Casandra Ventura, the ex-girlfriend of music mogul Sean Combs, on Friday finished four gruelling days on the witness stand in his sex trafficking trial, testifying in graphic, deeply personal terms about years of abuse including rape, reported AFP.
Combs is facing federal charges of sex trafficking and leading an illegal sex ring that enforced its power with crimes including arson, kidnapping and bribery - and Ventura's testimony is core to the prosecution's case.
Ventura - the singer known as Cassie, who is heavily pregnant with her third child - told jurors that Combs raped, beat and forced her into degrading, drug-fuelled sex parties dubbed "freak-offs" throughout their decade-plus relationship.
In the final stretch of her testimony in a Manhattan courtroom, Ventura faced a blitz of