Cassie challenged over Diddy 'freak off' allegations - as explicit messages read in court

Sexually explicit messages between RnB singer Cassie and her former boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs have been read in court, with some showing her expressing apparent enthusiasm about the "freak off" sex sessions with escorts she alleges she was forced into.

The 38-year-old, whose full name is Casandra Ventura, faced a full day of cross-examination from the hip-hop mogul's defence lawyers, who are attempting to convince the jury she consented to a "swingers lifestyle". Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, in relation to Ms Ventura and other women.

His lawyers have conceded he could be violent, but say nothing he did amounted to crimes of this nature. Ms Ventura alleges she was physically abused and degraded for years by the powerful hip-hop star and music executive, accusing him of violence, coercion, blackmail and rape.

Prosecutors say he exploited and used his network of employees to facilitate illegal activities, which is a key part of the racketeering charge. Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: Day 4 - As it happened But during the fourth day of the trial in Manhattan, New York, defence lawyers pushed back, focusing on texts and emails that were both romantic and sexually explicit.

"I'm always ready to freak off," the court heard Ms Ventura wrote in one message in August 2009. In another she told him, about a freak off: "Can't wait." And in another, jurors were told, she described a video of one sex session with an escort as "dope".

The pair were together, on and off, for about 11 years from 2007 to 2018. Combs, whose mother Janice has been in court all week to support him, along with some of his children, appeared relaxed as the messages were read aloud for jurors.

Messages from 4 March 2016 - the day before an incident at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, in which Combs was filmed on CCTV seeming to attack Ms Ventura in a hallway, as he was wearing just a towel and socks - were also read in court. Footage from this incident, which was first made public in May 2024, has been a key piece of evidence during the trial.

Ms Ventura has told the court it happened as she tried to leave a freak off session after being hit by Combs. Freak off 'felt dirty, grimy' During cross-examination, the court heard Ms Ventura sent a sexually explicit message the day before this.

She also sent him a message saying, "Baby I want to FO so bad but I dont want to f*** myself up". Ms Ventura has told the court this was damage limitation and that she wanted to keep him happy, as she had a film premiere coming up a few days later.

Jurors also heard details of an email she sent in 2009, in which she expressed conflicting feelings about taking part in these sex sessions with escorts. In the email, she told Combs she needed to trust him "beyond it just being sexual" - that in order to be more open sexually, "I need to feel safe, like home".

She told him "the last time was a mistake but since has made me feel a little dirty, and grimy as opposed to sexual and spontaneous". This was the reason she was going "back and forth in my mind with wanting and not wanting to do it.