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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Anna Betts

Cassie Ventura’s mother says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs blackmailed her for $20,000

a woman walks outside court
Cassie Ventura’s mother, Regina Ventura, departs federal court in New York on 20 May 2025. Photograph: Kylie Cooper/Reuters

The federal trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs continued on Tuesday, with Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s mother, Regina Ventura, testifying that she was “scared about my daughter’s safety” and revealing that she had paid Combs $20,000 “to recoup money he had spent” on her daughter “because he was unhappy she was in a relationship with Kid Cudi”.

Casandra Ventura, Combs’s former girlfriend and the key witness in the case, testified last week. Combs, 55, is facing charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He was arrested in September 2024 and has pleaded not guilty.

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