Kerry Morgan
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And he said Vashta, who was the senior vice president of HR at Bad Boy, pointed to a picture of Didi on the wall and said, this is Mr. Combs' kingdom and we're all here to serve in it. And he said he was given a kind of question packet that included different scenarios he had to answer and he was given a week to complete it.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
But he said he turned it in early and that meant that he was able to be the first to sit in front of Diddy for an interview. He said it was a very professional interaction and that Diddy asked him two questions. First, how do you compile a spreadsheet of my preferences? And then the second question was why he would be a good personal assistant.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And he said that he would be a good personal assistant because he's not concerned with Diddy's accomplishments of today, but concerned about what's to come and that he can't stop, won't stop. And he said Diddy loved that reference to one of the lines in his raps that he's really quite known for. And Diddy said, I like that. I like that. And he said he was hired on as one of his assistants.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Diddy becomes kind of the center of your universe. Yeah, that's right. So this is in 2007 to 2009. And he says that essentially some weeks he would work six to seven days straight. So no breaks. That his hours were 8 a.m. to 4 a.m. That it would start a half hour before waking Diddy up. He would get his schedule together. He would get news clippings for Diddy.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
He would get documents that he needed to approve and make sure his breakfast was being made by the chef. And that once Diddy was up and that was all done, that they were traveling around the city doing work. After dinner, he said they would be in the studio working on Diddy's albums and music, sometimes till 3 o'clock in the morning.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And then they'd have to hang out and do whatever else Diddy needed in the meantime. So it was quite a picture he painted of this just exhaustive schedule where he had to be at Diddy's beck and call for everything and at his side for everything.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
After the government kind of went through asking a few more questions, then we got to the cross-examination from the defense. And I thought this was actually some of the perhaps strongest and toughest cross-examination we've seen so far.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
That's right. He said he was driving with Diddy to a business meeting and he overheard a conversation Diddy was having with his friend. And the friend asked him, you know, how's Kim and how's Cassie? Kim, of course, referring to Kim Porter. And he said, Kim's good. She's my queen. And in regards to Cassie, he said, I got her right where I want her. She's young.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
He said he remembered the word moldable being used. So it was interesting to have him recount the conversation. He said he could recall two conversations specifically with Cassie. The first was in Miami, and he said Cassie was with a friend and he was with them. They were just smoking. And she said, man, this lifestyle is crazy. And he told her, well, why don't you just leave it then?
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And she said, you know, I can't get out. He gives me an allowance. He has my career in his hands. I just can't leave. He was recounting sharing a cab from the airport with Cassie at the Sundance Film Festival. And he said she was really happy. She was going over her songs and her track list because her album was about to come out and she was excited about it.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And then he was asked if he remembers the album ever coming out. And he said no.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
What they were trying to suggest was that Dawn had changed her story about the egg incident and changed it numerous times. And she said no, you know, she tried to insist that no, she hadn't changed her story. So this was kind of a painful part of, you know, cross-examination that went on for quite a long time. And it really ended
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
with Nicole Westmoreland, Diddy's lawyer, saying, would you agree with me that you have changed your story numerous times and that in all your different interviews with prosecutors, that story has slightly changed and there's a big difference in every which way you've told it. And again, Dawn Richard trying to insist she told it the same way that she remembers it.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And even, you know, saying I didn't write these notes that the government has.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
That was another really tense moment in the cross-examination because you had Diddy's lawyer saying, if you felt that your life was really at risk, you would have thought that you would have said that to the government, that you would have recalled that incident. And so, again, she was trying to suggest Diddy's lawyer that Don Rashard was changing her story.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And this is all, again, about trying to hit at her credibility and show the jury she's not a reliable witness. And they say that that really hits back at her suggestion that in the past he was the one that would reach out when she was doing well with her career and that she would respond politely because she didn't know any other way to do that.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And again, in cross-examination, they say, well, when you were working together with Diddy Dirty Money, you were having to spend a lot of time together in the studio. You were spending a lot of time brainstorming together, a lot of time writing together, a lot of time traveling to several countries.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And if you felt your life was really in danger, why would you reach out to him to try to put yourself back in that same situation?
