American actor, Bruce Willis’ name was dragged into Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ongoing sex trafficking trial in New York on Thursday, May 15, amid Cassie Ventura’s testimony in court.
The disgraced music mogul’s trial began earlier this week on Monday with Ventura, 38, taking the stand for the third day in a row.
During the latest cross-examination, Cassie gave details of her past relationship with Combs, which lasted from 2007 until 2018.
Text message exchanges were shown to the jury, including one where she expressed her desire to have a larger role in Diddy’s life as well as with his children from previous relationships.
However, she felt that the main role she had in his life was to be a part of the rapper’s ‘freak offs’ – and she explained to the court, ‘It could be a little heartbreaking,’ per People.
She also gave examples of successful Hollywood relationships between stars who had children with other people.
Back in 2013, Cassie had penned a text that read: ‘As much as you think you’re Bruce Willis, you aren’t. He’s married, and before he was married, the family as a whole went on trips together or just him and his woman.’
She also brought up Eddie Murphy and his wife Paige Butcher, whom he married in 2024. However, the pair had been dating for years leading up to tying the knot.
‘Eddie Murphy and Paige took his kids away on their own,’ Ventura had written in the messages. ‘I don’t think that you sympathize with my feelings.
‘I understand you feeling like you need to protect your children but after a while…it’s like for what?’
On Thursday, other texts were shown to the jury by the defense lawyer to give examples of Cassie’s frustration towards Combs, as well as her jealousy of his interactions with other women.
‘You’re making me look like a side piece and that is not what I thought I was,’ the singer had also written back in 2013.
Ventura stated that when they first began dating, Diddy did not want her seeing any other men and would get angry when he had suspected that she was having an affair.
However, she explained Combs could see whomever he wanted – including ex-Kim Porter whom he shares children with.
At a point when Ventura was on the stand on Thursday, she also read out explicit messages to the jury.
One email in court written by Ventura also gave insight into her past relationship with Diddy where she expressed that she simply ‘needed his attention.’
‘That’s not being in a relationship with someone that you love and are in love with … I am really hurt by the way you deal with me, I don’t need your money, I need some attention.’
The jury was also shown text messages where Cassie had penned that she enjoyed the ‘freak offs.’
In 2017, she wrote: ‘Please don’t play victim. That’s all you wanted, and that’s why I was upset. I love our FOs when we both want it.’
Combs’ lawyers showed the exchange to explain to the jury that she was not coerced into participating in the ‘freak off’ sessions.
In regards to the message, she told the court, ‘I would say that loving FOs were just words at that point.’
Later on Thursday, Ventura talked about both hers and Diddy’s past drug use together and how they would call each other ‘Get High partners.’
Cassie explained, ‘The drugs became a thing over time. Became the main event for us.’
At one point during the cross-examination, however, she had expressed frustration and said that the jury was not getting the full context of text message exchanges.
She told the judge, ‘This isn’t about what I feel is relevant right now, right? Because there’s a lot we skipped over.’
Ventura is expected back inside the courtroom in New York on Friday as the cross-examination continues.
