Cassie Ventura has welcomed her third child with husband Alex Fine, just days after testifying in her ex Diddy‘s sex trafficking trial.
The Me & U singer, 38, welcomed her baby boy on Tuesday at a hospital in New York City, according to TMZ, citing sources with direct knowledge.
Insiders say the child arrived slightly ahead of schedule, but Cassie and her newborn are healthy and well.
The child marks Ventura and Fine’s first son. The couple already share daughter Frankie, five, and Sunny, four.
DailyMail.com has contacted Cassie’s lawyer for comment.
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Cassie Ventura has welcomed her third child with husband Alex Fine, just days after testifying in her ex Diddy’s sex trafficking trial – pictured with husband Alex Fine and daughters, Frankie, five, and Sunny, four
Ventura was around eight months pregnant when she took to the stand earlier this month – pictured with Diddy in 2018
Ventura is pictured heading to court for the final day of her four day long testimony on May 16
She announced her pregnancy in February and revealed the child’s sex in March.
‘There aren’t words to describe how grateful I am that I get to do this life with you!’ she said in a post celebrating her husband’s birthday. ‘The laughter and pure joy that I get to experience with you is beyond any of my dreams and manifestations. You’ve taken care of me and my heart like no other, you’re hands down the best girl dad and I’m SO excited to see you now become a father to OUR SON!’
A source has since told ABC News that Ventura and her husband will update fans about their new addition in a future post.
Ventura was around eight months pregnant when she began her horrifying testimony in the trial on May 12.
She delivered graphic testimonies alleging that the music mogul physically and psychologically abused her over more than a decade from 2007-2018.
She detailed the regular beatings she allegedly experienced, the rapper’s use of blackmail and scare tactics to coerce and manipulate, depraved sex acts she claims she was forced to participate in – and the medical toll she suffered as a result.
Ventura concluded testifying on May 16, just 11 days before she went into labor.
Controversy first publicly grew around Diddy in late 2023, when he quickly settled a sex abuse case Ventura filed against him for a rumored $30million.
Multiple properties across the country he owned were raided in March of 2024 and he was arrested six months later in September.
In May 2024 Combs’ downfall was hastened by the release of a devastating video of him beating Ventura in the corridor of a hotel in Los Angeles in 2016.
The video, which was first broadcast by CNN last May, was played in full to the trial before Ventura, a male escort and others gave their testimonies.
He has remained incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn awaiting his trial after he was refused bail on multiple occasions.
He faces life in prison on five federal charges: racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking and two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution.
Combs has plead not guilty to all the charges. His defense team has said the alleged victims are ex-girlfriends who willingly participated in threesomes.
Insiders say the baby arrived slightly ahead of schedule, but Cassie and her child are healthy and well (Cassie and her husband pictured in March)
An emotional and heavily pregnant Ventura broke down on the stand as she said Diddy raped her, was an out-of-control drug addict, and someone she felt she couldn’t leave
Ventura is pictured with her family earlier this year when she announced her pregnancy
Prosecutors in Combs’ federal case say the music mogul used blackmail and violence in his efforts to silence alleged victims. Among the claims made against the entertainer is that he persuaded women to participate against their will in group sexual exhibitions referred to as ‘Freak Offs.’
Ventura’s testimony during the trial earlier this month painted a harrowing picture of her years with Diddy, describing the emotional and physical abuse she allegedly endured.
A male escort allegedly hired by Combs to engage in a variety of sexual acts with Ventura during his notorious ‘freak off’ parties also took the stand to explain how ‘Diddy’ purportedly pushed Ventura into unprotected sex with strangers and orchestrated various sexual encounters for his own pleasure.
In response, lawyers for Combs sought to portray Ventura as a willing and eager participant in the music mogul’s sexual lifestyle. His defense says that, while he is guilty of domestic violence, nothing he did amounted to a criminal enterprise.
They exposed more text messages where she declared her love for the rapper, despite the abuse she says she suffered, and prompted her to admit that she neither ‘hated’ the rapper when the alleged abuse happened, nor does she ‘hate him’ today.
She confirmed that they continued their relationship even after he beat her, and even cheated on her now husband with Diddy.
A male escort allegedly hired by Combs to engage in a variety of sexual acts with Ventura during his notorious ‘freak off’ parties also took the stand to explain how ‘Diddy’ purportedly pushed Ventura into unprotected sex with strangers – pictured together 2006
Ventura said Diddy raped her, was an out-of-control drug addict, and someone she felt she couldn’t leave.
She later testified that she broke up with Diddy for good in August 2018 after she saw a photo of him with another woman he’d been dating for the last few years of their decade-long relationship. Soon after, Ventura said, she started dating her now husband, Fine.
In the latest update, Diddy’s lawyers asked the judge on Wednesday for a mistrial after arguing the prosecution made an unacceptable suggestion in front of the jury.
The defense said it was ‘outrageous’ when prosecutors appeared to suggest the mogul had destroyed fingerprints taken from Kid Cudi’s house after the January, 2012 bombing of his car.
Prosecutors had asked LAFD official Lance Jimenez about the fingerprints, and he said the evidence was destroyed in August 2012.
Jimenez said ‘somebody within LAPD’ authorized the destruction of the evidence.
This is when Diddy’s team objected.
‘They know what they were doing,’ the defense said of prosecutors.
‘They were suggesting that someone in this courtroom has something to do with improper and suspicious destruction of these fingerprint cards and that’s outrageous.’
The attorneys added: ‘The only proper remedy to cure the outrageous prejudice is a mistrial.’
However, the defense’s motion for a mistrial was denied.
