Cassie recounts terror and trauma in second day of testimony at Diddy's trial

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Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and model who dated Diddy off-and-on for 10 years, returned to the witness stand today, testifying in excruciating detail about her relationship with the hip-hop mogul and his alleged pattern of violence and sexual abuse, including beatings that she said left her bruised and shaken.

Ventura, wearing a light gray turtleneck dress and black coat, walked into the courtroom this morning without looking at Diddy. She answered questions about his alleged abuse in a somber, matter-of-fact tone. In general, Ventura kept her composure, though she broke down crying in the afternoon as she described her trauma, suicidal ideation and “personal shame.”

Diddy, meanwhile, sat at the defense table in a gray sweater over a white shirt. Notably, the rapper didn’t have as many family members in attendance today — just his mother, Janice Combs, and his three sons. Yesterday, all six of his adult children (including his twin daughters) came to support him, even gathering in a prayer circle outside at one point.

In the afternoon, after the court’s lunch break, jurors were shown still images of the “freak offs” on individual screens. The room fell silent as the images were displayed, and the eight men and four women on the panel seemed rapt: One man raised his eyebrows, another took notes on a pad, and a woman nodded affirmatively.