NEW YORK (AP) — Key witnesses against Sean “Diddy” Combs, including longtime ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, are urging a federal judge to reject leniency for the hip-hop mogul at his sentencing Friday, saying they fear for their safety if he is freed.
Prosecutors included letters from R&B singer Cassie, her parents and four others in a written submission Tuesday as they seek to have Combs sentenced to at least 11 years and 3 months in prison for his conviction on two prostitution-related charges.
Notably absent was the voice of an ex-girlfriend who testified under the pseudonym Jane. Like Cassie, she said Combs subjected her over several years to dayslong, drug-fueled sexual performances with male sex workers that Combs watched and often filmed.
Some who wrote expressed disapp