During Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ongoing federal trial, former assistant David James testified about rampant drug use at the rapper’s infamous “freak off” parties. James alleged celebrities took ecstasy and Percocet, including pills shaped like Barack Obama’s face—though Obama was never present. He claimed Diddy used narcotics daily and traveled with a bag full of pills, including Viagra and water pills. James broke down describing being forced to organize sexual events and claimed Diddy filmed parties for blackmail. He recalled being told his job was to “please Mr. Combs.” Other witnesses have named celebrities tied to the case, including Usher.
Usher was at a star-studded dinner when the disgraced rap mogul attacked Cassie Ventura in a restaurant, according to Richards’ testimony.
The singer allegedly got into a confrontation with Diddy, Cassie, rapper Ne-Yo, and Jimmy Iovine, co-founder of Interscope Records, at a dinner in 2010.
Richards claims that after the couple relocated to a different room at the restaurant, Diddy “punched Cassie in the stomach.”
She did not specify whether the other celebrities present witnessed the punch firsthand, but she claimed to have witnessed Cassie “immediately bend over” after taking the hit and that “no one intervened.”
Richards stated After telling Cassie to “leave” the restaurant, Diddy allegedly grabbed her “by the neck and popped her, slapped her in the mouth” as they were leaving.
Richards claimed in her evidence on Monday that she frequently witnessed Diddy beating Cassie during the years she worked with him in the early 2000s.
“He would punch her, choke her, drag her, slap her in the mouth,” she said.
In her earlier testimony on Friday, the singer claimed to have seen Diddy beat Cassie with a skillet of eggs in 2009.
After the attack, she claimed, Diddy betrayed his partner and threatened to have her vanish if she betrayed him.
“He said you could go missing, that we could die,” she testified.
Combs has entered a not guilty plea to federal accusations of s*x trafficking, racketeering, and transportation for prostitution.
