Cassie Testifies Diddy Pulled Her Away from Her Own Birthday Party to Have 'Freak Off'

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura testified that music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex parties, which he called “Freak Offs,” were so important to him that he once pulled her away from her birthday party to partake in one. 

Ventura, 38, was back in court on Wednesday, May 14, on the third day of Combs’ trial for sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.

The pair’s on-again, off-again relationship lasted 11 years, during which time Ventura alleges he physically, sexually and psychologically abused her. 

Central to her allegations are claims of sex-fueled “Freak Offs,” sessions where Diddly allegedly forced her into humiliating sexual acts, recorded them and held on to the tapes to “blackmail” her, she has said.

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Over the course of her testimony, which began on Tuesday, Ventura said she engaged in the “Freak Offs” to please him — even though she didn’t want to.

On her 29th birthday, the “Me & U” singer was out celebrating with her friends at a surprise birthday party that Combs threw for her, she told the court on Wednesday.   

“He told me he wasn’t going to make it,” she said. 

Combs did show up, but while Ventura and her friends were trying to enjoy karaoke, he allegedly kept pressuring her to leave for a “Freak Off” instead, she said. 

“He kept pulling me away from my friends,” she told the jury. “I eventually left. I just wanted to celebrate my birthday. But we went and had a Freak Off [instead].”

The “Freak Offs” would last hours or days, she previously alleged, and she would have to take drugs in order to disassociate while she was made to engage in them. On several occasions, she alleged, Combs arranged to provide the drugs for her.