Cassie Ventura testified on cross-examination that she fell in love with Sean Combs soon after they met.
“We’ve only really had one week of each other just together and I can say that it’s been the best and worst,” Ventura wrote in a 2007 message to Combs, which was shown to the court. “I’m sad, mad, frustrated and hurt that you just don’t feel like I’m the right one.”
Ventura testified that the message made her “giggle” because it is nearly 20 years old. “I’m reading it like a journal entry,” she said.
Defense attorney Anna Estevao asked Ventura whether the message reflected her “dreaming up a beautiful future together” with Combs.
Ventura replied, “Mm hm.”
The defense also questioned Ventura regarding the ramifications of her 2023 civil lawsuit against Combs.
“When your lawsuit was publicized in 2023 you understood his career was ruined?” Estevao asked.
“I could understand that,” Ventura replied.
The defense highlighted messages exchanged between Ventura and Combs in July 2012, in which Combs appeared to be interested in Ventura’s desires, which, she previously testified, did not matter to him.
“One of my favorite times was when we f.o.’d and then made love after,” Combs messaged her, referring to the so-called “freak off” sex sessions.
“I love when we make love after,” Ventura responded in part, followed by an explicit sexual reference.
The defense appeared to be highlighting occasions in which they argue Ventura had more agency in her relationship with Combs than she previously testified.
“Often after a session of a ‘freak off’ you would make love?” Estevao asked.
“Afterwards, yeah,” Ventura replied.
“And you’re telling him that you love it?” Estevao asked.
“With him, yeah,” Ventura replied.
“He also told you that he loved it when you made love after?” the defense attorney asked.
“That’s what it says,” testified Ventura.