1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 1: Crime Lord hourly update, Breaking crime News Now, I'm Dave Mac. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: Assistant US attorney Maureen Comy says, given the length of 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: Delisa Penland's cross examination, the prosecution now expects to rest 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: on Friday. The direct examination of Brendan Paul Sean Diddy, 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: Coombe's former assistant is expected to take about ninety minutes. 6 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 1: Today in court, it was freakoff video. The jury watched 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: videos from twenty twelve to twenty fourteen showing Cassie Ventura 8 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 1: during alleged freakofs. The jury watched portions of videos yesterday 9 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: recorded in October of twenty twelve. In those videos, Cassy 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 1: Ventura previously testified that the video showed her and a 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: man referred to as Dave during a freak off. The 12 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: jury also watched portions of another video recorded on that 13 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: same day. The jury watched portions of another video that 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: was recorded on October twentieth, twenty twelve. Ventura previously testified 15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: the video showed her and a man called Jewels during 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: a freak off. All of the videos have been sealed 17 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: because they're sexually explicit. In total, the jury has watched 18 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: more than fifteen minutes of sexually explicit videos under the 19 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: cross examination of Delesa Penland, the special Agent with the 20 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. 21 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: When the first video was played, some sound was audible 22 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: in the courtroom, including what sounded like a woman's voice. 23 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: A court security officer alerted the judge and they took 24 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 1: care of that, as they don't want the videos or 25 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: the audio played for anyone to see other than jurors. 26 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: One of the big highlights today was going over a 27 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: text message sent from Sean Diddy Comb's to Cassie Ventura 28 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: after the twenty sixteen assault. Assistant US Attorney Emily Johnson 29 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: revisited messages between Shawn Combs and Cassie Ventura before and 30 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: after the Intercontinental Hotel incident in March of twenty sixteen. 31 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: In the days after the assault, Comb's texted Ventura quote, Babe, 32 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: I can't say it enough. I am so sorry. On 33 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 1: the same day, Ventura text Combs quote, I still have 34 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: crazy bruising from Friday. I would be a dummy to 35 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:14,280 Speaker 1: subject myself to that possibly happening again. When you get 36 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: blanked up the wrong way, you always want to show 37 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: me that you have the power and you knock me around. 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: I'm not a rag doll. I'm someone's child. The current 39 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: federal case against Combs, including charges of racketeering, conspiracy, and 40 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: sex trafficking, began to unfold publicly after his former girlfriend, 41 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: Cassy Ventura, filed a civil lawsuit against him in twenty 42 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: twenty three. This lawsuit detailed allegations of years of physical 43 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: and sexual abuse, including rape and claimed in the lawsuit 44 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: was filed using the Adult Survivors Act, which offers a 45 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 1: window for alleged survivors of sexual violence to file claims 46 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 1: past the usual statute of limitations. So while Combs and 47 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: Ventura settled that lawsuit within a day, the filing and 48 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: subsequent media attention sparked a wave of similar lawsuits from 49 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: other individuals and eventually led to federal investigations. Specifically, the 50 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: timeline of events that led this entire case to today. 51 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: November twenty twenty three, Cassie Ventura files her civil lawsuit 52 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: against Comb's alleging years of abuse. March twenty twenty four, 53 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: federal agents raid Combe's home in Los Angeles and Miami 54 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: as part of an ongoing investigation reportedly related to alleged 55 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: sex trafficking. May of twenty twenty four CNN air surveillance 56 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: footage that appears to show Comb's assaulting Ventura in a 57 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: hotel hallway in twenty sixteen, corroborating a key allegation in 58 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: her lawsuit. September twenty twenty four, Combs is arrested in 59 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: New York City after a federal grand jury indictment is 60 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: unsealed charging him with the sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. 61 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: There had been prior instances of allegations and controversy involving Combs, 62 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: but Ventura's twenty twenty three lawsuit appears to be the 63 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: catalyst for the current federal legal action and why it's 64 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: being dealt with again in this trial. In Otter Trail County, Minnesota, 65 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: a motorist calls to report a barefoot infant wearing only 66 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,799 Speaker 1: a sweatshirt and sweatpants has been abandoned in a ditch 67 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 1: by the side of a road by a woman he 68 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: sees running away from the area. The motorist immediately gets 69 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: the infant to provide safety from the wind, rain, and 70 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: temperatures in the fifty degree range. A deputy from the 71 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: Otter Trail County Sheriff's office arrives on the scene and 72 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,799 Speaker 1: in short order locates fifty two year old and Astasia Vaughan, 73 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: found stumbling barefoot in a wooded area with bloodshot, watery eyes, 74 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:58,160 Speaker 1: and slurred speech and the odor of alcohol coming from her. 75 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: The deputy attempts to administer or a breathalyzer test at 76 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 1: the scene, but was unsuccessful. Once Vaughn was taken to 77 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: the county detention center, deputies were able to get a 78 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 1: suitable test completed. Results of the test showed Vaughn had 79 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: an alcohol concentration of point two two nine, nearly three 80 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: times the legal limit. Vaughn, facing multiple charges, negotiates a 81 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: plea deal with the prosecutor. The child in her care 82 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: that night that she left in the ditch barefoot in 83 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 1: the rain was her own grandson. The tyke was not 84 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: harmed in the incident. Anastasia Vaughan admitted to consuming alcoholic 85 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 1: beverages that mixed with her prescribed medications on the day 86 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: of the incident, and acknowledged that she put her grandson 87 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: down on the ground near the ditch and left him. 88 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: Her plea was part of a deal with prosecutors which 89 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: allows her to avoid serving time in jail by commuting 90 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: her three hundred and sixty four day sentence by three 91 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: hundred and nineteen days. However, in his sentencing, the judge 92 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: chose to stay that sentence for two years. This is 93 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: also the length of Vaughn's probationary period, meaning a violation 94 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: of her release conditions could land her in jail. The 95 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 1: terms for Vaughn to remain out of jail, She's not 96 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: allowed to consume alcohol, she's not allowed to have unsupervised 97 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: visits with anyone under the age of eighteen, and she 98 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: must submit to regular testing as part of her probationary release. 99 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: For more on the trial of Sean Diddy, Combs joined 100 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 1: Nancy Grace tonight at six nine and midnight Eastern on 101 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: Merrit Street Media Doctor Phil's Network. Check your local listing 102 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: for channel assignments, or follow crime stories with Nancy Grace 103 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app. For this crime alert, I'm 104 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: Dave Mack.