Sean “Diddy” Combs’ daughters, Chance, D’Lila and Jessie Combs, exited a Manhattan federal courtroom twice on Tuesday (May 12th), as disturbing testimony about their father’s alleged sex crimes became too graphic to bear.
The three teens, seated quietly during opening arguments, stood and walked out during testimony from Daniel Phillip, a male escort who claimed he was hired by Cassie Ventura—Diddy’s former girlfriend—for sex acts while the Hip-Hop mogul watched and masturbated. He also alleged that Ventura once asked him to urinate on her during one of the so-called “freak off” parties.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson said Ventura would testify that she “felt as if she was choking” during the act, which prosecutors allege was orchestrated by Diddy as part of a pattern of humiliation and control. The daughters returned to the courtroom later in the day to witness additional evidence, including 2016 hotel surveillance footage that allegedly shows Diddy shoving Ventura to the ground and kicking her while she lay still.
Prosecutors claim Diddy recorded many of the sex acts and used the footage to threaten Ventura, saying he would release the videos as “reminders of the most humiliating nights of her life” if she ever disobeyed him.