Sean Combs sex trafficking trial updates: Ventura admits jealousy over Combs' other relationships

Federal prosecutors showed the jury a series of seven still images taken from video recordings of "freak off" sex encounters in which Cassie Ventura has testified Sean Combs forced her to participate.

"That's me and Dave," Ventura testified when asked to identify a person who was seen in one of the images. "We are in a 'freak off.'"

Ventura in earlier testimony identified "Dave" as one of the male escorts allegedly hired to have sex with her while Combs watched.

Only the jury, the witness and the attorneys viewed the explicit images. Monitors in the courtroom were turned off to prevent anyone else in the courtroom from viewing them.

Ventura testified that the images came from videos that had been recorded on broken electronic devices that she had turned over to the government.

"That's me," Ventura responded quietly when asked to identify who was shown in another video still image.

"What's on your skin?" prosecutor Emily Johnson asked.

"Oil," Ventura replied.

Federal prosecutors gathered their video evidence in part from the multiple electronic devices Ventura turned over to them as well as from devices that agents seized from Combs' homes in Los Angeles and Miami Beach, where agents said they found a cellphone "stored inside of a black Balenciaga boot" in a master bedroom closet.

The attorneys for Ventura and Combs could view the images in a binder. At the defense table, Combs appeared to lean over to look at them.

Kemberly Richardson reports from Lower Manhattan.

Prosecutor Emily Johnson told the judge she expects to finish her questioning of Cassie before the end of the day, leaving some time for defense lawyers to begin their cross examination.

Teny Geragos, a lawyer for Combs, told Judge Arun Subramanian the prosecution's questioning of Cassie had "gone differently than we expected." She didn't elaborate except to say the defense will have to adjust their defense strategy as a result.

Previously, the defense has indicated it plans to show the sexual interactions were consensual behavior between adults who engaged in the swingers lifestyle.

Throughout her testimony, Cassie has insisted she never wanted to have sexual experiences with other people but did it to please the man she loved and out of fear of him.

The lawyers spoke to the judge to ensure they'd continue to be able to communicate with their clients during breaks in the trial, in part, to calm their nerves.

Judge Arun Subramanian told them they could still talk to their clients but were disallowed from advising them about things they should or shouldn't say or otherwise affect their testimony.

One lawyer said her client, who will testify as "Jane," has had "very serious breakdown moments in preparation for this trial."

Another lawyer, Michael Ferrara, said his client, who will testify under the name "Mia," will tell about the worst things ever to happen to her. Those things, he said, she otherwise would have taken "to her grave." He said she will want emotional support during her testimony.

"Candidly, her nerves are through the roof," he said. "I don't know how to support her if we can't discuss the pain she's going to experience from having to tell the world about her worst experiences."

Ventura testified that in January 2017, she sent Sean Combs a message that said "nothing good comes out of fos anymore," using "fos" as shorthand for "freak offs."

"You treat me like you're Ike Turner," Ventura testified she wrote, referring to the abusive former husband of singer Tina Turner.

Asked what she meant, Ventura responded that she was comparing Combs to someone notoriously "abusive, controlling."

Ventura testified that she wanted to be done with "freak offs" because of "the sheer embarrassment, how he treated me in front of other people," referring to Combs.

Ventura told the court that she told Combs "more than once" that she didn't want to participate in these sexual performances with male escorts but that "it was always a concern" of hers that Combs could turn violent.

When prosecutor Emily Johnson asked Ventura how many times during their nearly 11-year relationship Combs became violent with her, Ventura sighed and said softly, "Who knows?"

The court also saw a text message that Ventura sent Combs that said, "You are truly the most extraordinary man ... I hope you know how much I love you ... I can't wait until we have a baby of our own."

Asked why she sent that message, Ventura responded, "Because I loved him and it was Father's Day."

The court is now in lunch break.