Cassie reads her messages with former boyfriend Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs aloud on witness stand

NEW YORK AP R B singer Cassie was forced under cross-examination Thursday to read aloud to a jury her explicit messages with former boyfriend Sean Diddy Combs various of which indicated her expressing enthusiasm for Combs-directed encounters with other men that she previously testified had disgusted her Combs lawyers began questioning the prosecution s star witness on the fourth day of the music mogul s sex trafficking trial in Manhattan which is expected to last about two months Federal prosecutors accuse Combs of exploiting his status as a powerful music executive and entrepreneur to violently force Cassie and other women to take part in these encounters with sex workers which he called freak-offs Combs denies all the statements and has pleaded not guilty His lawyers are seeking to portray Cassie as a willing participate in Combs lifestyle and say that while he could be violent nothing he did amounted to a criminal enterprise Defense attorney Anna Estevao read what Combs commented in email and text exchanges while Cassie recited what she wrote to him In one from August Combs appealed her When do you want to freak off Lol I m unfailingly ready to freak off she replied Two days later Cassie sent an explicit message to Combs I can t wait to watch you I want you to get real hott he replied Me Too I just want it to be uncontrollable she commented Cassie questioned for a short break which Judge Arun Subramanian granted after yet more explicit messages were shown This came a day after she was made to see still images from videos of sexual encounters during prosecutors questioning Prior to the start of the trial Combs lawyers made clear that they intended to label a lot of the sexual behavior of their client as part of the swingers lifestyle Estevao questioned Cassie directly whether she thought freak-offs were related to the swingers lifestyle In a sexual way Cassie responded before adding They re very different The cross-examination had begun with gentil questioning by Estevao as she had Cassie first read through warm and loving messages with Combs early in their relationship Cassie testified that Combs was charismatic with a larger-than-life personality At the time she reported I had fallen in love with him and cared about him very much Thursday s testimony and evidence was in contrast to the violence and shame Cassie mentioned accompanied hundreds of her encounters with male sex workers that Combs watched and controlled during their relationship which stretched from to and started when she was and he was in his s She declared the drug-fueled freak-offs would last hours and even days with her sometimes taking IV fluids to recover and eventually growing an opioid addiction because it made her feel numb afterwards The -year-old Cassie who is in the third trimester of pregnancy with her third child has held up well on the witness stand She testified Wednesday that Combs raped her when she broke up with him and that he kept her locked in a life of physical abuse by threatening to release degrading sexual videos of her I feared for my career I feared for my family It s just embarrassing It s horrible and disgusting No one should do that to anyone declared Cassie whose legal name is Casandra Ventura The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly as Cassie has Combs initially appeared relaxed as cross examination got underway Thursday sitting back in his chair with his legs crossed and conferring with his attorney Marc Agnifilo The courtroom was packed with family and friends of Combs journalists and a row of spectator seats occupied by Cassie s supporters Cassie sued Combs in accusing him of years of physical and sexual abuse Within hours the suit was settled for million a figure Cassie disclosed for the first time Wednesday but dozens of similar legal maintains followed from other women Estevao inquired Cassie if it was fair to say that Combs career was ruined after she sued him making residents for the first time the concept of freak-offs Cassie responded I could understand that Combs has been jailed since September He faces at least years in prison if convicted