Sean Combs<\/a>\u2019 sex trafficking and racketeering case have zeroed in on Casandra \u201cCassie\u201d Ventura\u2019s testimony surrounding two key \u201cfreak-off\u201d dates that prosecutors claim are clear-cut examples that Combs sex trafficked the R&B singer.<\/p>\n\n\tOn Tuesday, during the second day of deliberations, jurors asked for three different portions of testimony from Ventura, including events surrounding the InterContinental Hotel incident in March 2016 in which Combs was captured on video kicking, stomping, and dragging Ventura back to their hotel suite during the middle of a freak-off.<\/p>\n
\n\tThey also asked for Ventura\u2019s testimony regarding the couple\u2019s trip to Cannes in May 2012. Ventura alleged that during a days-long fight, Combs kicked her off a yacht without her passport, dug his nails into her during a movie\u2019s premiere and taunted her during a flight by playing her freak-off videos that she believed she had deleted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cWe landed in New York, ended up going to a dinner, and he wanted to have a freak-off, so we had a freak-off,\u201d Ventura said, adding she agreed because \u201cat that point, whatever was going to make him not be angry at me and threatening me I was willing to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThey also asked for Ventura\u2019s testimony, if any, about her interactions with Daniel Phillip, one of the male entertainers who testified at trial. The jury asked to further review Phillip\u2019s testimony about his alleged freak-offs with Ventura and Combs at the Essex Hotel.<\/p>\n
\n\tPhillip said he met the couple at the Essex hotel at least twice for freak-offs. During one\u00a0encounter, Phillip testified that \u201cout of nowhere,\u201d Ventura began yelling \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m sorry\u201d before overhearing \u201cwhat sounded like she was being slapped \u2026\u00a0 slammed around the room.\u201d A nearly naked Combs then stormed out of the hotel room, Phillip alleged, and a \u201cshaking\u201d and \u201cterrified\u201d Ventura leapt into his arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tThe requests suggest the panel is zeroing in on two of the key freak-offs that federal prosecutors Christy Slavik and Maurene Comey highlighted in their closing arguments and rebuttal last week. Comey said they were clear examples Ventura was coerced through threats and physical violence. Prosecutors also flagged to the jury a third alleged example of sex trafficking that involved Ventura and Phillip in 2013.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\tPhillip said he was at Ventura\u2019s New York City apartment for a freak-off when Combs called for Ventura to join him in a bedroom. Ventura told Combs to wait before Phillip said he saw a liquor bottle sail past Ventura\u2019s head and shatter against the wall. \u201cBitch, when I tell you to come here, you come,\u201d Phillip said Combs seethed, allegedly dragging Ventura into the room by her hair. He claimed he heard what sounded like Combs beating Ventura while she screamed sorry.<\/p>\n
\n\tMoments later, Phillip said the couple emerged from the room and Combs wanted to continue the freak-off, despite Ventura looking like she did not want \u201cto continue doing anything.\u201d Phillip said he was unable to maintain an erection and Combs dismissed him. \u201cI do not remember them handing me money,\u201d Phillip said. \u201cI probably wouldn\u2019t have taken that anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tOn Tuesday afternoon, after parsing out certain sections of the relevant testimony, the parties sent over excerpts of the transcripts to the jury.<\/p>\n
\n\tThis is the third time jurors have sent back questions or made certain requests during their deliberations. On Monday, within an hour of being sent back to the jury room, the foreperson informed U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian that one juror wasn\u2019t willing to follow the judge\u2019s instructions. Towards the end of the day, they sought clarity on what qualified as drug distribution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
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\n\tCombs appears to be in good spirits. At one point Tuesday morning, Combs turned around and saw his mother Janice in the second row, apparently looking concerned. \u201cJust relax,\u201d he told her moments before he was led out of the room. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be alright Mom. I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tAbout an hour later, Combs returned to the courtroom for the reading of the jury\u2019s note and noticed Dana Tran, the mother of his youngest daughter, seated next to Janice. The two exchanged smiling hellos, and then Tran pointed to her recently updated hairstyle. \u201cLooks good. Love it,\u201d Combs mouthed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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