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184. Hijacked: Cassie Ventura’s Testimony and the Neuroscience of Survival
In this episode, we'll be talking about Cassie Ventura and trauma. Cassie is someone the world first met beside one of the most powerful names in music and business. From the outside, everything looked glamorous, even like something to aspire to. But what unfolded behind closed doors was something much darker. As Cassie bravely took the stand years later, now a mother and no longer silent, she revisited the pain she suffered and the years it took to reclaim her voice. We're going to go through her lawsuit from 2023, her testimony in May of 2025, what abuse really does to the brain, and why the question shouldn’t be “Why didn’t she leave?” but “What kept her from feeling like she could?” Connect with Paige: Instagram: instagram.com/reverietruecrime TikTok: tiktok.com/@paige.elmore Facebook: facebook.com/reverietruecrime Twitter/X: twitter.com/reveriecrimepod BlueSky: reverietruecrime.bsky.social Intro and Outro by Jahred Gomes: https://www.instagram.com/jahredgomes_official Sources: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/diddy-cassie.pdf https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1251&context=intuition https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/health/how-trauma-rewires-the-brain https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091302216300139#s0005 https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/sean-diddy-combs-trial-live-updates/?id=121656142 https://www.janiceklaw.com/blog/how-sexual-abuse-affects-the-brain/ https://www.womenagainstabuse.org/education-resources/learn-about-abuse/types-of-domestic-violence https://psychcentral.com/health/effects-of-emotional-abuse#brain-impacts https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202107/why-do-domestic-violence-victims-return-to-abusers https://psychcentral.com/blog/liberation/2017/10/long-term-narcissistic-abuse-can-cause-brain-damage#4 https://dana.org/article/the-abused-brain/ https://www.businessinsider.com/sean-diddy-combs-trial-striking-revelations-to-know-2025-5 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/sean-diddy-combs-trial-cassie-ventura-lawyers-live-updates-rcna206807 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/cassie-ventura/index.html https://www.verywellmind.com/the-cycle-of-sexual-abuse-22460 https://people.com/escort-hired-diddy-alleged-freak-offs-speaks-out-message-for-cassie-exclusive-11744158 https://www.charliehealth.com/post/the-long-term-effects-of-narcissistic-abuse https://deadline.com/2025/05/cassie-ventura-sean-diddy-combs-trial-1236395063/ https://cptsdfoundation.org/2020/06/22/the-neuroscience-of-narcissism-and-narcissistic-abuse/ https://www.npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5396851/diddy-trial-cassie-sean-combs https://www.shorelinerecoverycenter.com/how-domestic-abuse-affects-the-brain/ https://apnews.com/article/diddy-trial-sex-trafficking-cassie-testimony-69c7a6ad766103e39c4f7f35df841205 https://www.verywellmind.com/effects-of-narcissistic-abuse-5208164 https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/sean-diddy-combs-cassie-ventura-trial/ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/13/arts/sean-combs-diddy-trial-cassie https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/16/cassie-ventura-sean-diddy-combs-trial https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj42nvrkgzno https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy71k1pee5o https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9931748/ https://www.harborchc.org/blog/domestic-violence-and-the-impacts-on-your-physical-and-mental-health#:~:text=The%20two%20main%20changes%20to,for%20memory%20and%20regulating%20emotions. https://www.npr.org/2024/03/13/1238225255/domestic-violence-is-now-recognized-as-a-leading-cause-of-traumatic-brain-injury https://biausa.org/public-affairs/media/domestic-violence-as-a-cause-of-tbi https://www.allianceforhope.org/family-justice-center-alliance/news-archive/commentary-domestic-violence-how-trauma-impacts-the-brain-and-behavior https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9931748/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reverie-true-crime--4442888/support. Keep In Touch: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/reveriecrimepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/reverietruecrimeTumblr: https://reverietruecrimepodcast.tumblr.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/reverietruecrimeContact: ReverieTrueCrime@gmail.com Intro & Outro by Jahred Gomes: https://www.instagram.com/jahredgomes_official
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