Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly used a hammer to attempt to break into his ex-girlfriend’s condominium after the now-infamous assault at an Intercontinental Resort in 2016, a New York courtroom has heard.
Safety video of Mr Combs’ assault on his then-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura has been proven to the jury a number of occasions in his sex-trafficking trial.
Ms Ventura’s former greatest good friend Kerry Morgan on Monday recounted how Mr Combs allegedly tried to smash his manner into Ventura’s condominium within the aftermath, and described the incident as terrifying.
Mr Combs, 55, has pleaded not responsible to racketeering, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He may face life in jail if convicted.
Ms Morgan advised the courtroom she was at Ms Ventura’s Los Angeles condominium after the lodge incident and watched by means of the peephole as Mr Combs was “banging on the door with a hammer”.
Ms Morgan advised the courtroom that because it unfolded, she did not assume Ms Ventura cared if Mr Combs “got here in and killed her”.
Mr Combs didn’t enter the condominium and cops arrived about three hours later, Ms Morgan mentioned. No grievance was filed.
The courtroom heard extra allegations of violent outbursts by the hip-hop mogul. Ms Morgan mentioned that in a trip in Jamaica, she noticed him drag Ms Ventura down a 50-yard hallway by her hair as a result of she was “taking too lengthy within the toilet”.
The witness advised the courtroom she too had skilled violence by the hands of Mr Combs, alleging he choked her and threw a wood hanger at her head in 2018 whereas demanding to know who Ms Ventura was dishonest on him with.
The courtroom heard Ms Morgan had a concussion and needed to go to pressing care.
The 2 ladies have been greatest pals for 17 years, however after that, their friendship was over, Ms Morgan mentioned.
She advised the courtroom that Ms Ventura met her at a West Hollywood pizza place a couple of month later and provided her $30,000 (£22,450) to signal a non-disclosure settlement. They agreed, and haven’t spoken within the seven years since.
“I draw my line at bodily abuse,” Ms Morgan mentioned.
After Ms Morgan stepped down from the witness stand, David James, the previous private assistant of Mr Combs, testified.
Mr James, who advised the courtroom he typically labored 20 hours a day for six to seven days per week, was as soon as proven {a photograph} of Mr Combs at his Dangerous Boy Leisure workplace and a high-ranking employees member advised him “that is Mr Combs’ kingdom. We’re all right here to serve it”.
The previous assistant additionally recounted a dialog he overheard in Manhattan, when he was in an Escalade SUV with Combs and a few of his entourage.
When a good friend requested how Ms Ventura was, Mr Combs allegedly mentioned: “Cassie’s good. I bought her proper the place I need her, she’s younger”.
“He mentioned she was very mouldable,” Mr James recollects his boss saying.
The trial will proceed on Tuesday with Mr James on the witness stand.
