Thursday's testimony and evidence was in contrast to the violence and shame Cassie said accompanied "hundreds" of her encounters with male sex workers that Sean "Diddy" Combs watched and controlled during their relationship.

The singer Cassie, best known for her 2006 hit "Me & U," is a key witness in the criminal trial against Sean Combs, her former boyfriend and label boss.

Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyers will question R&B singer Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, for the first time in his sex-trafficking trial Cassie is the prosecution's key witness and has testified graphic details of alleged sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Combs

Phillip said that Cassie “jumped into my lap, shaking. I asked her, ‘Why is she doing this? Why is she staying with this guy if he is hitting and beating her like this?’” Phillip's reaction isn't uncommon,

CNN published a 2016 video appearing to show Sean Combs assaulting his then-girlfriend Cassie. Here's a timeline of their relationship.

During the second day of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, Cassie testified that she hid out for a week after suffering physical abuse at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. The singer — real name Casandra Ventura — alleged on Wednesday,

Diddy’s defence ask Cassie about explicit text messages between her and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs related to ‘freak-offs’. Diddy’s defence team has tried to establish that the so-called ‘freak-offs’ - sexual encounters in which Cassie Ventura would have sex with male escorts while Diddy watched - may have been consensual.

On Cassie Ventura's second day of testimony, she broke down when describing an alleged 2018 rape by Sean "Diddy" Combs and having dark thoughts about her life. NBC News' Doha Madani reports from outside the courtroom.