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Dawn was really soft-spoken throughout, and you could tell that the government wanted to come in and clarify a few points. And They spoke about first her civil lawsuit and just explaining why she decided to file that. And she said, you know, the environment was not conducive for an employee. That's why she filed her civil lawsuit.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And she talks about how that was a bad time for her and that the memories didn't come back immediately. She said, you know, as I've been working with prosecutors more, speaking to others who were around at that time, that that's when memories have come and that she's always answered questions to the best of her memory and recollection.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Yeah, and they asked her, do you want to be here? And she said no. And they said you were sent a subpoena essentially to be here. And she said, yeah. She said, I had moved on with my life and away from these people and these problems. And so it was very clear that Carrie was doing this out of obligation and not wanting to revisit this period of her life.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Yeah, there was a bit of heartbreak in a way that what started as a really young, fun relationship has ended up this way. You know, Kerry talked about how they met in high school. They were doing modeling and catalog modeling and eventually decided to live together for a year, moving to New York together. And she said Cassie worked hard. She was successful as a model.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
She was confident that when they went out, she didn't drink much. And she said she didn't do drugs, that she really focused on making her music. And she talked about how in 2006, her song Me and You just exploded. And she said that the first she really learned about Cassie and Diddy dating was in 2007. And she said she spent time often with the two of them together.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
They would just hang out, travel, go to dinner. They went to Ibiza, Italy, Los Angeles, Vegas, Miami. And she said, yeah, there was some drugs involved when we would go out and party. It wasn't too frequent, but that they had fun together. She really described it as, in the beginning, a very fun environment for her.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Yeah, she mentioned what she first thought about Diddy, which I thought was interesting. She thought he was very nice, generous, a strong presence, a little bit intimidating, but then described how he then had mood swings and would become aggressive. And at that point, it would not be fun how he would yell at Cassie. Or, you know, just be mad.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And she said that that really led to Cassie losing confidence. She said she lost her spark big time. She was just not herself, you know. Even her posture, she had this imagery of just not even standing up straight anymore. Just seeing Cassie slumping often because that Diddy would speak down to her and criticize her.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And if they had an event, he would critique how she looked, how she behaved, who she spoke with. This would also affect Carrie. Carrie talks about how when he would call looking for her, if he wasn't able to get in touch with Cassie, that he would call Carrie. And sometimes that could mean 50 times in a row.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Yeah, that's right. She didn't know the exact date, but she said that Diddy was renting a house in Los Angeles and it was her and Cassie, one of the security guards and Diddy. And Diddy and Cassie were off to the right in the first floor primary suite. And essentially, she says she saw Diddy push her.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
she's pretty sure did he hit her but because they were behind the bed she couldn't exactly tell but she said cassie did nothing in response and carrie says she was so upset and she doesn't remember exactly what she said but she said something to the effect of telling the security guard you know do something and essentially he kind of shrugged like there's nothing he can do about it at that point she said cassie left
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And they hid in some neighbor's steps, laying face down on the concrete stairs for about 20 to 30 minutes. She said they were whispering because, you know, they could hear Diddy and his security guard looking for them. But she said they just wanted to stay still until the situation got calm again and that eventually Cassie did go back to the house and she went back to her hotel.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Yeah, so this was in Jamaica in 2013. Carrie was on vacation with Cassie and a bunch of other friends. And Diddy apparently joined the vacation halfway through. And she describes the three of them being in the bar area. And Cassie just went to the bathroom. And she said all of a sudden she heard a guttural, terrifying scream. And so she ran to the hallway.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And she said this happened after Diddy basically was saying, where's Cassie? She's taking too long. So she sees Diddy.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
taking her by her hair dragging her by her hair out of the bathroom and down the hallway and carrie's first instinct was to run and to grab her bag right because she's in a foreign country you know in her mind she's like i need my credit card i need our stuff if we're gonna have to run and then when she gets back they're outside and she said that the front doors were open
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Diddy had pushed Cassie to the ground. Cassie had hit her head on a brick and she wasn't moving. She was just kind of on her side in the fetal position with her eyes closed, not saying anything. She said she was pretty much knocked out, that she didn't move for 30 seconds. And she said she was arguing with Diddy at the time.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
