Attorneys for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs have tried to chip away at the credibility of Casandra Ventura, the music mogul’s former girlfriend, after two days of her gruelling testimony in his trial on sex trafficking charges.
Ms Ventura, the singer widely known as Cassie, told jurors that Mr Combs raped, beat and forced her into drug-fuelled sex parties during their more than ten years together – excruciating accounts that now open her up to a grilling from defence lawyers.
Early in the hearing, Mr Combs’ attorney Anna Estevao focused on aspects of their relationship that were tender, admitting into evidence numerous emails and text exchanges that include Mr Combs…