Ventura, an R&B singer who dated Combs for 11 years, is at the very core of the case against him, in which prosecutors say Combs physically abused her and coerced her to partake in the freak-offs — d...

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Ms. Ventura testified that Mr. Combs raped her, blackmailed her with explicit freak-off videos and was routinely violent to her, causing bruises and gashes.