She didn't know exactly what she was saying, but she knows they were arguing. And then at that point, Cassie just bolted and ran into a wooded area barefoot. And at that point, both Carrie and Diddy jumped into golf carts that were in the driveway and ran after Cassie. And Carrie was calling out Cassie's name. Cassie eventually got in the golf cart with her and she said they hid in a ditch.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
She said it felt like hours and went back to the house eventually. But Cassie had a really big bump on her forehead. She recalled Cassie didn't get any medical attention. And she pointed out that, you know, those weren't the only times that she witnessed Diddy assaulting Cassie. But she said the other times weren't as big of a deal. They were a push, a slap.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
So Carrie said that about a half hour after Cassie came into her home wearing a hoodie, that Diddy showed up with a hammer. and was hammering loudly at the door. And she was just looking at Cassie, who appeared numb, sitting on the couch. She said, I don't think Cassie even cared if he came in and killed her.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And so Kerry started calling his chief of staff, Christina Coram, DRock, his head of security, and DRock apparently couldn't get Diddy to leave, so she called again Christina Corum, and eventually Diddy left. And she said it was about three hours later that the police came.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
She's not sure who called them, but eventually the police came, but Cassie wouldn't say who she was and wouldn't give them any details.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Yeah, and look, right before that we had Carrie actually saying that all of Cassie's friends were employed by Diddy except for her and that Cassie would say she couldn't leave Diddy because she would lose her livelihood, her career, her car, everything. And then we get to the incident in 2018 where she says they were at Cassie's house
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
They were just listening to music and in came Diddy while Cassie was in the bathroom asking, you know, who is Cassie cheating on with? And she said Diddy choked her so hard that finger marks were imprinted on her neck afterward. And she says when she was able to get away, he then grabbed a wooden hanger and
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And Boomerang threw it at her and it hit her in the back behind her ears and gave her a concussion. And she said she just grabbed her stuff and left and told one of Diddy's old assistants, he's going crazy, he's lost it. But then again, the assistant didn't do anything. She said she had injuries. She had a concussion. She was dizzy. She vomited a few times, went to urgent care.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And so she hired a lawyer to file a lawsuit. But then Cassie asked to meet her. She said they were in West Hollywood about a month after that incident, and they were just at a pizza place. And Cassie essentially told her, you're milking this, you're over-exaggerating what happened.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
And she said Cassie offered to give her $30,000, which she understood was being paid for by Diddy, and had her sign an NDA, a non-disclosure agreement, so that she couldn't speak about it anymore. And she describes how, you know, she felt Cassie wasn't taking her side, how she was really disappointed. And that's why they haven't spoken ever since.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
kerry about cassie's jealousy and they specifically asked her about one of diddy's romantic affiliations we've heard the same a few times gina what did kerry have to say about gina yeah this was probably the most forthcoming we've seen kerry so she clearly remembers this once um she was asked about coming to learn about gina um
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
Diddy was having a relationship with her, Kerry says, yeah, she was a big problem. She says he was having a full-on relationship with this little girl, which then the defense quickly had to have her clarify that Gina was in fact an adult woman, but that she was viewed that way because she was quite younger than Cassie.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
That's right. So we started off with the government picking up with the instances where she said she saw Diddy hitting Cassie. She talked about how she told Cassie that she should leave, but she wouldn't listen. She could see the fear from Cassie. And she said eventually she made the decision for herself not to interfere.
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Diddy’s defence question ‘inconsistencies’ in Dawn Richard’s testimony
He painted a picture of what it was like to work for Didi. So he talks about how he wanted a career in fashion. He responded to a New York Times ad for the position. He went into headquarters at Bad Boy and he said there were 15 people waiting for the position.
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She said she saw Diddy buy and take lots of different drugs and also saw him and his bodyguards carrying handguns both in the studio and at nightclubs. She said it made her frightened, but she admitted she had never seen him draw his gun or wave it around or load it. She said when she stopped working for him in 2011, he and Pierre warned her not to tell anyone about the abuse she had seen.
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So then it was the defense's turn to cross-examine Richard. Nicole Westmoreland is the lawyer who stepped up. She accused Richard of repeatedly changing her story, but she denied she'd given different accounts to prosecutors for the government than the one she'd given the jury.
