astatine Combs’ sex-trafficking proceedings under nan pseudonym “Mia,” has alleged that he put his manus up her dress, forced her to execute oral activity and climbed into her furniture to person activity pinch her against her will.

Mia, speaking slow and astatine times crying, portrayed Combs arsenic sadistic and controlling — placing his ain needs, wants and desires supra nan wellbeing of his staff, loved ones and Ventura, who was his woman astatine nan time. Mia testified Combs berated her for mistakes, moreover ones made by different employees, and gave her truthful galore tasks she didn’t slumber for days connected end.

“It was chaotic. It was toxic,” said Mia, who worked for Combs from 2009 to 2017 and co-founded nan Revolt Films workplace pinch him. “It could beryllium exciting. The highs were really precocious and nan lows were really low.”

Mia further testified astir respective occasions wherever she saw Combs' ex Ventura being assaulted — 1 of them was astatine nan premiere of Brad Pitt's Killing Them Softly at nan Cannes Film Festival connected Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

While astatine nan premiere, Mia claimed that Ventura and Combs were seated successful nan silent movie theatre and talking, past Combs gritted his teeth and started "digging his nails into her arms."

Mia claimed that "no 1 ever leaves successful nan mediate of a premiere event," but Combs insisted connected Ventura leaving, which she did. Mia recalled different times she saw Ventura’s busted articulator and different injuries successful a edifice room pinch Ventura’s hairsbreadth stylist Deonte Nash.

After nan premiere, PEOPLE reported astatine nan time, Pitt hosted an friendly statement that evening astatine Villa St. George for adjacent friends and group who were progressive pinch nan film. About 100 group attended nan soiree, including Combs, Kylie Minogue, Chris Tucker and Ray Liotta, who partied until nan wee hours of nan morning.

The statement felt almost for illustration a pre-bachelor statement for the recently engaged Pitt, pinch refreshments including cigars and 250 bottles of Johnnie Walker whiskey. Towards nan extremity of nan evening, Combs shared a celebratory portion pinch nan character complete his engagement to Angelina Jolie (whom he joined successful August 2014 and finalized their divorce successful December 2024), earlier inviting nan full statement backmost to his yacht.

Ventura, who said for 4 days during nan trial’s first week of testimony, elaborate nan opening of her narration pinch Combs of 11 years. She said she first met him astir 2005, erstwhile she was 19, describing her position of him astatine nan clip arsenic “this larger-than-life entrepreneur musician.”

They had activity for nan first clip 2 years later during a travel to Miami, not agelong aft Ventura’s 21st day — wherever Ventura testified she cried aft he kissed her for nan first time. Ventura said Combs besides gave her ecstasy during their travel together, and nan assemblage was shown a photograph of nan pair: Ventura wearing a clothes and sunglasses, pinch Combs draped astir her. 

Ventura added Combs subjected her to hundreds of “freak-offs” — drug-fueled activity marathons successful which she said she engaged successful activity acts pinch escorts while Combs watched, filmed and directed them. Ventura testified it could past anyplace from 36 hours to 4 days. Ventura was 22 years aged when she had her first freak-off, she said, adding, “eventually it became a occupation for me,” occurring play during nan people of their relationship.

She claimed nan encounters were “a very choreographed experience,” detailing nan precise series of nan intersexual encounters that Combs expected from her and nan antheral escort to transportation retired for him. If they went excessively quickly, Combs allegedly made them statesman each complete again. Ventura said she “hated” nan freak-offs, uncovering them “humiliating” and “disgusting.” She testified that location would sometimes beryllium humor connected nan sheets covering nan edifice furnishings because Combs forced her to person activity while she was menstruating aliases ovulating.

Ventura went connected to picture nan power and alleged maltreatment Combs exerted complete her life while continuously keeping tabs connected her. She testified that Combs decided her wardrobe, nails, hair, wherever she lived and ordered her “busy work” to inhabit her clip erstwhile he wasn't around. “He had power complete what I did each infinitesimal of nan day,” Ventura said, adding, moreover orchestrating discussions astir her bosom implants.

On May 16, Ventura testified successful Manhattan national tribunal that she was successful a authorities of daze aft Combs deed her and kicked her while she laic coiled connected nan level and dragged her backmost to their room successful nan now-infamous onslaught astatine nan InterContinental Hotel successful Los Angeles successful 2016.

Not only was Ventura successful symptom from nan achromatic oculus and different injuries Combs near her pinch aft nan May 6, 2016 beating, she was reeling from nan fury nan hip-hop mogul unleashed connected her erstwhile she ran retired of nan room aft a convulsive Freak Off session, she testified.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not blameworthy to activity trafficking, racketeering and transportation to prosecute successful adultery charges, which he has adamantly denied. His lawyers person conceded that he could beryllium convulsive astatine times, but he denies utilizing threats aliases his euphony manufacture clout to perpetrate aliases screen up abuse.

If you aliases personification you cognize has been sexually assaulted, please interaction nan National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) aliases spell to rainn.org.