During her first day of testimony, Ms. Ventura described a relationship with Mr. Combs that was controlling and included physical abuse.

Casandra Ventura said the mogul pleaded with her in text messages and followed her to her apartment after striking and dragging her in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel.

In May of last year, surveillance footage surfaced of Combs grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking Ventura inside a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.