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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Cassie Ventura’s former best friend testifies how Diddy paid her $30K to stay silent about abuse

Kerry Morgan, the former best friend of Cassie Ventura, has told the Diddy trial how the music mogul choked her and beat her with a hanger in 2018 - and then offered her $30,000 in exchange for her silence.

The 39-year-old model was friends with Ventura from 2001 until 2018, and testified on Monday that Diddy, whose real name is Sean Combs, attacked her from behind and hit her around the head with the wooden coat hanger.

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