Cassie’s mom and male escort drop bombshells in Diddy’s trial

THE trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, has taken another sensational turn as a series of incendiary claims have emerged during his sex-trafficking and racketeering proceedings at the US District Court in Manhattan.

- ALYSSIA BIRJALAL

The 55-year-old music mogul is accused of running a sex trafficking ring and abusing multiple women over two decades, including his ex-girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.

Combs is facing five federal criminal charges, including racketeering, sex trafficking and prostitution.

During the trial, his former assistant, David James, testified.

He detailed his duties, which had included setting up hotel rooms for Combs, laying out Combs’s clothes and toiletries and procuring “personal items” such as baby oil, lubricant, condoms and snacks.

He also described Combs’s medicine bag, which allegedly contained dozens of pill bottles that contained ecstasy and Percocet. During his testimony, James made a bizarre claim, alleging that A-listers at Diddy's parties took pills shaped like former US President Barack Obama's face.

As the trial progressed, Cassie’s mother, Regina Ventura, took to the stand to express her anguish over Diddy’s alleged threats to release explicit videos of Cassie.