Diddy Extorted Cassie's Mother for $20K to Keep 'Freak Off' Tapes of Cassie Unreleased, According to Mother's Testimony

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Cassie Ventura's mother, Regina Ventura, testified in court Tuesday during Sean Diddy Combs' sex trafficking trial that the music mogul extorted her and her husband for $20,000 in exchange for not releasing sex tapes of Cassie.

This is the second week of Combs' federal trial. The former Bad Boy Records executive is being tried in New York City for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud, coercion, and transportation to engage in prostitution.

According to court testimony, Cassie and Diddy separated in 2011, and she had a brief romance with rapper Kid Cudi. Rolling Stone reported that Cassie's mother testified that Sean was fuming over Cassie's relationship with Kid Cudi and, therefore, demanded she and her husband pay him $20,000 to "recoup money" he'd spent on Cassie's career," or he'd release 'freak-off' videos of Cassie's sexual encounters with male escorts. 

Cassie and her mother Regina

Regina testified that the music industry titan contacted her and asked for the $20,000. Mrs. Ventura said she and her husband took out a home equity loan to pay the mogul. "That's the only way we could get the money," Regina said, adding that she went through with the request because she was "scared about my daughter's safety" and because Combs "demanded it."

As also stated by Rolling Stone, Regina was asked to recall a letter Cassie sent her in December 2011 (which Cassie also discussed during her own testimony last week). In the letter, Cassie told her mother that Combs was threatening to release videos from their freak-offs after learning about her relationship with Cudi (real name Scott Mescudi)."

Cassie's parents at trial/NBC News screenshot

Regina said that she wired the money to a Bad Boy account, per instructions from Combs' bookkeeper. And about five days later, she said, the money was returned to her account. She did not have any further communication with Combs about the money. 

Kid Cudi will reportedly testify at trial this week.

This story will be updated.

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