Stylist testifies Cassie dated Michael B. Jordan, Andre Branch during Diddy relationship
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former stylist testified to Cassie Ventura dating both Michael B. Jordan and Andre Branch during her contentious on-and-off relationship with the hip-hop mogul…
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former stylist testified on Thursday to the former flames of Cassie Ventura, saying she dated both Michael B. Jordan and Andre Branch during her contentious on-and-off relationship with the hip-hop mogul.
Deonte Nash — who worked for Diddy from 2008 to 2018 — took the stand for a second day in the rapper’s federal sex trafficking trial, testifying that he set up Ventura with “Sinners” star Jordan after she found out Diddy was seeing another woman in 2015.
Nash also confirmed he knew that Ventura had dated Branch, now a 35-year-old former NFL linebacker, but that he “never met him” during their brief relationship in 2016.
Branch was alluded to earlier in the trial when Ventura testified that she cheated on Diddy with an NFL player, though she didn’t identify him by name.
While Ventura’s relationships with other men have nothing to do with the charges against Combs, prosecutors have used them in attempt to paint a picture of his possessive, controlling and violent behavior.
The R&B singer also testified to her relationship with rapper Kid Cudi, revealing the pair briefly dated in 2011 during a time when she and Combs were “not in the greatest place.”
She said Combs filled with rage upon learning of the romance, allegedly telling Ventura “he was going to hurt” the two of them and blow up Cudi’s car.
In January 2012, police did in fact respond to a vehicle arson at Cudi’s address in L.A., where his car was found engulfed in flames. No suspects were ever arrested.
On Wednesday, Nash testified to witnessing Combs physically abusing Ventura on numerous occasions and hearing him threaten “to beat her a–,” get her parents fired from their jobs and send out humiliating sex tapes recorded during “freak-offs.”
Nash’s testimony brought into focus the power imbalance between Combs and Ventura, 17 years his junior. Prosecutors have used this to back up their claims that Combs coerced her into sex sessions with male escorts, which his lawyers have tried to frame as consensual.
If convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, Combs faces life behind bars. He has maintained his innocence.