Testimonies from Diddy's former assistant, Cassie's mother, and others reveal harrowing new information

Regina Ventura, Dawn Richard, Sharay Hayes and David James took the stand at Sean Combs' trial. Here's what we know.

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00:00Here's a recap of the most significant testimony from the trial in week two.

00:04We've heard this week a second paid preak-off performer.

00:09The witness we had this week danced under the name of the Punisher,

00:14and he described being repeatedly hired to have sex with Ms. Ventura while Combs sat in the room.

00:21He said that the first time he saw Combs, Combs was in a corner of the room wearing no clothing whatsoever

00:28except for a veil that allowed only his eyes to be seen.

00:32This performer said that he walked out of the hotel suite with $2,000 in cash.

00:39His payment varied depending on how happy Combs was with his performance.

00:44Another highlight from this week's testimony was Regina Ventura.

00:49This is the mom of Cassie Ventura, and the mother described the bruises that she saw on her daughter's body

00:55during a Christmastime visit to the family home in Connecticut.

00:59Cassie began dating Kid Cuddy, according to the testimony.

01:03Combs was so violently angry about this relationship that he kicked Cassie Ventura to the floor,

01:12kicked her in the back so hard that she fell to the ground.

01:15The jury also heard testimony from former Danity Cain singer Dawn Richard,

01:21who described an incident from 2009.

01:25This happened in, she saw Combs attack Cassie Ventura with a frying pan

01:31because she'd taken too long to cook him eggs.

01:34Where's my effing eggs?

01:36She said, Combs screamed, as he tried to hit her with a skillet.

01:40Dawn Richard remembers Cassie Ventura curling up into a fetal position on the floor,

01:45of the kitchen, and then being dragged by the hair upstairs by Combs.

01:50From downstairs, Dawn Richard said she could hear the sound of smashing glass

01:54and screams of Cassie Ventura.

01:57So as if that wasn't awful enough, Dawn Richard said that the very next day,

02:01Combs summoned her and Cassie into a darkened studio and locked the door

02:08and tried to spin the previous day's occurrence in a positive way.

02:15He told the women that this is what passion looks like.

02:18He said that the beating was really nothing much and that Cassie was fine.

02:23He said that they should, you know, keep quiet about things because, you know,

02:27sometimes people go missing, which both testified they took as a death threat.

02:32We also this week have had a personal assistant.

02:35He said that he worked very long hours, sometimes 20 hours a day, sometimes 30 days in a row.

02:42He needed to be at Combs' beck and call.

02:44He said that Combs ordered him to play chauffeur to what would have been a pre-dawn gunfight with rival

02:52rap music producer Suge Knights.

02:54By the time Combs was retrieved from his mansion, Suge and his Escalades had left the scene.

03:01But this so rattled the security guard that he sent in his resignation that very day.

03:06Coming up later this week, we'll have testimony by rapper Kid Cudi.

03:10He's going to describe his convertible being firebombed at around the time that he started dating Cassie Ventura.

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