Diddy 'drugged girlfriend and used sex tapes as blackmail'

SEAN 'Diddy' Combs kept his girlfriend drugged for half of every week, getting her to perform sex acts on male escorts during 'freak-offs' he filmed, a court has heard.

- BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN

As the hip-hop mogul's explosive criminal trial got underway yesterday, jurors were told how he would then use the tapes to blackmail her.

Assistant US Attorney Emily Johnson described the disturbing cycle of abuse that Combs' ex Cassie Ventura and others allegedly endured for years.

"Half of every week, Cassie was in a dark hotel room, high and awake for days performing sex acts she did not want to do on male escorts," Ms Johnson told jurors in the New York court.

"These sexual performances lasted multiple days, and they involved multiple escorts."