Financial institution statements revealing a $20,000 transaction from Cassie Ventura’s father, Rodrick Ventura, to Sean “Diddy” Combs proven throughout Combs Enterprises former head of finance Derek Ferguson’s testimony factors to potential unlawful conduct, Misty Marris, trial legal professional and CNN analyst, mentioned.
Throughout Ferguson’s testimony, the jury noticed December 2011 financial institution statements for Combs’ checking account for his Alpine, New Jersey, dwelling. Data present the account transferred $20,000 to Casandra Ventura on December 14 and an incoming wire switch from Rodrick Ventura for $20,000 on December 23. The data additionally present that the identical quantity was then returned to Ventura’s father’s account on December 27.
Marris mentioned the unlawful conduct turns into obvious should you recall earlier testimony from Ventura’s mother, Regina Ventura, the place she talked about this particular transaction.
“Now, this makes us look again to Cassie Ventura’s mom’s testimony, the place she was requested by Combs for $20,000 in change for not placing out specific movies of Cassie. And since she thought Combs was going to harm her if he didn’t obtain that $20,000. So, there you will have a enterprise transaction, via the corporate that hyperlinks straight again to what can be thought-about unlawful conduct,” Marris defined.
Correction: An earlier model of this put up misspelled the primary identify of Cassie Ventura’s father, Rodrick Ventura.
