Why the Sean Combs trial is about more than ‘Diddy vs. Cassie’

By: Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Advisory: This report contains descriptions of physical and sexual violence.

Over its first two weeks, the highest-profile witness to testify in the criminal trial of hip-hop tycoon Sean Combs has been his ex-girlfriend, singer and model Cassie Ventura. In often-intense moments on the stand, she told the jury that he raped and abused her. As a result, the media attention and online chatter about this trial so far has frequently been framed as “Diddy vs. Cassie.”