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Cassie Ventura’s husband has been in the courtroom as she testifies. Here’s why Diddy’s lawyers asked the judge to bar him.
Cassie Ventura’s husband, Alex Fine, has supported her as she testifies in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, but his lawyers tried to change that. According to his attorney, Teny Geragos, the defense may call upon Fine as a witness because of text messages he allegedly sent Combs. Here’s why she asked the judge to bar him from the courtroom.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers say Cassie Ventura’s husband should not be in the courtroom
After Combs and Ventura broke up, she began dating Fine, her personal trainer. Combs reportedly asked Ventura to pay him back for the money he spent on Fine. The defense also alleges that Fine sent Combs threatening messages. Because of this, Geragos said they could call on him as a witness. She asked the judge to eject Fine from the courtroom as Ventura testified.
“Mr. Fine sent several threatening texts to Combs that he’d like ‘to beat the f-word out of him,’” Geragos said, per The New York Post. “There’s three areas of possible testimony that we might have to call him on our direct case.”
Ultimately, the judge decided to let Fine remain in the courtroom for all testimony except that relating to Ventura’s rape allegations against Combs (via Yahoo!). If convicted, Combs faces life in prison.
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