Justin Bieber has finally broken his silence on the rumors that he was abused by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
We are in the middle of Diddy’s federal court trial in New York and many witnesses have taken the stand to give evidence against him.
The 55-year-old faces one count of racketeering, two charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He has denied all claims.
Amongst the celebs mentioned so far, are Kanye West, Michael B. Jordan, Kid Cudi and Mike Myers.
These celebs have not been accused of any illegal activity but were names jurors were cautioned would come up.
West was brought up on May 5 after he released a recorded conversation with Diddy to social media where the disgraced rapper warned West to “be careful” of people attempting to “end” him.
Mike Myers was also brought up as a potential point of interest in the trial but has not been accused of any wrongdoing – his relationship to Diddy is not known at this time.
Michelle Williams was another well-known name mentioned to the jury.
The rapper’s ex-girlfriend of 10 years, Ventura, mentioned multiple celebs.
Michael B. Jordan was brought up – presumably connected to Diddy through Cassie Ventura, whom he dated in 2016.
Diddy shares three children with Kim Porter who sadly died in 2018 from pneumonia – her name was mentioned to jurors along with Drake and French Montana. Ventura claimed to attend the Canadian rapper’s 2013 OVO Festival in Toronto, where she had to style her hair in a particular way to hide an alleged injury delivered by Diddy.
The mother of 2 also mentioned Prince, when she recalled going to his private concert in his Los Angeles home, claiming: “He [Diddy] would have definitely not let me go,”
Ventura alleged to have seen Combs not long after arriving.
She claimed to have “caught a glimpse of him and [she] ran out as fast as [she] could.”
“I knew he was angry at me,” she testified, claiming he went to the hotel where she was staying and be*t her.
She also mentioned Kid Cudi aka Scott Mescudi whom she claimed to meet in December 2011 and had a romantic relationship with.
When Diddy discovered this on her phone, she claimed he threatened her with a wine bottle opener.
Taking the stand this week, she also shared some horrifying details of their 10-year relationship where she claimed he was violent, controlling and had an obsession with voyeurism.
The jury appeared somber when shown five images of the freak off parties where Ventura was present.
The screens given to the jurors had privacy sheets on top, to stop the public or media being able to see.
One male jurors eyebrows shot up when he was shown the images while one female juror appeared shocked, moving her head from side to side.
Another male juror did a double take of the images while a fourth male juror put his hand over his mouth in shock.
The images and video stills are not being shown to the gallery as it is currently evidence that is under seal.
Ventura appeared to not react to the images shows, speaking in a flat voice when describing the images.
A former male escort, Daniel Phillip, who was paid thousands of dollars to have s*x with Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, Cassandra Ventura (aka Cassie) was the first witness to take the stand.
Bieber has also been linked to the rapper over the years. After much speculation online, the singer finally shared a statement to the press.
A spokesperson told TMZ: “Although Justin is not among Sean Combs’ victims, there are individuals who were genuinely harmed by him.
“Shifting focus away from this reality detracts from the justice these victims rightfully deserve.”
Diddy’s ex, Ventura, who is currently heavily pregnant, shared her own account of the traumatic events – including one instance when Diddy dragged her along the floor of a hotel, a scene that was caught on CCTV.
On the stand on Tuesday, the “Me & U” singer shared: “He wanted me to have a nickname for him,”, “He asked me what I called my grandfather, and I said I called him Pop Pop.”
She added that she found it “weird at the time.”, “But now I think it’s just disrespectful,” she said.
Later on during her testimony, she added “He would bash me on my head, knock me over, drag me, kick me, stomp me on the head if I was down,”.
“I also felt at certain times … I knew it wasn’t even about me … [I would] make the wrong face and the next thing I knew I was getting hit in the face,” she said.
She broke down in tears, explaining “His look would just change over, he would just become a different person,” she added. “The best way to describe it is his eyes just go black. The version that I was in love with is no longer there.”
“I was in love and I just wanted to make him happy,” Ventura said, adding, “It basically entails the hiring of an escort and setting up this experience so that I could perform for Sean.”
She shared more horrific details, including what bodily fluids were allegedly shared at the parties.
“I was expected to have freak offs on my period. He wanted that and I did not want to do that,” Ventura said, according to NBC News, “Blood would get on the linens.”
She also detailed Combs allegedly making a male escort urinate in her mouth during one party: “It was a turn on for him, so it happened,” she added “I just felt humiliated. It was disgusting. It was too much. I choked. I didn’t want to be doing that. I was in a position I couldn’t easily get out of. I eventually put my hands up and Sean saw and told him to stop. I was choking—too much urine in my mouth. Sean urinated on me at the same time.”
She added: “I was squeamish immediately, but high in the moment. That’s about it. You don’t have a lot of control at that moment.”
The singer also shed some light on the baby oil. She claimed that everyone at the parties would cover their entire bodies in baby oil and one instance where she went into a “a pool filled with baby oil”.
“Sean wanted it heated and he wanted it to be glistening so we applied every five minutes,” she testified, “If Sean wanted it to happen, that was what was going to happen, there was no way around it. We used 10 bottles of baby oil, regular size.”
“I didn’t want him to be upset or not trust me,” she testified. “He was a scary person, he would be violent.”
She also shared that Diddy forced her to have s*x with other men while he watched.
Ventura shared the one part of the ‘freak-off’ parties she enjoyed.
Breaking down, she said: “The time spent with him,” adding that it was the only time she got to spend with him at that time.
“I felt disgusting. I was humiliated. I didn’t have the words to put together at the time how horrible I really felt, and I couldn’t talk to anybody about it,” Ventura added.
She went on, saying she tried to ‘gently’ explain that she no longer wanted to partake in the freak off parties: “I didn’t want to upset him or make him angry with me for even sharing it,” she said. “But I would just tread it lightly when I brought it up. Sometimes I would email him about it. I didn’t want anything bad to happen.”
The 38-year-old shared that they could sometimes continue for four days and Diddy had rules for how she was allowed to look and dress at the parties.
She also went into detail about the first time they had s*x, claiming that it happened on a boat in Miami and she was given ec*tasy beforehand.
The singer is now married to personal trainer Alex Fine and the couple share two children with another baby on the way.
