Context:

Cassie provided detailed testimony about her experiences with Sean "Diddy" Combs during his sex trafficking trial, describing the coercive sexual encounters termed "freak offs" that involved her performing with third parties, usually escorts, at his direction. She recounted the emotional turmoil and control Diddy exerted over her life, including her career and personal decisions, while fearing possible violence or blackmail. Despite her discomfort, Cassie felt compelled to participate to avoid upsetting him, as these encounters became a regular expectation. Her music career was significantly hindered by these demands, with Diddy allowing her to release only one album despite her extensive recording work. Cassie also shared instances of alleged physical abuse, providing a comprehensive account of her complex and distressing relationship with Diddy during the trial.

Dive Deeper:

• Cassie testified in Diddy's sex trafficking trial, offering a candid account of the "freak offs," sexual encounters she was forced into by Diddy, which involved her performing with escorts while he directed the activities.

• At 22, Cassie was introduced to these encounters, feeling confused and nervous, but participated out of love and a desire to please Diddy, despite not understanding or enjoying the situation.

• Diddy exerted substantial control over Cassie's life, influencing her career and personal choices, leading her to fear repercussions, including violence or the end of their relationship, if she refused his demands.

• The "freak offs" often took precedence over her music career, as Diddy restricted her from releasing more than one album, despite her recording hundreds of songs, significantly impacting her professional aspirations.

• Cassie described the "freak offs" as lasting up to four days, involving drug use, alcohol, and sexual interactions with strangers, which she felt powerless to refuse as they became a normalized part of her life.

• She also revealed her fear of being blackmailed with videos and photos from these encounters, adding another layer of coercion and control that Diddy held over her.

• Physical abuse allegations were also part of Cassie's testimony, painting a picture of a relationship fraught with manipulation and violence, which she detailed during the trial proceedings.

• Cassie is getting candid about her “freak offs” with ex-partner Sean “Diddy” Combs.

• The 38-year-old pregnant singer spoke out during Day 2 of the ongoing sex trafficking trial. The 55-year-old music mogul was arrested in 2024 for alleged sex trafficking, prostitution, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, as well as transportation to engage in prostitution.

• Along with revealing when their relationship first became sexual, Cassie also addressed the much-publicized “freak offs.”

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• When asked to identity an image of the hallway in which she was beaten by Diddy from the leaked surveillance video, she said: “That’s me and Sean, InterContinental, Century City…we were having an encounter, we call it a ‘freak off,’” she confirmed, describing a “freak off” as a sexual encounter proposed by Diddy, in which she would “perform” for him with a third party, usually an escort, via NBC News.

• “And he would direct us in what we were doing,” she added.

• Cassie described the first time she was asked to partake in a “freak off.”

• “I was 22 at the time, my stomach churned, didn’t have a concept of how that would be a turn on but I accepted the responsibility,” Cassie testified.

• “I was confused, nervous, but also loved him very much and wanted to make him happy.”

• “It wasn’t something that I wanted to be doing especially as regularly as it became. But again, I was in love and wanted to make him happy. At some point, I felt I didn’t have much of a choice.”

• Cassie said Diddy controlled a lot in her life at the time, including her “career, sex, everything.”

• “I didn’t know if he would be upset enough to be violent or not want to be with me at all,” she said.

• She also feared being blackmailed with videos and pictures of her encounters with escorts. Cassie also said that “freak offs” became her job “and there was no space to do anything else.”

• “Staying out for days on end, taking drugs and drinking, having sex with a stranger,” she said.

• “They would be 36, 48, 72 hours, the longest one was four days.”

• She also said that despite recording hundreds of songs, the “freak offs” took priority over her music career, and she was only allowed to release one studio album.

• “Sean decided I could not release another album,” she said.

• Cassie also outlined the physical abuse she allegedly endured. See every update from Day 2 of the trial so far.