On the primary day of Cassie Ventura’s cross-examination, she claimed that Diddy advised drug sellers to cease promoting to her.
Advanced’s Shawn Setaro stories that this incident occurred in 2016. On Thursday, Cassie advised Diddy’s legal professional, Anna Estevao, that his makes an attempt “didn’t actually work.”
In keeping with trial transcripts shared by Interior Metropolis Press reporter Matthew Russell Lee, Estevao requested Ventura, “Did he inform LA sellers to not deal to you?”, to which Cassie responded, “Sure.”
The road of questioning got here up when Estevao requested why Diddy was upset over Cassie’s drug use on the time. Diddy wasn’t a lot involved for her well-being as he was bothered that she was utilizing with out him, Cassie stated.
Ventura claimed that on the time, the pair would name themselves the “Get Excessive Companions,” they usually took medicine collectively at Diddy’s “freak-offs.” Cassie stated he would turn into “explosive” when she took something with out him.
The query of rehab got here up at one level, too, and the singer was requested in the event that they each went to a facility for his or her drug use. “Rehab wasn’t actually a factor throughout our relationship,” Ventura replied.
Later, Ventura revealed that she tried “to get assist” after she “misplaced all sense of scent and style and wakened in a hospital with an IV in my arm.” Subsequent questioning reveals how Diddy allegedly abused her when he found she used with out him, and likewise that he overdosed in 2012 on the Playboy Mansion, which Advanced beforehand reported on Thursday.
Ventura stated Diddy had taken a “very robust opiate” after they’d patronized a intercourse membership in San Bernardino. To stave off habit, the pair took Ibogaine, which is claimed to “alleviate signs of withdrawal and curb cravings,” per Healthline. They went to Mexico to purchase it, “individually,” Cassie famous, as a result of the substance is unlawful within the US.
Cassie spoke about Diddy’s overdose earlier within the cross-examination: “That night we had a ‘freak-off.’ We went to a intercourse membership in San Bernardino. After which he had a celebration on the Playboy Mansion that evening, and I went residence…”
“From what [Diddy] advised me, he took a very robust opioid that evening, however we didn’t know what occurred,” Cassie continued. “So, we took him to the hospital.”
When requested if she and the defendant had been depending on painkillers “throughout the whole length of [their] relationship,” Ventura stated, “Very a lot so.”
Diddy has been charged with racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. The Unhealthy Boy Information founder, who was first arrested in New York final September, has denied the allegations. He faces life in jail if convicted.