Regina Ventura, the mother of Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura Fine, told the court on May 20 she was "physically sick" over the rapper's alleged abuse and said she was once pressured to send him $20,000 after he raged at her daughter. "I was scared for my daughter’s safety," Ventura told jurors.

Sean "Diddy" Combs is standing trial on sex trafficking and racketeering charges in a case that has captured widespread attention.

Dawn Richard, who sued Combs for sexual abuse last year, was signed to Combs’ label with the girl group Danity Kane in 2005