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Pregnant Cassie and Alex Fine Spotted for 1st Time After Diddy Trial

19 May 2025 at 20:57

A pregnant Cassie was spotted with husband Alex Fine for the first time since taking the stand in Diddy’s trial.

Cassie, 38, and Fine, 32, were photographed in New York City on Monday, May 19. Cassie wore a gray romper and long coat, a gray newsboy hat, dark sunglasses and a white claw clip in her hair. Fine sported a blue Yamaha sweatshirt and black shorts while clutching a matcha drink.

Fine and Cassie (born Casandra Ventura) tied the knot in October 2019 and share two children with their third baby on the way. The trainer supported his wife at the Manhattan courthouse all last week while she testified against Diddy, 55, who is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. (He pleaded not guilty and has denied all allegations.)

After Cassie provided nearly 20 hours of testimony in the trial, Fine showed his support by making a statement read by attorney Douglas Wigdor on Friday, May 16, outside the courthouse. 

Cassie's Husband Alex Fine Tells Diddy 'You Did Not Break' Her

“Over the past five days, the world has gotten to witness the strength and bravery of my wife freeing herself of her past,” Fine said in a statement. “There has been speculation online surrounding how it must feel for me to sit there and listen to my wife’s testimony. I have felt so many things sitting there. I have felt tremendous pride and overwhelming love for Cass. I have felt profound anger that she has been subjected to sitting in front of a person who tried to break her.”

He did not name Diddy, but Fine’s statement called out the rapper and anyone else accused of harming Cassie: “So to him and all of those who helped him along the way, please know this. You did not. You did not break her spirit, nor her smile, that lights up every room. You did not break the soul of a mother who gives the best hugs and plays the silliest games with our little girls. You did not break the woman who has made me a better man.”

During four days of testimony, Cassie tearfully recollected wanting to end her own life in 2023 while coping with PTSD stemming from Diddy’s alleged abuse. Fine stopped Cassie when she tried to walk out the door and into oncoming traffic to kill herself. She entered rehab and trauma therapy after the incident.

While Fine prevented her suicide attempt, he decline to take credit as Cassie’s savior and stressed that she did the hard work.

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“I did not save Cassie, as some have said. I say that is an insult to years of painful work my wife has done to save herself. Cassie saved Cassie,” Fine’s statement said. “She alone broke free from abuse, coercion, violence and threats. She did the work of fighting the demons that only a demon himself could have done to her. All I have done is love her as she has loved me.”

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See Diddy's Hotel Room Photos From His Arrest in New Trial Evidence

19 May 2025 at 19:53

The prosecutors in the trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs have released photos taken from the scene of his New York City hotel room at the time of his arrest in September 2024.

On Monday, May 19, the dozens of pics in Diddy’s room at the Park Hyatt Hotel were entered as evidence in his ongoing trial on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. They were snapped by federal agents and include bottles of baby oil and lubricant, stashed in a bathroom and in plastic bags, as well as drugs and a fanny pack containing $9,000 in cash. (Diddy has denied all criminal charges against him.)

One photo reveals two small Ziploc bags that contain a powdery pink substance. According to TMZ, law enforcement found the bags “in an orange prescription bottle … and inside the baggies were pink solid material. The feds say one bag tested positive for ketamine and the other tested positive for MDMA and ketamine.”

Another snapshot shows a bottle of the medication Clonazepam, prescribed to “Frank Blank,” which was an alias that Diddy had used, the mogul’s ex Cassie (real name Casandra Venture) said during earlier testimony. 

Diddy, 55, was taken into custody on September 16, 2024, in Manhattan after a grand jury indicted him amid his multiple sexual assault lawsuits and a federal investigation. In November 2023, Cassie filed a lawsuit against him, alleging that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship, which lasted off and on from 2007 to 2018. Diddy denied her claims, and the two settled out of court one day later.

