Diddy Trial Gets Dirty: When Cassie Said the Safe Word is "Pineapple" | Crime Alert 6AM 06.18.25

A former aide to Sean "Diddy" Combs prepares to testify as Combs faces the final stretch of his federal sex trafficking trial. One of Matthew Perry's ketamine suppliers pleads guilty, facing 40 years and a fine of $2 million. The manhunt continues in Washington state for Travis Decker, accused of killing his three daughters during a court-ordered visitation. Chilling new details emerge in the Minnesota lawmaker shooting spree as federal charges are filed. Drew Nelson reports.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime, alert, imancy, grace breaking, crime us now ex girlfriends,
former employees, mail sex workers, and hotel managers are among
the multitude prosecutional witnesses against Shawn Comb's aka Ditty, each
one recounting their recollections of interactions with Combs, detailing alleged violence,

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sex abuse, drug distribution, car bombs, and blackmail threats. How
will the defense battle the damning testimony? Our Drew Nelson
joins US with the latest from the Shawn Combs court room.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Nancy, a former aid Deshaun Combs, is preparing to testify
today as we enter the final stretch of the federal
sex trafficking trial. An online article caught the judge's interest.
Tuesday morning, Judge Arun Subramanian scolded both legal teams over
the leaked news report that contained details from a sealed
court hearing. The judge said, from the bench quote, someone
is lying. The transcript was sealed, warning that continued leaks

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could lead to contempt charge. He didn't specify the content
of the league, but it appeared to involve private discussions
about the juror who was dismissed Monday for giving inconsistent
information about where he lived. The judge said, quote one
or more people who were here Friday in this court
room flagrantly violated this Court's orders, a violation of the
court's sealing order. Back on the stand, US attorney Special

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Agent Delesa Penlan, presenting evidence of so called free coughs,
jurors watched more than fifteen minutes of explicit video clips
from twenty twelve and twenty fourteen, which were sealed from
public view. Some jurors appeared visibly tense. Penland also reviewed
hotel and travel records showing large sums charged to Comb's
American Express cards. In one case, he was billed forty six,

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seven hundred and eighty six dollars for damage to a
penthouse at the Intercontinental New York. Another document showed a
four thousand dollars per night suite and travel expense for escorts.
Cross examination focused on Cassie Ventura's text. Comb's lawyer, Tenny Garrigos,
read messages in which Ventura described what she called sexy
flashbacks in many ways, expressing her affection and even thanking

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Comb's for quote, showing me love and happiness the way
It's supposed to be. Gary Goes argued these texts showed
Ventura was a willing partner. In one message, Ventura wrote, quote, baby,
I want to fo so bad freak ofugh. On Father's
Day twenty twenty three, Ventura texted she could not wait
until quote we have a baby of our own. Another
she proposed a role play quote I am not Cassie

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and quote you're not Sean. She added if they needed
to break character, the safe word was pineapple. But then
there's this. She described bruises after the twenty sixteen assault
and told Combs, quote, when you get phipped up the
wrong way, you always want me to show that you
have the power, and you knock me around. I'm not
a rag doll. I'm someone's child. After that attack, Combs
sent repeated texts quote I'm about to be arrested and

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quote if you don't pick up, you'll never hear my
voice again, calling her five times in the course of
twenty two minutes. The jury was dismissed Tuesday afternoon as
lawyers stayed behind to discuss a possible issue with another
juror Number seven. Number six has already been excused. Brend
And Paul, a former assistant to Combs, is expected to
take the stand today. Paul was previously arrested on drug

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charges and is named in multiple lawsuits connected to Combs.
He was granted immunity Tuesday and ordered to testify truthfully.
Prosecutors said they might rest their case Friday, a delay
from their previously announced plan to rest today. No proceedings
on Thursday, as they observed the June teenth federal holiday.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Thanks Drew more crime and justice news after this.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Doctor Salvador Placentia pleads guilty to supplying ketymine to Matthew
Perry before the Friends actors fatal overdose in October of
twenty twenty three four counts of distributing ketymine. He faces
up to forty years in prison and a two million
dollar fine. Authority said Placentia left doses with Perry's assistant,
who had no medical training. Prosecutors said Placentia injected Perry

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in his home and once in a parking lot while
the actor sat in the backseat of a car. Placentia
sold the rug to Perry for thousands of dollars at
a time. According to court records, Placentia enlisted another doctor,
Mark Chavez, to help fill Perry's requests. Chavez had experience
operating a ketamine clinic. In a text message, Placentia asked Chavez, quote,
I wonder how much this moron will pay. The two

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doctors then met and exchanged several vials of the drug.
In the weeks before his death, Perry was receiving multiple
doses each day from different suppliers. The investigation has led
to federal charges against five people. Two others have already
pleaded guilty. Perry's live in assistant, Kenneth Ewamasa, and an
acquaintance by the name of Eric Fleming. Fleming admitted to
delivering fifty vials of ketamine, including the dose that killed Perry.

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Iwamasa admitted to injecting Perry multiple times and said Perry
asked him to quote, shoot me up with a big
one before getting in the hot tub. Today he died.
The fifth defendant, the notorious ketamine queen Jasvine Sangha, is
accused of selling the ketamine that caused the overdose. She
is awaiting trial. The manhunt continues in Washington State for
a father accused of killing his three during a court

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ordered visitation. Court record show Travis Decker had lost overnight
custody of his girls in twenty twenty four, due to
unpaid support and mental health concerns, A judge had limited
him to short daytime visits. In court audio released this week,
Decker had insisted quote, We've never done anything that was
unsafe or anything that I wouldn't want to put myself in.
He also said quote, I understand that my current position

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when I'm by myself isn't ideal, but my daughters aren't
a part of that. He'd been living in his truck
and occasionally staying in motels. Official sate Decker has survivalist training.
He is a former Army ranger. A federal affidavit says
Decker may have been planning to flee the country. He
reportedly searched online for ways to move to Canada just
days before taking the girls chilling. New details are emerging

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in the Minnesota lawmakers shooting spree as federal charges are filed.
Vance Bolter, aged fifty seven, is charged with murdering state
Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting Senator John
Hoffman and his wife Yvette. He allegedly posed as a
police officer wearing a silicone mask, shouting quote, this is
the police, before forcing his way into the homes. Two
other lawmakers were spared, including Senator and rest Police say

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they reached her home just in time. After the shootings,
Bolter allegedly texted his family quote dad went to war
last night and warned his wife to leave before quote
armed and trigger happy people arrived. Federal officials say the
killings were part of a larger planned attack.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
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With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.