Casandra "Cassie" Ventura is taking the stand in Sean "Diddy" Combs' criminal trial, almost two years after she sued her ex-boyfriend.

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

Combs and Ventura’s longterm relationship, which played out between 2007 and 2018, is at the heart of the criminal case against him. Identified as “Victim 1” in the indictment, Ventura has chosen to testify under her own name and could be called to the witness stand during his trial as early as Monday .