
Former Cassie stylist testifies she told him Combs was 'making her' participate in 'freak-off'
Deonte Nash, who testified pursuant to a subpoena, told the jury that he "quite often" saw Cassie Ventura with bruises and that he "quite often" knew her to spend nights with Combs in hotel rooms, allegedly against her will.
According to Nash's testimony, on her 29th birthday, Combs told Ventura, "F--- you. I do all this for you and you can't do this one thing for me."
"Cassie said, 'He's just mad that I don't want to go to the hotel and 'freak-off' with him,'" Nash testified Ventura told him.
Nash testified that back at Ventura's apartment, Combs told a small group gathered there that "Y'all's girl going to get some d--- tonight" and that Ventura allegedly packed a black bag with sex toys and cash.
Nash testified that Ventura told him she did not want to go but that Combs "was making her do that s---."
"Could you tell whether Cassie was under the influence?" prosecutor Maureen Comey asked.
"Oh yeah," Nash replied. "She was super high."
The stylist told the court that Combs allegedly was high too but Ventura more so.
Several years later, on New Year's Eve 2017 in Las Vegas, according to Nash's testimony, Ventura wanted to stay inside but Combs "pulled me in the hallway and told me he spent all that money that she needed to get ready."
At the end of the night, Nash testified, Ventura woke him up and said "Puff wanted to invite a guy over."
"I just went 'uck' and went to my hotel room," Nash told the court.
Nash told the court that he later saw a man knocking on the door of Ventura and Combs' room. "Somebody opened the door and he went in," Nash testified.
At the end of direct examination, Nash told prosecutor Maurene Comey that he's filed no lawsuits against Combs and has demanded no money from him. When asked how he feels about Combs, Nash told the court, "I don't hate him."
Court took a brief break before Nash's cross-examination.