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A prosecutor requested Sharay Hayes, a male unique dancer often known as “The Punisher,” if he thought Cassie Ventura loved herself whereas Sean “Diddy” Combs watched them.

“My understanding was we were creating a scene, a sexy scene, that was enjoyable to her partner,” Hayes testified.

Last week, Ventura testified that “freak offs” concerned her having intercourse with one other man at Combs’s path.

Hayes stated Combs gave Ventura instructions throughout their encounters.

Hayes stated he generally noticed “a sigh” or “a wince” from Ventura concerning the frequency of Combs’s instructions. Hayes additionally stated he by no means heard Ventura refuse one in every of Combs’s instructions.

Sharay Hayes, a male unique dancer often known as “The Punisher,” testified that he met Cassie Ventura and Sean “Diddy” Combs for “freak offs” eight to 12 instances.

He didn’t acknowledge the pair at first, however quickly realized who they had been.

“Further along the line, I saw his face,” Hayes said of Combs. “He would wear a baseball cap and I noticed his face. Ironically, I am a fan and follow him on Instagram.”

Hayes typically met them with just a few hours’ notice from Ventura. Sometimes, he met them around 2:30 a.m. and stayed until 11 a.m, Hayes said.

The judge has paused Sharay Hayes’s testimony so the jury can take a lunch break.

Court will resume around 1 p.m.

Sharay Hayes, a male exotic dancer known as “The Punisher,” says he first met Sean “Diddy” Combs and Cassie Ventura at Trump International Hotel in New York City.

Hayes said he went there assuming he’d be giving a 30- to 45-minute strip tease for a small group.

When he arrived, Hayes said Ventura greeted him at the door and explained she didn’t want him to dance. Instead, Hayes said she wanted him to help “her and [her] husband liked to create a sexy scene.”

Ventura was wearing a wig and Hayes said he didn’t recognize her. Combs was there as well, but Hayes said he didn’t recognize him either.

“I was specifically told to not acknowledge her husband, try not to look at him, no communication or anything,” Hayes testified.

After explaining, Hayes said Ventura handed him $800.

Regina Ventura’s testimony has ended without cross-examination.

Sharay Hayes, a male exotic dancer whose stage name is “The Punisher,” is now testifying.

Cassie Ventura’s mother took photos of her injuries allegedly caused by Sean “Diddy” Combs.

“She was bruised and I wished to ensure we memorialize it,” Regina Ventura told the jury as they viewed the photos.

Sean “Diddy” Combs threatened to release Cassie Ventura’s sex tape after discovering her 2011 relationship with rapper Kid Cudi, the singer’s mother testified.

“I used to be bodily sick,” Regina Ventura said. “I didn’t perceive it, the intercourse tape threw me. He was attempting to harm my daughter.”

Combs wanted $20,000 for the video, which Regina said she paid with a loan because she was “scared” for her daughter’s safety.

Regina said he was angry Cassie was with Kid Cudi and wanted to “recoup” the money he spent on her.

“We took a house fairness mortgage and that was the one means we might get the cash,” she said.

The money ended up back in Regina’s account a few days later, but Combs never spoke to her about it, she testified.

Cassie Ventura’s mom, Regina Ventura, told the jury it was “harder to get to” her daughter after she started dating Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Regina recalled seeing her daughter three or four times a year when she was living in New York and first started seeing Combs. But once Cassie moved to California with him, Regina said she saw her daughter less often.

Cassie Ventura’s mother, Regina Ventura, has been called to the witness stand.

David James’s testimony has now ended.

David James testified that Sean “Diddy” Combs once got into a physical altercation with his then-personal chef, Jourdan Atkinson.

Combs then asked James to file a police report stating Atkinson hit him first, the ex-assistant testified.

But James didn’t file the report because he was concerned it would be false.

“I did not file it because I did not want to make a false report,” James said. “I went out and came back and told him I made the report.”