{"id":167445,"date":"2025-05-10T12:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/sean-combs-lawyers-will-be-smearing-cassie-ventura-claiming-she-was-mutually-violent-at-trial\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:47:43","slug":"sean-combs-lawyers-will-be-smearing-cassie-ventura-claiming-she-was-mutually-violent-at-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/sean-combs-lawyers-will-be-smearing-cassie-ventura-claiming-she-was-mutually-violent-at-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Combs&#8217; lawyers will be smearing Cassie Ventura, claiming she was &#8216;mutually violent&#8217; at trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The highly anticipated sex trafficking trial of <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/sean-combs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a> is about to kick off.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, both sides will select 12 jurors who\u2019ll determine the fate of the hip-hop mogul in what\u2019s shaping up to be one of music\u2019s most explosive trials.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes will be on <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/tag\/cassie-ventura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassie Ventura<\/a>\u2018s testimony, especially given the <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sean-combs-seen-hitting-dragging-kicking-ex-cassie-ventura-in-2016-surveillance-video-and-more-news\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sean-combs-seen-hitting-dragging-kicking-ex-cassie-ventura-in-2016-surveillance-video-and-more-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shocking CNN footage showing Diddy\u2019s physical assault on her<\/a>. The video has already sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>Team Diddy is gearing up to paint their relationship as mutually violent. According to their narrative, both parties engaged in aggressive behavior during their relationship spanning 2007-2018.<\/p>\n<p>During Friday\u2019s proceedings, Diddy\u2019s attorney <strong>Marc Agnifilo<\/strong> told <strong>Judge Arun Subramanian<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sean-diddy-combs-cassie-ventura-attorney-claims-violence-mutual-11731755\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/sean-diddy-combs-cassie-ventura-attorney-claims-violence-mutual-11731755\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that they will \u201ctake the position there was mutual violence in their relationship,\u201d<\/a> including \u201chitting.\u201d A majorly bad move.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1866\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1160x1866.jpg\" alt=\"The Perfect Match premiere, 030716\" class=\"wp-image-98917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1160x1866.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-800x1287.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-955x1536.jpg 955w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-860x1383.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura arriving at the premiere of \u2018The Perfect Match\u2019 at the Archlight Cinema on March 7 2016 in Hollywood. Photo By Line: Famous\/ACE Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Agnifilo stated, \u201cWe are absolutely going to admit to domestic violence. But at what point does it become coercive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Diddy\u2019s legal team characterized Ventura as \u201cstrong\u201d and \u201ccapable of starting physical confrontations,\u201d with \u201ca nature of violence,\u201d Judge Subramanian delivered a powerful response: \u201cstrong people can be coerced just like weak people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Court documents from last month reveal that Ventura \u201cis prepared to testify under her own name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The drama began unfolding when <a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sean-combs-accused-of-years-of-abuse-and-rape-by-singer-cassie\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sean-combs-accused-of-years-of-abuse-and-rape-by-singer-cassie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ventura filed explosive allegations against Combs in November 2023<\/a>, accusing him of rape, physical abuse, and sex trafficking throughout their decade-long relationship. The lawsuit was settled within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"773\" alt=\"Sean Diddy Combs\" class=\"wp-image-98918 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-1160x773.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-1160x773.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Diddy Combs\" class=\"wp-image-98918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-05192024.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo via diddy\/Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The situation intensified when surveillance footage emerged six months later, showing the music mogul physically attacking the singer in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Following the video\u2019s release, Ventura shared on Instagram, \u201cThank you for all the love and support from my family, friends, strangers and those I have yet to meet. The outpouring of love has created a place for my younger self to settle and feel safe now, but this is only the beginning. Domestic Violence is THE issue. It broke me down to someone I never thought I would become. With a lot of hard work, I am better today, but I will always be recovering from my past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cThank you to everyone that has taken the time to take this matter seriously. My only ask is that EVERYONE open your heart to believing victims the first time. It takes a lot of heart to tell the truth out of a situation that you were powerless in.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"896\" alt=\"2017 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala\" class=\"wp-image-98916 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-1160x896.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-1160x896.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-800x618.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-860x664.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"896\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-1160x896.jpg\" alt=\"2017 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala\" class=\"wp-image-98916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-1160x896.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-800x618.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1-860x664.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/sean-combs-cassie-ventura-05192024-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">May 1, 2017 \u2013 Sean Combs, Cassie Ventura. 2017 Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo Credit: Christopher Smith\/AdMedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 38-year-old extended support to fellow survivors: \u201cI offer my hand to those that are still living in fear. Reach out to your people, don\u2019t cut them off. No one should carry this weight alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diddy\u2019s team plans to argue that the CNN video was \u201cedited\u201d and \u201cmanipulated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about claims the footage was altered, a CNN rep clapped back to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/diddy-lawyers-claim-cnn-altered-video-of-alleged-cassie-ventura-assault-11696727\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/people.com\/diddy-lawyers-claim-cnn-altered-video-of-alleged-cassie-ventura-assault-11696727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>People <\/em><\/a>magazine, \u201cCNN never altered the video and did not destroy the original copy of the footage, which was retained by the source. CNN aired the story about the video several months before Combs was arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tea got even hotter when prosecutors revealed Friday they\u2019ve got multiple videos of the physical altercation, including one captured by hotel security.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" alt=\"&quot;The Perfect Match&quot; Los Angeles Premiere\" class=\"wp-image-100737 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-1160x1740.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"1740\" src=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-1160x1740.jpg\" alt=\"\" the=\"\" perfect=\"\" match=\"\" los=\"\" angeles=\"\" premiere=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-1160x1740.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2-860x1290.jpg 860w, https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/sean-combs-07042024-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">March 7, 2016 \u2013 Hollywood, California \u2013 Sean Combs. \u201cThe Perfect Match\u201d Los Angeles Premiere held at Arclight Cinemas. Photo Credit: Byron Purvis\/AdMedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite entering not guilty pleas on five serious charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution, Diddy\u2019s still maintaining his innocence.<\/p>\n<p>Word is prosecutors offered him a plea deal, but he wasn\u2019t having it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/socialitelife.com\/sean-combs-lawyers-will-be-smearing-cassie-ventura-claiming-she-was-mutually-violent-at-trial\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sean-combs-lawyers-will-be-smearing-cassie-ventura-claiming-she-was-mutually-violent-at-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highly anticipated sex trafficking trial of Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs is about to kick off. Next week, both sides will select 12 jurors who\u2019ll determine the fate of the hip-hop mogul in what\u2019s shaping up to be one of music\u2019s most explosive trials. All eyes will be on Cassie Ventura\u2018s testimony, especially given the shocking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-167445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}