Diddy, Cassie and Ventura Fine
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Combs' federal sex-crimes trial resumed in Manhattan on May 15, and the one-time mogul's lawyers have signaled they'll ask Cassie about what they have called her own history of domestic violence. The rapper's lawyers have also alleged she was motivated by money to get back at him.
Cassie Ventura's husband Alex Fine wrote angry texts to Sean "Diddy" Combs, according to Combs' defense attorney. Teny Geragos, the lawyer for Combs, asked the judge to ban Fine from the courtroom on May 12 because he might be called as a witness during Combs' trial,
Jennifer Beidel, a former US attorney for the Southern District of New York, tells the BBC that because of the length of Casandra Ventura and Sean "Diddy" Combs' relationship - about a decade, on and off - Ventura's testimony in this case is crucial.