Cassie Ventura cross-examination to continue

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Ventura testified she went to dinner with Combs in August 2018 to have a conversation about closure after ending their relationship. 

They were not together then, and she was seeing another man, who is now her husband, she testified. 

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She said Combs was nice, playful and romantic, and he brought her home. 

“And then he raped me in my living room,” Ventura testified. “On the floor.” 

Ventura said she remembered crying and saying no, but Combs wasn’t himself and didn’t stop.

She said she was intimate with Combs one more time after the incident. When asked why she agreed to see him again, she replied they had been together for years and were very connected, something you don’t just turn off. 

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On Wednesday, Ventura gave explicit details about so-called “freak offs.” She said Combs would direct her and a male escort to perform sex acts. 

At one point, a text she sent Combs was displayed. It said, “Nothing good comes out of FO’s anymore. You treat me like you’re Ike Turner.” 

Ventura said Combs would hit her and that she developed infections and sores in her mouth. 

In addition to ecstasy and cocaine, she said Combs would supply ketamine and GHB. 

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Combs’ defense team started questioning Ventura on Thursday about her off-and-on relationship with Combs that lasted nearly 11 years. 

Attorneys showed the jury many messages between the two, including some that were sexually explicit. Others were about Ventura helping Combs coordinate a “freak off.” 

They also asked Ventura about her drug use and pointed out how she often took drugs without Combs. 

It was Ventura’s third day on the witness stand, but first for cross examination.

Updated 52m ago

There is no livestream available for the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial because cameras are not allowed in federal court. 

Sketch artists, however, are allowed. 

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CBS News New York’s Alice Gainer has been covering the trial all week and will provide live updates on today’s testimony.

Updated 52m ago

The jury has heard from three witnesses so far:

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