Cassie Ventura, a longtime girlfriend of Sean "Diddy" Combs, said she loved the hip-hop mogul and felt a sense of duty to join "freak offs."

“The court calls Casandra Ventura,” a clerk called out

This is a free newsletter for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial. Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and model whose explosive civil lawsuit set the stage for this federal trial,