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But Richard claimed she'd simply, quote, done her best to remember. She said she tried to, quote, erase the memories from back then because it was a bad time for her. She said the environment was volatile and hard to work in, but she denied that she told multiple different stories about what happened. Here's the spiky exchange between the two, which starts with Westmoreland.
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She agreed that she'd been upset when Diddy broke up Danity Kane and Dirty Money and that even though she was scared of him, she'd repeatedly asked him to sign her as a solo artist. She also admitted, quote, sporadically contacting him because Kalena wanted to get Dirty Money back together. but she insisted she was still a success without him.
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She admitted that she'd been subpoenaed to give evidence. She said she hadn't wanted to come to court because she had, quote, Foster asked her to think back to when she and Cassie first met. She said they had been close friends for three years when they decided to move into an apartment in Manhattan together in 2004. From then on, they did everything together, she said.
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She described Cassie as confident and fun. She said she worked really hard as a model and didn't drink much and never took drugs. But in 2006, she said Cassie recorded a song called Me and You, which, quote, exploded.
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She said Diddy would bombard her with messages when he couldn't get a hold of Cassie himself. sometimes calling up to 50 times in a row. And like Richard, she told the jury that she also saw Diddy attack Cassie. She said she witnessed him slapping and hitting her on several occasions, but two times stuck in her mind. She said the first incident took place in the master bedroom of his home in L.A.
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There, she saw Diddy push Cassie and that she was, quote, pretty sure he hit her as well. She said she and Cassie managed to run away into the street. They hid by a neighbor's house lying flat on the ground for up to half an hour while Diddy and one of his security guards scoured the neighborhood for them.
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Thank you, Hermania. Another really busy week in court. Every day there's something new happening in this trial. Earlier today, Cassie Ventura's mom, Regina, had given her testimony. She's told the jury that she felt, quote, physically sick when Cassie told her Diddy was planning on releasing sex tapes of her because he was angry she had started dating someone else.
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Foster also asked her about the time Diddy assaulted Cassie in the now infamous Intracontinental Hotel attack. She said she was there when Cassie came home with a black eye. She said Diddy arrived half an hour later and was banging on the door with a hammer.
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She said afterwards she encouraged Cassie to call the police about the abuse, but she didn't want to. She also said she told her to leave him, but Cassie told her she couldn't.
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She said she vomited after the attack, which left her with a concussion. And around a month later, she met Cassie at a pizza restaurant where she agreed to sign an NDA in exchange for $30,000. But she told the jury Cassie wasn't happy at the meeting. She claimed she told her she was, quote, milking it and over-exaggerating, and she hasn't spoken to her since. We'll be right back after this.
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She said she and her husband took out a loan and wired him $20,000 because he was demanding they pay back cash he'd spent on their daughter. She said they paid him because they knew he had beaten Cassie and she was scared for her daughter's safety. But she said the money eventually came back into her account a few days later.
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So, Hermania, when we recorded Friday's episode last week, Cassie was still being cross-examined by Diddy's lawyer, Anna Estevo. Her testimony was really emotional, and there were several key features that we thought it was worth bringing to you in case you haven't caught up with everything in the news reports.
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But Cassie insisted her messages were just words by that point. She claimed that by that stage, she was only really interested in sex with Diddy, not the male escorts as well. She said the roleplay text was simply her trying to rekindle their romance because they were spending so much time with escorts.
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Today, we're also going to hear how Diddy turned up to a diner with three handguns when he found out his rival was there.
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Cassie admitted Diddy overdosed on painkillers at the Playboy Mansion and had to go to the hospital in February 2012, around the same time that Whitney Houston died. She said they were both always trying to come off opiates and they even flew to Cancun together to take a plant medicine band in the U.S. to help them. but they inevitably relapsed soon after returning.
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Estable also spent time highlighting to the jury how the couple's relationship was blighted by suspicions of infidelity and jealousy from the beginning. She showed the court an email Cassie sent just a few weeks into their relationship in October 2007.
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In it, she said she had fallen hard for him, but also outlined her insecurities and suggested Carey Morgan was, quote, a better fit for him than her. Here's an extract that was read to the court.
