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Singer Cassie Ventura, who lately testified as a central witness within the federal legal trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs, has given start to her third child.
Ventura and her husband, Alex Fine, welcomed a son. They are additionally the dad and mom of two younger daughters, Frankie and Sunny.
NCS has reached out to representatives for the couple for remark.
Celebrity stylist Deonte Nash, who labored with Combs and Ventura for a couple of decade, mentioned throughout his testimony Wednesday that he spoke to Ventura on Tuesday after she had her child and expressed his congratulations.
In February, Ventura and Fine announced a new addition was becoming a member of the household.
Earlier this month, Ventura gave practically 20 hours of typically graphic testimony throughout Combs’ trial, talking in regards to the violence she mentioned she endured at Combs’ fingers and detailing drug-fueled sexual encounters, referred to as “Freak Offs.”
Ventura was the third witness to be known as and referred to by each the protection and prosecution as an essential witness within the case.
Combs has pleaded not responsible to prices that embrace racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking and transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
If convicted on essentially the most severe counts, he might withstand life in jail.
Combs and Ventura’s longterm relationship is a part of the continuing legal case in opposition to him. She was recognized as “Victim 1” within the federal indictment in opposition to Combs.
Ventura first detailed years of disturbing abuse allegations in a civil lawsuit filed in opposition to Combs, who she dated on and off between 2007 and 2018, in November 2023. The two settled her declare for $20 million someday after it was filed, in keeping with Ventura’s testimony on the trial.
On the stand, Ventura mentioned she was handled for psychological well being issues, together with post-traumatic stress dysfunction, after the connection ended.
Combs has confronted dozens of different civil lawsuits in current months, accusing him of sexual assault. He has denied all of the allegations.
On the opening day of Combs’s trial, the jury was proven graphic video of him bodily assaulting Ventura in a California lodge in 2016. During pretrial hearings, the protection unsuccessfully tried to maintain the jury from with the ability to see the video of the incident throughout the trial.
Prior to Ventura’s testimony at trial, Combs’ protection staff made their greatest effort to have Ventura seated on the witness stand earlier than the jury entered the courtroom.
“I’m going to ask that victim number one, when she testifies, be already in the jury box when the jury comes in. Only as to her. Only because of her physical condition,” Combs’ lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, mentioned in courtroom forward of Ventura’s testimony, in keeping with a court-provided transcript of the trade. “There is – there is a quality to her walking in front of the jury that I think is easily avoidable.”
Judge Arun Subramanian, who’s overseeing the case, finally denied the request.
Outside the courtroom on May 13, Ventura’s lawyer Douglas Wigdor mentioned: “The jury is going to judge her based on her testimony – not based on her appearance, hopefully.”
After she accomplished her time on the stand, Ventura issued a press release via her lawyer that mentioned partly, “I hope that my testimony has given strength and a voice to other survivors, and can help others who have suffered to speak up and also heal from the abuse and fear.”