{"id":244431,"date":"2025-05-16T09:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sean-diddy-combs-trial-key-takeaways-from-inside-court-as-cassie-ventura-testifies-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:04:45","slug":"sean-diddy-combs-trial-key-takeaways-from-inside-court-as-cassie-ventura-testifies-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sean-diddy-combs-trial-key-takeaways-from-inside-court-as-cassie-ventura-testifies-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean &#8216;Diddy&#8217; Combs trial: Key takeaways from inside court as Cassie Ventura testifies | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/G6YYjEJ77s0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: Key takeaways from inside court as Cassie Ventura testifies | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6YYjEJ77s0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The latest from inside the US courtroom as Cassie Ventura is cross-examined.<\/p>\n<p>The R&amp;B singer has been forced to read aloud her explicit messages with former boyfriend Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs during his sex trafficking trial. 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