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Metro
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Passion confirmed for Steve and Cassie in Corrie - but a twist follows
Coronation Street couple Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) have tried to keep their hands off each other on numerous occasions in the past, but they keep being drawn back together. This has been tricky in the past, mainly because Cassie isn't the most popular person in the Barlow family. Face it, if you want to ingratiate yourself with a family, do not drug the patriarch's tea. Cassie and Steve realised they were attracted to each other in the aftermath of Tracy (Kate Ford) dumping Steve in favour of former football legend Tommy Orpington (Matt Milburn). Even though Tommy turned out to be more interested in football than Tracy and she soon ended up back in Weatherfield, she was perfectly clear that this didn't mean a reconciliation with Steve was on the cards. 'I think Tracy's quite happy to be out of the relationship with Steve because she just got so bored of him,' Kate Ford summarised. 'I think she's just happy with Steve being Amy's dad and keeping him in the friend zone.' Moving swiftly out of the friend zone and into Steve's affections was Cassie, then employed as a carer for Ken (William Roache), who'd been unwell. Cassie liked working for Ken so much that when he threatened to make a full recovery and not need her any more she started adding little something to his beverages to make him a bit sleepy, forgetful and just generally dependent. This was soon discovered and the family were furious at Cassie for risking Ken's life and taking advantage of both his good nature and his bank account. She was quickly ousted from the family home. More Trending But it wasn't long before she and Steve reconnected – much to Tracy's disgust. Want to be the first to hear shocking EastEnders spoilers? Who's leaving Coronation Street? The latest gossip from Emmerdale? Join 10,000 soaps fans on Metro's WhatsApp Soaps community and get access to spoiler galleries, must-watch videos, and exclusive interviews. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications so you can see when we've just dropped the latest spoilers! In episodes airing soon, there's a big development in their relationship. Steve kisses Cassie and declares that they're now officially a couple and he doesn't care who knows it. He may want to revise that last statement, though, as someone who already knows is Tracy. Will she be willing to let bygones be bygones and support her ex as he moves on with his life? View More » Come on, this is Tracy we're talking about. A woman who can keep an iron grip on a grudge and has ways and means of making her displeasure perfectly clear. MORE: All 37 Coronation Street spoiler pictures for next week as tragedy is confirmed MORE: All Coronation Street spoilers for next week as legend 'disappears' MORE: Coronation Street legend's mum called him by his character's name
New York Post
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Shocking audio reveals Cassie threatening to kill a man over a video of a Diddy ‘freak-off'
Shocking audio of singer Cassie Ventura threatening to kill a man over a video of a 'freak-off' organized by Sean 'Diddy' Combs was recently released at the mogul's ongoing sex trafficking trial and just made public this week. The tapes were admitted into evidence last month as part of the defense's cross examination of the high-profile trial's star witness Cassie, 38, who told the court that she threatened the unidentified man's life on alleged orders from her ex Diddy, the Daily Mail reported. 'I'm going to kill you, you don't understand. I don't give a f–k and I never killed anybody in my life but I will kill you,' Cassie raged at the unidentified man according to the disturbing audio. 3 Cassie Ventura, 38, threatened to kill a man over his possession of a Diddy 'freak-off' video tape, audio entered into evidence by Diddy's defense attorneys revealed. Jemal Countess 'If you don't show me right now I will kill you, and I will hide you and I will cut you up and put you in the f–king dirt.' 'I'm gonna kill you and then [Diddy's] gonna kill you,' Cassie said on the tape. The 'Long Way 2 Go' singer told the court that she made the audio recording and that she accosted the man on orders allegedly given by then-boyfriend Diddy — who told her 'not to let the man out of her sight,' the Daily Mail reported. The unidentified man was supposedly in possession of a video of one of Diddy's, 55, infamous 'freak-offs' — drug-fueled sex marathons allegedly using prostitutes that he would orchestrate and film for his perverted pleasure. 3 Ventura, now a mother of three, gave birth just weeks after her testimony in the high-profile trial began. REUTERS Cassie told the court that she was not able to force the man to show her the video of the alleged sex-romp. The defense argued that the audio proved Cassie was a willing participant in the 'freak-offs' and was not being exploited by the controlling Combs. The court was exposed to another sick audio file last week, when a creepy voice note from Diddy to a Jane Doe ex-partner was played for jurors. 'Eh, baby. It's all good, get your rest. You are the crack pipe. Should I call you CP?,' Combs said in the March 2023 voice note. 3 Diddy is a 'cuckhold' who is possibly bi-curious the court heard from one of the mogul's ex-girlfriends this week. REUTERS Another ex-girlfriend testified to the court that Diddy has a 'cuckhold' fetish and is secretly bi-curious but too ashamed to have sex with other men. The past week at the Diddy trial was beset with chaos — marked by a surprise and unwelcome appearance by rapper Kanye West, the delay of proceedings due to a juror experiencing 'vertigo symptoms,' and the controversial leak from a closed-door meeting. Judge Arun Subramanian ripped attorneys from both sides for that violation of court rules, stating, 'Someone is lying,' about sharing confidential information.
