Diddy’s ex described falling “in love” with the rapper before becoming subjected to his “control,” “beatings,” and days-long sex “performances.”

Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura wasn't swooning when Sean “Diddy” Combs kissed her for the first time. The R&B singer told jurors at his high-profile federal sex crimes trial on Tuesday, May 13, that when Combs kissed her in August 2007 on her 21st birthday in Las Vegas after a VMA event that she cried.

R&B singer Casandra Ventura, a onetime rising star in the New York hip-hop scene, testified that ex-boyfriend Sean "Diddy" Combs abused her and derailed her career when she took the stand at the rapper's trial on Tuesday.

The federal sex trafficking trial for Sean "Diddy" Combs kicked off Monday morning in New York, and "The View" host Sunny Hostin was in the courtroom for it. And, according to the former federal prosecutor,

Casandra "Cassie" Ventura took the stand at Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ trial and described meeting with the music mogul at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan. Ventura, a key witness for the prosecution at Combs' sex trafficking trial, was in a relationship with the Bad Boy Records founder for several years.