With Cassie Ventura finally off the stand, The Trial of Diddy is getting a barrage of witnesses on a daily basis to corroborate everything we have heard so far. Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard is first up to the stand, being grilled by the defense on whether or not she can keep her stories straight. Cassie’s former best friend, Kerry Morgan, testified about the time she had spent with Diddy and Cassie together, as well as her own run-ins with Diddy. We also revisit some of the most talked-about moments from Cassie’s testimony last week. This episode of The Trial of Diddy is hosted by Germania-Rodriguez Poleo, Chief US Reporter, and Karen Ruiz, assistant editor for the Daily Mail US exclusives desk. Our Listener Survey is here: https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=6 Follow us on instagram @thetrialpod Email us [email protected] Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Germania Rodriguez-Poleo and Karen Ruiz Editor: Sam Morris Producer: Serita Wesley Writers: Caroline Cheetham & Liz Hull Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Executive Producer: Jamie East A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What allegations are being explored in The Trial of Diddy?
Seriously popular. The following episode explores a number of allegations regarding the artist Diddy. He denies all charges and has pled not guilty to sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
Welcome to The Trial of Diddy. I'm Germania Rodriguez-Poleo. And I'm Karen Ruiz, filling in for Kayla Brantley. We'll be back in a second.
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The biggest secret in the entertainment industry that really wasn't a secret at all. At the height of his career, Sean Diddy Combs had it all.
Everything Diddy touched turned to gold. Now he faces multiple federal charges in New York, including sex trafficking and allegedly running a criminal enterprise.
Another woman has now come forward, alleging Combs of sexual assault.
Music mogul and rapper Sean Diddy. He claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Combs. Oh, this guy is dangerous. From freak-offs to the mysterious list, the shocking case that has gripped the world is finally here. And we'll be bringing you every detail as it happens. Welcome to The Trial of Diddy.
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Chapter 2: Who is Dawn Richard and what did she witness?
Westmoreland took her back to the first time she allegedly saw Diddy attack Cassie in 2009. She pointed out that when she was interviewed by prosecutors, Ms. Richard told them Diddy had hit Cassie with the frying pan and later that he threw eggs at her and did not strike her with the pan.
But Richard claimed she'd simply, quote, done her best to remember. She said she tried to, quote, erase the memories from back then because it was a bad time for her. She said the environment was volatile and hard to work in, but she denied that she told multiple different stories about what happened. Here's the spiky exchange between the two, which starts with Westmoreland.
Would you agree with me that it's been hard for you to keep your story the same in reference to this egg incident? No, I wouldn't agree with that. You would agree that you told multiple different stories, though?
No, I would agree that I told it to the best of my recollection, and it was as close as I could give it.
To the best of your recollection, you have about four different recollections on what may have happened that day. No, I don't.
Westmoreland also pointed out that she was interviewed by prosecutors three times, and at no interview had she mentioned that Diddy had made a death threat towards her to stay quiet. Ms. Richard claimed notes of the interviews must be wrong.
You didn't tell the federal government that Mr. Combs told you people go missing?
I told them exactly what my recollection of that event was.
So your recollection that day was that Mr. Combs didn't threaten you by telling you that people go missing? He threatened me and said people go missing.
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Chapter 3: What did Cassie's mother testify about Diddy?
Yes. Sometimes the recovery would take some time, right? Yep. And sometimes you got IV drips to help recover? Yep. And during this time, he was still running all of his companies, right? Yes. And still attending board meetings, right? To my knowledge, yes. And still traveling all over the country and the world, right? Yep.
And would you say that he was a high-functioning addict? I would say he was an addict. What was he addicted to? Success. What substances was he addicted to? I think it varied over the years. It depended on what he was taking. I don't know exactly. Was he addicted to opiates? At a point, yes. How do you know that he was addicted to opiates? Because he told me.
There were points in your relationship when he was heavily dependent on opiates, right? We both were.
Cassie admitted Diddy overdosed on painkillers at the Playboy Mansion and had to go to the hospital in February 2012, around the same time that Whitney Houston died. She said they were both always trying to come off opiates and they even flew to Cancun together to take a plant medicine band in the U.S. to help them. but they inevitably relapsed soon after returning.
Estevo suggested Diddy's bad moods and temper flared when he was trying to come off the opiates. And Cassie admitted he had, quote, blacked out on drugs and alcohol when he assaulted her in the hallway of the Intercontinental Hotel in March 2016.
She also said he did not like her taking drugs without him or with her friends and could become, quote, pretty explosive if he thought she had taken some from his stash.
Estable also spent time highlighting to the jury how the couple's relationship was blighted by suspicions of infidelity and jealousy from the beginning. She showed the court an email Cassie sent just a few weeks into their relationship in October 2007.
In it, she said she had fallen hard for him, but also outlined her insecurities and suggested Carey Morgan was, quote, a better fit for him than her. Here's an extract that was read to the court.
We've only really had one week of each other, just together, and I can say that it's been the best and worst. I've never felt so loved, safe, and empowered since we've come together. When I'm with you, I feel like I'm your woman and no one else's. I feel protected when I'm in your arms and so comfortable that I can sleep and not worry about anything.
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