Sean “Diddy” Combs signed protégé Casandra "Cassie" Ventura to a 10-record deal with his label when they first met, but his tight control over her life prevented her career from taking off, the R&B singer alleged.

The R&B singer Cassie testified Wednesday that Sean “Diddy” Combs raped her when she ended their decade-long relationship, after he locked her in a life of physical abuse by threatening to release degrading sexual videos of her.

Cassie Ventura, known mononymously as Cassie, continued her testimony against her ex-boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs on Wednesday.

Combs' lawyers say his relationship with Cassie was "mutually violent." Sexual violence experts say the myth of "mutual abuse" harms all survivors.

R&B singer Cassie testified for a fourth day in Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ sex trafficking trial. Prosecutors allege that the hip hop mogul used his fame and fortune to orchestrate an empire of exploitation,

In Sean “Diddy” Combs’s sex-trafficking trial, star witness Cassie Ventura spent hours being cross-examined by the defense.

Cassie is being cross-examined after two days of testimony recounting the R&B singer's violent relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs.