Cassie Ventura says she and Sean “Diddy” Combs was addicted to painkillers throughout their 11-year relationship, culminating in Diddy’s alleged overdose.
The 38-year-old singer made the claim Thursday during her cross-examination in Diddy’s federal sex trafficking trial. A defense lawyer asked Ventura if she recalled the time Diddy allegedly overdosed on opioids at a February 2012 Playboy Mansion party.
“Was that around the time Whitney Houston died? I believe so,” Cassie said before sharing more details about that night. “That evening we had a ‘freak-off.’ We went to a sex club in San Bernardino. And then he had a party at the Playboy Mansion that night, and I went home…
“From what [Diddy] told me, he took a really strong opioid that night, but we didn’t know what happened,” Ventura continued. “So, we took him to the hospital.”
Diddy’s lawyer then asked Ventura if she and the defendant were dependent on painkillers “during the entire duration of [their] relationship.”
“Very much so,” she said.
This story is being updated.
