May 15, 2025
Disturbing.
CBS News describing some of the details provided by Cassie Ventura in her testimony regarding the case involving her ex-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs. Ventura alleged Combs subjected her to abuse and blackmail. Comb’s attorneys began cross-examination of Ventura on Thursday.
Why It Matters: Sean “Diddy” Combs faces multiple federal charges related to running a “criminal enterprise” that includes racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. In addition to the federal charges, Combs also faces more than two dozen civil sexual abuse lawsuits.
Central to the charges Combs faces is the Mann Act of 1910 — learn the law’s origins and its application in notable cases HERE.
Read More: Live updates: Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs question Cassie, the trial’s star witness (AP)
Sean Combs’s Trial: What To Know (New York Times)
by Stephanie Wagner, based in Florida