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We'll also hear how Diddy was allegedly preparing for a final freak-off when police arrested him at the Park Hyatt Hotel last year.
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Correct. Around this time, the court heard Cassie also discover Diddy was conducting an affair with another woman called Gina Hyun. Although he repeatedly denied dating Gina, she said his infidelity led to arguments and caused them to break up and spend time apart. Estavo asked Cassie about how this infidelity made her feel.
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Cassie said his refusal to end it with Gina was the final nail in the coffin for their relationship in August 2018. Here's an extract of a text she sent him saying as much around that time.
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As we're recording today, David James has completed his testimony. He was Diddy's personal assistant for two years, from May 2007 to May 2009. You might remember that Cassie told the jury he was one of Diddy's staff who facilitated the freak-offs. He was very emotional and crying during his testimony. He told the jury he got the job after seeing an ad in the New York Times.
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He said during his interview for the role, one of Diddy's employees pointed to a picture of the wrapper on the wall and said, quote, This is Mr. Combs' kingdom. We're all here to serve in it. He said his job involved arriving at Diddy's home before he woke up and organizing his business schedule for the day.
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He said he would turn on his TV to his preferred channel and also compile a folder of all the press cuttings which mentioned him from the previous 24 hours. He said he would spend the day accompanying Diddy to meetings and go with him to dinner and later to the studio where he would sometimes work on his album until four in the morning.
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James said he was paid $70,000 but was expected to work up to 20 hours a day, six or seven days a week. He also claimed there was a common saying among his bodyguards that went, quote, you know what rhymes with tired? Fired.
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He also said he never witnessed any physical violence between Diddy and Cassie, but he heard them arguing about her career more than once. He said twice he was forced to take a lie detector test when Diddy had cash and jewelry stolen from him. He said it was extremely intimidating, but he didn't feel like he could refuse and he was found to be telling the truth.
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James also recounted an incident when he got into an argument with a female chef who worked for Diddy. He said he grabbed the chef by the wrists and she complained to bosses at the record label. James said Diddy told him you can't be putting your hands on women and warned him he would be fired if it happened again.
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Right, and the jury was shown photographs of this hotel suite and the haul of items recovered by officers. Binda told them that in a closet in the hallway were several Ziploc bags filled with Johnson's baby oil, Astroglide lubricant, and a computer hard drive. Mood lighting was also found in the living room. Another five bottles of baby oil were found in the bathtub.
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A pill bottle with anti-anxiety and epilepsy drugs in the name of Frank Black. which we know is one of Diddy's aliases, was found in a brown Louis Vuitton bag on the nightstand in the bedroom alongside two more bottles of lubricant. Ketamine and MDMA were also found in pill bottles in the room, and $9,000 in cash was also found in a black fanny pack hanging off the bed.
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And just to recap, Cassie told the jury last week that Diddy was meticulous about how he liked a freak-off to be set up. She said he choreographed the lighting, decided what lingerie and heels she wore, and made her heat up the baby oil in hot water before the sex session began.
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Richard said that from 2004, Danity Kane was signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records. Later, between 2009 and 2011, she was also a member of another group called Diddy Dirty Money. which consisted of herself, another girl called Kalena Harper, and Diddy himself. She said she worked for Diddy, who she said she knew as Puff, for a total of seven years until 2011.
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She admitted she didn't intervene or call the police, but said she was shocked because, quote, she had never seen anything like that before and was worried about what it might mean for herself.
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She said the following day Diddy called her and Kalena back into the studio again to record. When they arrived, he locked the studio door and told them to keep quiet about what they'd seen.
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She also said there was another time in 2009 before they performed at a music festival in Central Park in New York that she saw Diddy punch Cassie in the face. Here's Ms. Steiner again.
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Richard also recounted a time a year later when she said she saw Diddy punch Cassie hard in the stomach. She said it happened when a group of them had been out having dinner at a restaurant in West Hollywood. She said other stars such as Usher, Ne-Yo, and the record producer Jimmy Iovine were also at the restaurant.
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She said nobody challenged him or intervened when he was violent towards Cassie and he became angry when she interfered and told her to leave.