How Diddy's lawyers used freak-off texts against Cassie

The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains what happened when the text messages were brought up in court.

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Combs faces charges of racketeering, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. The rapper has denied all of them.

The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains what happened when lawyers brought up old text messages exchanged between Combs and Ventura.

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