Diddy Allegedly Attacked Cassie on Prince's Front Lawn, Security Had to Step In

A erstwhile individual adjunct to Sean "Diddy" Combs took nan witnesser guidelines Thursday and told jurors nan Bad Boy Records founder, known to his unit arsenic Puff, worked her astir nan timepiece and sexually assaulted her aggregate times during her employment from 2009 to 2017. 

The erstwhile employee, testifying nether nan pseudonym Mia — antecedently identified arsenic Victim-4 successful nan Southern District of New York’s criminal indictment — recounted an incident astatine a 2010 statement hosted by Prince aft nan Emmy Awards, wherever nan euphony legend’s information had to intervene erstwhile Combs attacked Casandra "Cassie" Ventura.

Mia said her tenure overlapped pinch Combs’ narration pinch vocalist Ventura, 1 of nan women Combs is accused of sex-trafficking astatine his national trial. Mia told jurors Combs kept tight power of Ventura’s whereabouts, quality and euphony career, and that portion of her occupation was to “keep tabs” connected Ventura.

When she and Ventura, who she says became for illustration her “sister," did thing without Combs’ permission, nan “punishment” could beryllium “unpredictable and terrifying,” she testified.

That night, Mia recounted that Combs told her to enactment pinch Ventura astatine a edifice to support her institution arsenic nan euphony mogul had told Ventura he would beryllium pinch his kids. Then, Mia claimed, a friend called and told her and Ventura astir nan statement astatine Prince’s house.

“Cass and I debated for illustration small kids if we should sneak retired of nan location for astir apt what felt for illustration forever,” Mia testified. Ventura, who took nan guidelines astatine Combs' activity trafficking trial connected Wednesday, May 14, said she was having meal pinch friends and wanted to spell to Prince's house. 

“It was a erstwhile successful a life experience,” Ventura testified. She said she did not want to show Combs astir nan acquisition because she thought "he would opportunity no." 

Ventura and Mia yet went to Prince's statement and were having nosy dancing and watching him perform, Mia said, but past Combs arrived. Mia recalled seeing his bucket chapeau and nan 2 locking eyes. Ventura testified earlier she saw BET executives and abruptly heard Combs was there.

“I caught a glimpse of him, near nan statement and ran retired arsenic accelerated arsenic I could,” Ventura testified. “I knew he was angry astatine me.” She said she could spot it successful his facial expressions “and past he came aft me.”

Mia claimed they some took disconnected moving retired of Prince's estate, but “Puff caught Cass,” nan erstwhile adjunct said. Two weeks ago, Ventura told nan assemblage that she started moving earlier falling into nan bushes successful Prince's beforehand yard.

“It’s a small fuzzy, but nan astir chopped representation I person is moving and falling into nan bushes successful nan beforehand yard,” Ventura added. “I don’t cognize if astatine that constituent he was complete me. I person nary idea. I conscionable retrieve falling successful nan bushes and past getting up quickly and getting successful nan car to get backmost to nan hotel.” 

“He caught up to her and had her connected nan ground,” Mia said. “He started attacking her, but Prince’s information swiftly intervened.” Mia near and spent nan nighttime astatine a different hotel, she testified.

The ex-employee said that nan adjacent day, nan caput of quality resources told her Combs was suspending her without salary for attending Prince's statement pinch Ventura. “Puff said I was being insubordinate,” Mia claimed. She said nan HR worker did not mention thing astir Combs’ behaviour nan nighttime before.

Back astatine Ventura’s Beverly Hills hotel, Combs barged wrong nan room and allegedly hit Ventura, leaving her pinch a achromatic eye, knots successful her head, and a busted lisp, Ventura and her friend, personage constitution creator Mylah Morales, testified past week.

Ventura, who dated Combs for 11 years, is nan cardinal witnesser for nan prosecution astatine his trial. The artist, 38, welcomed her 3rd baby, a boy, pinch hubby Alex Fine, a root confirmed to PEOPLE connected May 28.

"We went into nan chamber and he hit maine up,” Ventura alleged. “He threw luggage astatine me, calling maine each kinds of names."

The prosecution has already established that respective of Combs’ labor and group connected his payroll saw nan mogul physically abusing Ventura complete nan people of their relationship. Former assistants George Kaplan and Capricorn Clark, Danity Kane's Dawn Richard, erstwhile stylist Deonte Nash and Morales, each testified they had been coming erstwhile Combs brutally attacked Ventura. 

The Bad Boy Records laminitis is presently facing charges of activity trafficking, racketeering and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution, which he has adamantly denied.

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.