Combs' Estevao: Did you talk with Mr. Combs about the swinger's lifestyle?
Ventura: That no one talks about it.
Estevao: Were you keeping freak offs secret from your friends?
Ventura: Yes.
Estevao: His assistants help him?
Ventura: With everything
Combs' Estevao: Did you talk with Mr. Combs about the swinger's lifestyle?
Ventura: That no one talks about it.
Estevao: Were you keeping freak offs secret from your friends?
Ventura: Yes.
Estevao: His assistants help him?
Ventura: With everything
Combs' Estevao: You would remember if an assistant came in during one of your sessions with an escort?
Ventura: Not necessarily. I was high.
Estevao: So you don't remember much.
Ventura: I had my privacy invaded a lot during that relationship.
i don't see the issue with having audio at least
This is a private trial
Combs' Estevao: Did you talk with Mr. Combs about the swinger's lifestyle?
Ventura: That no one talks about it.
Estevao: Were you keeping freak offs secret from your friends?
Ventura: Yes.
Estevao: His assistants help him?
Ventura: With everything
More context and detail:
Cassie Ventura confirmed that she and her Diddy had conversations about the “swingers’ lifestyle,” and eventually she saw it in person at the s***clubs they went to.
Defense attorney Anna Estevao asked if the “Freak Offs” were related to the “swingers lifestyle.”
“Related in a sexual way, yeah,” Cassie said. “But they’re very different.”
Combs' Estevao: You would remember if an assistant came in during one of your sessions with an escort?
Ventura: Not necessarily. I was high.
Estevao: So you don't remember much.
Ventura: I had my privacy invaded a lot during that relationship.
More context and details:
Cassie testified that she didn’t remember any of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ employees walking in while they were having a “Freak Off,” and she said she never talked to any of his staff about them.
Cassie said she “definitely didn’t” want his employees to know about them.
Cassie said Combs’ assistants would often set up the hotel rooms before a “Freak Off,” and they would, at times, come in a hotel room while they were staying there.
But, she added, she doesn’t have a specific recollection of a staff member in the room when she was actively in a “Freak Off” with Combs and an escort.
Cassie acknowledged that she never told her friends about the “Freak Offs.”
More context and detail:
Cassie Ventura confirmed that she and her Diddy had conversations about the “swingers’ lifestyle,” and eventually she saw it in person at the s***clubs they went to.
Defense attorney Anna Estevao asked if the “Freak Offs” were related to the “swingers lifestyle.”
“Related in a sexual way, yeah,” Cassie said. “But they’re very different.”
Combs' Estevao: This is from July 2012. You say to Mr. Combs, "I'm h**** and bored." This was after a freak off, right?
Ventura: There are a lot for texts here
[Said to be 25 pages - where will defense exhibits ostensibly entered into evidence be available?]
AUSA Johnson: I would ask that the witness be allowed to read the entire document
Judge: How many pages?
Combs' Estevao: Eight.
AUSA: We don't have a copy for the witness
Estevao: We'll show it on the screen
[But not in the public gallery]
Combs' Estevao: You said Mr. Combs often put you down. But he also sent you encouragement and called you a queen, right?
Ventura: Yes.
[Sidebar]
Estevao: What would trigger Mr. Combs' incessant calls to you?
Ventura: Anger, doubt about where I was
Combs' Estevao: You said Mr. Combs often put you down. But he also sent you encouragement and called you a queen, right?
Ventura: Yes.
[Sidebar]
Estevao: What would trigger Mr. Combs' incessant calls to you?
Ventura: Anger, doubt about where I was
Combs' Estevao: If he suspected you of cheating, he'd call you incessantly?
Ventura: That was one of the reasons.
Estevao: Because he thought-
AUSA Johnson: Objection!
Judge: That's sustained.
Combs' Estevao: Do you believe Mr. Combs has good taste?
Ventura: I think he does.
Estevao: He's had an impact on fashion?
Ventura: People like his style. Sean John.
Estevao: Did you consult with him on your look?
Ventura: Sometimes I got advice I didn't ask for
Combs' Estevao: He still ran his companies even while having all these freak offs, right?
Ventura: He did.
Estevao: What was he addicted to?
Ventura: Success (laughs)
Estevao: What substances? Opiates?
Ventura: Yes. He told me. And I saw it.
Combs' Estevao: He still ran his companies even while having all these freak offs, right?
Ventura: He did.
Estevao: What was he addicted to?
Ventura: Success (laughs)
Estevao: What substances? Opiates?
Ventura: Yes. He told me. And I saw it.
Combs' Estevao: Did Mr. Combs' mood depend on whether or not he was withdrawing from opiates?
Ventura: He was more irritable, I would say.
Estevao: What other d**** was Mr. Combs' addicted to
AUSA: Objection. No foundation
Judge: I'll ask if I want the grounds.
Combs' Estevao: Did Mr. Combs' mood depend on whether or not he was withdrawing from opiates?
Ventura: He was more irritable, I would say.
Estevao: What other d**** was Mr. Combs' addicted to
AUSA: Objection. No foundation
Judge: I'll ask if I want the grounds.
Judge: Sustained. Re-phrase.
Combs' Estevao: What was his d*** of choice?
Ventura: Ecstasy or MDMA.
Estevao: Opiates daily?
Ventura: When he was doing them.
Estevao: You saw him withdraw?
Ventura: Yes.
Judge: We'll break
[Juror leaves; witness leaves]
Judge: Ms. Estevao, where are we in your cross?
Estevao: We have a lot of exhibits. Let me confer over lunch.
Judge: Non-responsive. Will you finish today or early tomorrow?
Agnifilo: To the end of tomorrow
Agnifilo: We might not be able to finish tomorrow. This is the most important witnesses.
Judge: For months we said, this witness had to be off the stand by the end of the week.
AUSA: Our direct was a day and a half. Limit them to that.
Judge: Show Ms. Ventura the exhibits in advance. Maybe just ask her question, rather than these exhibits. We have a timing concern.
Agnifilo: They called two witnesses to start. That wasn't our choice. It's a critically important witness.
Judge: Streamline things