Full breakdown of Diddy's relationship with Cassie Ventura as trial begins

As Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces charges of sex-trafficking successful Manhattan national court, his narration with the vocalist Cassie is astatine the halfway of the horrific allegations.

The euphony mogul's staggering downfall began erstwhile Cassie, existent sanction Cassandra Ventura, filed a bombshell suit successful 2023 detailing terrifying claims of intersexual maltreatment and violence. 

The suit was settled for an undisclosed magnitude conscionable a time aft it was filed, but it was excessively precocious for Diddy's reputation, and the rapper was past deed with dozens of lawsuits including akin claims. 

Diddy was past charged past twelvemonth with racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking, fraud oregon coercion and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution successful New York. He has pleaded not guilty.

2005 -DIDDY SIGNS CASSIE 

The rapper and Cassie dated from 2007 until 2018, aft gathering successful 2005 erstwhile she was conscionable 19 and helium was already an established 39-year-old euphony superstar.

A twelvemonth aft they met, Cassie released her self-titled debut medium connected Diddy's grounds label, Bad Boy Records.

Cassie alleged successful tribunal that Diddy brought her into his 'ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled lifestyle' not agelong aft she met him and signed to his label. 

2007 - ROMANCE RUMORS BEGIN

But the mates kept their romance nether wraps for immoderate clip but rumors astir their narration began swirling successful 2007 arsenic they were often seen unneurotic successful reddish carpets.

At the time, Diddy was inactive publically linked with the parent of respective of his children, the precocious Kim Porter. 

It's unclear precisely erstwhile Diddy and Cassie went from a moving narration to a romanticist one. 

2012- GOING PUBLIC 

The duo did not corroborate their romance publically until 2012 erstwhile they sat unneurotic astatine Kanye West’s Paris Fashion Week show.

Cassie said successful her suit that astir this clip the mates were connected a interruption and helium became enraged by her increasing romance with the rapper Kid Cudi. Diddy allegedly threatened to stroke up Cudi's car earlier his car exploded successful his driveway  - claims that could travel up successful the trial.

In 2014, Diddy posted a photograph of a diamond ringing connected Instagram that suggested helium had asked Cassie to wed him. He captioned it , '“Baby bash you similar it? I conscionable privation to get you wat you Like! I conscionable wanna Mk you grin #takeDat!'

Cassie was aboriginal seen wearing the ringing but the engagement was ne'er confirmed. 

2018 - FINAL BREAK UP

In 2018, aft Diddy was seen retired with exemplary Jocelyn Chew, Cassie's rep confirmed the brace were nary longer unneurotic successful October.

They were past photographed unneurotic during the Met gala earlier that year. 

Cassie said successful the settled suit that arsenic she was trying to extremity the narration successful 2018, Combs forced her into her Los Angeles location and raped her. 

The vocalist said successful the settled suit that Diddy began the signifier of maltreatment began arsenic soon arsenic their narration did.

2019- CASSIE MARRIES HER PERSONAL TRAINER

Just a twelvemonth earlier she was past seen with Diddy, Cassie joined Alex Fine, who was primitively Diddy's idiosyncratic trainer. 

Cassie became large soon aft she started dating Fine. 

The mates is presently expecting their 3rd child. 

2023 - CASSIE FILES LAWSUIT

Her lawsuit, filed successful 2023,  claimed that, 'prone to uncontrollable rage,' helium subjected her to 'savage' beatings successful which helium punched, kicked and stomped her.

It alleged helium plied her with drugs, and forced her to person enactment with different men portion helium masturbated and filmed them. 

Cassie’s suit was settled the time aft it was filed but spurred aggravated scrutiny of Combs, with respective much lawsuits filed successful the pursuing months, on with a national transgression sex-trafficking probe that led authorities to raid Combs’ mansions successful Los Angeles and Miami. 

More accusers came guardant successful December 2023. 

MARCH 25, 2024: DIDDY'S HOMES RAIDED

Diddy's properties successful Miami and Los Angeles were raided amid increasing speculation that helium was owed to look charges. 

MAY 17, 2024 - ASSAULT VIDEO RELEASED 

In May, 2024, CNN aired a video that shows the rapper attacking Cassie successful a edifice hallway successful Los Angeles successful 2016.

The video intimately mirrors an battle described successful her lawsuit, which said Combs had already punched her that night, and she was trying to permission the InterContinental Hotel successful Los Angeles erstwhile helium woke and came aft her.

In the footage, Diddy, wearing lone a towel, punches Ventura, kicks her, and throws her connected to the floor.

Cassie addressed the chilling video successful a statement, which read: 'Thank you for each of the emotion and enactment from my family, friends, strangers and those I person yet to meet.

'The outpouring of emotion has created a spot for my younger aforesaid to settee and consciousness harmless now, but this is lone the beginning.

'Domestic Violence is the issue. It broke maine down to idiosyncratic I ne'er thought I would become. With a batch of hard work, I americium amended today, but I volition ever beryllium recovering from my past.'

Days aft the video was released, Diddy posted a video apologizing. 

'My behaviour connected that video is inexcusable,' Combs says, adding that helium had deed 'rock bottom'.

'I instrumentality afloat work for my actions successful that video. I was disgusted past erstwhile I did it. I'm disgusted now.

'I went and I sought retired nonrecreational help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to inquire God for his mercy and grace. I'm truthful sorry.'  

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024 : DIDDY IS CHARGED 

Diddy was formally charged successful September 2024. 

The charges include racketeering conspiracy, enactment trafficking and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution successful incidents dating backmost to 2008.  

Cassie is among the victims successful the indictment, and is owed to attest against him this week. 

The rapper's lawyers said they would picture her arsenic a convulsive idiosyncratic who could not person been coerced by Diddy into thing she did not privation to do.

The defence claimed the erstwhile mates engaged successful communal home unit but Diddy is guiltless of sex-trafficking and racketeering. Diddy faces beingness successful situation if convicted.