An insider exclusively told Us Weekly how Cassie is moving forward after her testimony in the trial of ex-boyfriend Diddy

In week 2 of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial, prosecutors have called witnesses including the rapper Kid Cudi, a male escort known as 'The Punisher', singer Dawn Richard, Cassie Ventura's mum and Diddy's former personal assistants.

After his wife Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine's four days of testimony in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial, Alex Fine wrote that "Cassie saved Cassie."

Casandra Ventura’s mother said she tried to pay the mogul to ensure her daughter’s safety, and an escort known as Punisher described engaging in up to a dozen “freak-offs.”

This was intended to show that despite her earlier testimony to the severe abuse she says she endured in the relationship, Cassie loved Combs, that she occasionally initiated “freak offs,” that she changed her timeline of the rape allegation (albeit,

Editor's note: This page reflects the news from Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial on Friday, May 16. For the latest updates from Diddy's trial, read USA TODAY's live coverage for Monday, May 19.

Kerry Morgan, who was Cassie's best friend, was among a series of witnesses testifying that Diddy violently beat Cassie Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. He work also ...