Defence focuses on Cassie and Diddy’s drug usepublished at 21:12 British Summer Time
Sakshi Venkatraman
Reporting from court
The subject on the table right now is Ventura and Combs’ use of drugs and alcohol throughout their relationship.
When talking about the so-called “freak-offs”, Diddy’s lawyer Anna Estevao referred to it as a “special time” for the two to do drugs in a “safe” environment.
Estevao keeps circling back to drugs as a way to question Ventura’s recollection of events.
“But you were on drugs, right?” has been a common response from Estevao to Ventura’s descriptions about the abuse she says she faced.
Estevao also suggests that Combs was concerned about Ventura’s drug use and was trying to get her help.
Ventura says more often than not Combs was the one encouraging that behaviour and doing drugs with her.
Estevao also suggests Ventura was taking drugs from Combs at the 2012 Cannes film festival in France, prompting his violence.
“You were an addict, that’s why you took drugs from him,” the lawyer says.
“I didn’t. He suspected I did,” Ventura responds.
