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.

The second week of testimony in the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs began on Monday. Tuesday's witnesses are expected to include an alleged escort known as "The Punisher," as well as Cassie Ventura's mother,

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