The defense goes on the attack, playing an audio tape of Cassie making threats and yelling. They get her to describe what she saw of Sean Combs's drug use and question her about her own, and try to poke holes in her rape allegation. After redirect from the prosecution, Cassie's testimony comes to an end after more than 20 hours on the witness stand. Her lawyer answers questions outside the courthouse. If you want to read NBC's coverage of the trial, check out our newsletter, “Diddy On Trial”: NBCNews.com/Diddy https://www.nbcnews.com/diddy-on-trial
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This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial. He is pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning. Today is Friday, May 16th. Just a heads up, in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing subject matter.
Cassie Ventura, Sean Combs' ex-girlfriend, was back on the witness stand today under fire from Combs' defense team. Once again, they confronted Cassie with her own words. But this time, it wasn't just what she'd written in intimate texts and emails. Today, the jury got to hear Cassie's voice on tape, and she sounded angry.
NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas joins us now from outside the federal courthouse to tell us more. Hey, Chloe. Hey, Andrea. So, Chloe, let's go back into the courtroom. Cassie took the stand this morning, eight and a half months pregnant.
She must have been exhausted. She kept her composure. She did rub her belly at multiple points, and she did seem to be a bit fidgety. They would take breaks about every 90 minutes.
which is completely understandable they think she's going to give birth over the weekend wow and the defense was essentially on a deadline right because of the pregnancy they were told you have to wrap this up yeah i mean originally they were told yesterday that they only had five more hours to finish their cross-examination but then when they got in there this morning the judge said that the prosecution had said that they could have until 4 30 today let's talk about this
explosive tape that the defense played. It's Cassie confronting a man. There's audio of it. She thought that this man had a video of one of the freak-offs, and she was quite angry.
So, Andrea, in this audio recording, you hear her screaming at this man. She's saying, I'm going to kill you. So she's freaking out, and she wants to know where is the tape. And I think that the reason that they're playing it is to show a different side of her. Remember, she's up there soft-spoken, demure, and you hear the defense saying that there was physical abuse on both sides.
So again, you hear her screaming and making threats. It is a different side of her.
The defense also asked Cassie about her drug use, which she has fully admitted that she was using drugs, that she was addicted to opiates. Why does the defense find that to be relevant information for the jury?
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