Cassie’s mother says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs demanded $20K because her daughter was seeing someone else

NEW YORK AP Sean Diddy Combs demanded from Casandra Cassie Ventura s mother and threatened to release explicit sex tapes of his longtime girlfriend when he became angry that she was dating someone else the mother testified Tuesday at the hip-hop mogul s sex trafficking trial Regina Ventura explained she felt physically sick when she received an email from Cassie in late saying Combs was planning to release two explicit videos of her and send someone to hurt her and the man she was seeing rapper Kid Cudi I did not understand a lot of it The sex tapes threw me Ventura communicated the Manhattan federal court Ventura of New London Connecticut mentioned she then received a demand from Combs for to recoup money he had spent on her because he was unhappy she was in a relationship with Kid Cudi He was angry that he had spent money on her and she went with another person she noted Cudi whose real name is Scott Mescudi is expected to testify Wednesday or Thursday Ventura disclosed she and her husband took out a home equity loan to pay Combs because I was scared for my daughter s safety Days later she disclosed the money was returned and before long Cassie was dating Combs again Ventura testified for less than a half-hour in part because defense attorney Marc Agnifilo declined to cross-examine her During her testimony the jury was shown photos of bruises on Cassie s body that Ventura testified were taken when her daughter came home for Christmas in Before the jury arrived Tuesday Agnifilo tried to persuade Judge Arun Subramanian to disallow the testimony saying it was purely prejudicial because it illustrated the wide difference between the financial status of the Ventura family and Combs The judge allowed it though saying the threats to release sex tapes and harm Cassie made it an instance of expected extortion A federal agent describes a raid of Combs home Jurors also saw parts of two AR- rifles that federal agents located last year while searching Combs mansion on Star Island a celebrity enclave off of Miami Special Agent Gerard Gannon of Homeland Precaution Investigations testified that agents executing a search warrant for the property in March used an armored van to bust through Combs guard gate and had teams on boats nearby In addition to weapons he noted they determined platform high heels and items that prosecutors say Combs frequently used during his freak-off sex marathons including lingerie sex toys baby oil lubricant and condoms The testimony came during the second week of the trial which is expected to last up to two months If convicted of the charges he faces including racketeering the Bad Boy Records founder could be sentenced to at least years in prison Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that he used threats and his powerful position in the hip-hop world to abuse women and others and force Cassie to take part in drug-fueled sexual performances with other men that she disclosed left her too drained to pursue her caroling career A former assistant describes working for Combs Earlier Tuesday David James Combs personal assistant from to explained the court that the job that seemed to come with increasing perils He disclosed he quit when he realized that his life had been put in danger after he was forced to drive a car in which an angry Combs sat in the back seat with three handguns on his lap James announced his job sometimes required him to ensure that hotel rooms where Combs stayed under the name Frank Black were stocked with the musician s comforts including fresh underwear an iPod apple sauce vodka baby oil Viagra and condoms There were also surprising moments James reported like one in when Combs urged him to bring an iPod from his Miami home to a hotel room Upon entering James stated he saw Cassie on the bed with a white comforter pulled up to her neck and an unfamiliar naked man running from the room Another time he reported Combs summoned him to his office to show him video he d recorded at a party of James dancing wildly and advised him Ok I m going to keep this footage in affair I ever need it James commented he took it as a threat to keep him in line Cassie testified last week that Combs threatened to release videos of her having sex with male sex workers during the freak-offs Combs orchestrated if she didn t do as he mentioned James also described being required to take lie detector tests twice when Combs was trying to find out who stole cash in one instance and a watch in another He commented Combs was on drugs nearly every day often taking Percocet by day and ecstasy by night When he stocked Combs hotel rooms he announced drugs were in a bag dropped off by defense including the pill meant to look like then-President Barack Obama The moment when James saw the three guns on Combs lap came when he testified that he was involved in Combs attempt to confront his music industry rival Suge Knight at a Los Angeles diner in November an case that Cassie also testified about He mentioned he quit soon afterward I was real shook up by it James testified This was the first time being Mr Combs assistant that I realized my life was in danger More testimony about freak-offs Before Tuesday s lunch break Sharay Hayes an exotic dancer known as The Punisher testified that Combs and Cassie brought him into the freak-offs world He reported a woman Cassie using a pseudonym called and described him it was her birthday and that her husband noted she should hire a dancer Hayes announced he arrived at a Manhattan hotel room expecting to perform a striptease for a small group of people but instead exposed the woman who hired him whom he later identified out was Cassie alone with an otherwise naked man who hid his face with a burqa-like cloth That man he noted turned out to be Combs Hayes recalled seeing bottles of baby oil in bowls of water and getting handed a stack of in cash Later after Combs watched him have a sexual encounter with Cassie he reported he was handed an additional He commented he was a fan of Combs but didn t realize it was him in the room until a subsequent encounter at another hotel where the message on the TV screen mentioned Essex House would like to welcome Mr Sean Combs