In May 2024, CNN published a surveillance video from 2016 that showed Diddy kicking and grabbing Cassie, now 38, in a hotel. The rapper later apologized in an Instagram video, saying, “My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. “I was disgusted then when I did it. I’m disgusted now. … I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m truly sorry.”

Cassie took the stand for three days of court testimony last week. She described their relationship as marked by violence and alleged that Diddy would videotape her during sexual encounters for “blackmail.” She also detailed his alleged freak offs, revealing that she would take drugs like weed, mushrooms, GHB, ketamine and ecstasy to stay “disconnected” from the experience. She recalled that she “choked” while being urinated on by two male escorts who were allegedly found on Craigslist.

When the defense cross-examined Cassie, they asked her questions about her relationship with Diddy as well as their alleged drug use. Attorney Anna Estevao asked her about texts she sent Diddy where she expressed her love for him as well as an apparent enjoyment of freak offs. Asked about a message where she said she liked the parties, Cassie replied, “I would say that loving [freak offs] were just words at that point.”

On Friday, May 16, the prosecution called Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Yasin Binda to the stand. Binda was one of the officers who participated in the September 2024 raid on Diddy’s hotel room. Binda said agents found five bottles of baby oil in the bathroom as well as lubricant stored in the bathtub, plus two bottles of lubricant in the nightstand. They also found a Louis Vuitton bag containing ketamine, MDMA and a bottle of medication prescribed to the aforementioned “Frank Black.”

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Law enforcement testified that one small bag discovered in Diddy's room tested positive for ketamine while the other tested positive for MDMA and ketamine.
 

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The medication was prescribed to "Frank Black," Diddy's alleged alias.

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A bottle of Amphetamine was found at the scene. 

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Agents found a fanny pack containing $9,000 in cash.

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This photo was snapped by federal agents during a September 2024 raid in Diddy's hotel room at the Park Hyatt in Manhattan.

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Bottles of Johnson's Baby Oil were discovered in plastic bags.

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Federal agents discovered lubricant stored in the bathtub as well as in the nightstand.

Denzel Washington Had 'Great' Night at Cannes Despite Tense Carpet Exchange

19 May 2025 at 19:41

Denzel Washington wasn’t about to let anything ruin his time at Cannes Film Festival.

Washington, 70, attended the world premiere for his film Higheset 2 Lowest on Monday, May 19. Per a video shared by the Daily Mail, the Oscar winner was spotted speaking with director Spike Lee on the red carpet when a photographer grabbed his arm to get his attention. Washington then turned to the photographer and pointed his finger warning him to stop.
Although the photographer smiled and appeared to nod in agreement, he then attempted to grab the actor again, causing Washington to turn around and once again repeatedly ask him to “stop.”
Despite the tense exchange, a rep for Washington told Us Weekly that it was a “great night at the Cannes Film Festival.”

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Once inside, Washington’s evening continued to improve as his and Lee’s movie received a six-minute standing ovation, Deadline reported.
Highest 2 Lowest is the re-imagination of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller High and Low, which is based on the King’s Ransom written by Ed McBain.
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In the new movie, a titan music mogul (Washington) becomes the target of a ransom plot in modern-day New York City and must face a life-or-death moral dilemma because of it.
After the Cannes screening on Monday, Lee, 68, sang Washington’s praises as he presented him with an honorary Palme d’Or Award. “This is my brother, right here,” Lee said of Washington, who replied, “This is a total surprise for me!”

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Denzel’s Cannes drama comes less than one year after he was filmed yelling at fans clamoring for an autograph in October 2024. At the time, Washington was spotted snapping at onlookers in New York City who were standing outside the Museum of Modern Art in hopes of catching his eye.
“I said, ‘I’ll see you when I get out, which part of that don’t y’all understand?’” Washington said in a video obtained by the Daily Mail last year.
He added, “It’s about showing love” and then was heard raising his voice before quipping, “Or not, or not! We can do it another way … or not, we can do it both ways!”

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