Overview

• Hayes surprised Cassie Ventura with a public apology on May 28, saying he regretted any harm his involvement may have caused her.
• He testified that he took part in about eight to 12 ‘freak-offs’ alongside Combs and Ventura starting in 2012, but saw no explicit wrongdoing.
• Prosecutors accuse Combs of leading a racketeering conspiracy that trafficked women for sexual exploitation, charges the music mogul denies.
• Ventura’s 2023 lawsuit accusing Combs of sexual and physical abuse was settled out of court within a day and later reinforced by a 2016 surveillance video showing Combs’s aggression.
• Combs remains detained at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center after four bail requests were denied as the trial moves into its next phase.