Who is Cassie? Casandra Ventura is the R&B singer and actor who started testifying Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial. She is known simply as Cassie.

This is a free newsletter for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and model whose explosive civil lawsuit set the stage for this federal trial,

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Manhattan Federal Court sex-trafficking trial enters a new phase Monday, May 12 with opening statements. Diddy, 55, faces five counts on charges such as

The "Me & You" singer, who is married to personal trainer Alex Fine and eight months pregnant with their child, told jurors on Tuesday, May 13 how the hip-hop mogul forced her to take part in sex encounters called "Freak Offs" that Combs often filmed.

Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs is on trial for sex trafficking, racketeering, and other charges. Here's everything to know about the rapper's trial, including how much time he's facing.

Atlanta criminal-defense attorney Bruce Harvey, who co-represented Young Thug’s co-defendant Nichols, agreed. “Brian is a meticulous lawyer, always very thorough and prepared — leaves no stone unturned,” Harvey said.

The rapper-producer and entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could land him in prison for life. As the trial gets underway in New York City, we’re breaking down the chain of events that brought Combs to this point.

Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura wasn't swooning when Sean “Diddy” Combs kissed her for the first time. The R&B singer told jurors at his high-profile federal sex crimes trial on Tuesday, May 13, that when Combs kissed her in August 2007 on her 21st birthday in Las Vegas after a VMA event that she cried.

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