NEW YORK � Sean "Diddy" Combs' former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, the star prosecution witness at his sex trafficking trial, testified on Tuesday that the rapper and hip-hop mogul forced her into repeated drug-fueled sex parties he organized, undermining her career.
Ventura, a rhythm and blues singer known as Cassie, said she began taking part in Combs' parties known as "Freak Offs" over more than a decade to please him, and continued because he blackmailed her with videos of the encounters.
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