Ex-girlfriend testifies Sean 'Diddy' Combs forced her into sex parties

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, the star prosecution witness at his sex trafficking trial, testified that the rapper and hip-hop mogul forced her into repeated sex parties he organised.

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Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, said she took part in Combs' parties known as Freak Offs for about a decade, at first to please him and later because he blackmailed her with videos of the encounters.

"The Freak Offs became a job where there was no space to do anything else but to recover and just try to feel normal again," Ventura, 38, told jurors in Manhattan federal court.

She said performances could last 1-1/2 to four days, with Combs giving her illegal substances to keep her awake and micromanaging her appearance. "If I wasn't doing my nails, I was getting a tan," Ventura said. "After a while that wears down on you, on your confidence and self-worth."