Newsweek
a day ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
Open the Immigration Courtroom—Justice Can't Be Done in the Dark
As Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial enters its sixth week, Americans are getting a front-row seat to justice in action. Thanks to media access inside the courtroom, trial coverage dominates headlines and social media platforms like TikTok. But while America scrutinizes one man's reckoning in real time, thousands of other people with just as much at stake remain invisible. That's because immigration courtrooms, where non-citizens petition for legal status to stop deportation, are closed to the public. This lack of visibility isn't due to public disinterest. It's by design. The interior of the Minnesota Supreme Court is pictured. The interior of the Minnesota Supreme Court is pictured. Getty Images As a former assistant chief counsel for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), I spent over a decade litigating cases in closed-door proceedings. During our training, we're told that immigration courts are closed to protect the safety of a person seeking relief. But after years as a prosecutor, I've come to see things differently: secrecy doesn't protect immigrants—it protects the system. To achieve proper accountability and transparency from the government, as is the public's right under the First Amendment, it's time to open the courtroom doors. Visibility––however uncomfortable for the judges, prosecutors, and the parties involved–– is what the Sixth Amendment's guarantee to a public criminal trial requires. Though civil, immigration courts shouldn't be exempt from basic principles of transparency. Oversight enables public debates like those surrounding Cassie's testimony in Diddy's trial. Meanwhile, immigration courts operate like black boxes, largely immune to scrutiny. The closed nature of immigration courts, classified as civil, is not required by law. While some proceedings, such as bond proceedings and initial masters, are technically open to the public, immigration judges have near-total discretion to close them. And they often do, as in Mahmoud Khalil's case, where the court disabled video links and phone access, citing procedural reasons such as reserving access only for parties and witnesses, not the press or public. Invisible courtrooms allow systemic failures to go unchecked. Take the case of Ximena Arias-Cristobal, a 19-year-old college student, arrested in Dalton, Ga., on May 5, for allegedly running a red light. Local police later admitted she hadn't. But by then, Ximena had already been handed over to ICE, transferred to Stewart Detention Center, detained for 16 days, and placed into removal proceedings. Her place of birth—not her actions—determined her fate. A closed removal hearing meant observers couldn't question how racial profiling enabled her arrest or how ICE capitalizes on its use. In a system where justice operates like a two-way mirror, the government sees everything, and the public only sees what it's allowed to. Invisibility also facilitates the coordinated betrayal of due process. In late May, asylum seekers in Miami, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and Chicago appeared for their hearings. They placed their trust in the legal system, hoping that the harm they suffered would be considered with the dignity and fairness the law promises. Instead, judges, cloaked in the illusion of neutrality, granted the government's motion to dismiss case after case without testimony or review, fully aware that ICE agents waited outside with handcuffs. Once dismissed, the government was free to detain and deport immediately. And with the public barred from observing, no one saw that what was presented as "justice" felt more like a sting operation. Some argue that closing immigration courts protects applicants who are fleeing persecution, from retaliation or public trauma. But if this system was truly designed to protect the vulnerable, it wouldn't have terminated nearly 30 immigration judges without cause, sending a chilling message to those who remain. Nor would it need to hide behind closed doors to obscure its 76 percent denial rate in March 2025 alone. The message is clear: immigration courts aren't protecting dignity. They protect discretion, unchecked power, and this administration's enforcement priorities. To achieve accountability, we need transparency. In the Diddy trial, prosecution star witness Cassie did not derive her strength from silence; it came from speaking out. Her willingness to expose painful chapters of her life forced the public to confront the systems of power that enable abuse. But Mahmoud Khalil and others in immigration court aren't afforded that exposure. Their fight for justice plays offstage, unheard and unseen. If the public could witness what happens inside immigration courts, perhaps then, instead of debating open borders or legal loopholes, we'd begin to understand what is at stake. Organizations like the American Bar Association have begun court awareness projects to let the public in. Until immigration courts are opened to the public, justice will not be reimagined. Veronica Cardenas is an immigration attorney, former assistant chief counsel with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and founder of Humanigration. The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Cassie Threatens Man Who She Says Told Her He'd Seen 'Freak-Off' Video, Diddy Defense Exhibit
Diddy's defense played jurors an audio recording of Cassie confronting a man who she says had told her he'd been shown a video of her doing a "freak-off" ... and now we're finally getting to hear what was played for the jury. In a batch of freshly released Diddy defense exhibits, there's an audio file that Diddy's defense team says features Cassie making death threats to a man she calls Sugit. The recording was played in court over a month ago during Cassie's testimony but it's only now being made public. Ya gotta listen to the clip ... you can hear Cassie tell the man she will kill him if he doesn't immediately show her a video. She says she's never killed anyone but would kill him because he's messing with her life. Cassie says she never wanted anyone to see the video and demands he show her the video ... and a couple times she tells him someone other than her will kill him. The video was played for jurors May 16 when Cassie was being cross-examined ... and the incident is from March 2014 and it happened in Atlantic City, NJ. Cassie testified she confronted Sugit after he claimed he'd seen her in a freak-off video.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Listen to Diddy trial audio of Cassie threatening to kill man over freak-off video leak
Audio of a distraught Cassie Ventura threatening to kill a man over a 'freak-off' video was released today as part of the evidence in Diddy 's trial. The newly-released audio was played by the disgraced mogul's lawyers during their cross-examination of Cassie last month, but has only now become public after being uploaded into the evidence files. Th defense used the audio in an attempt to prove that Cassie was an enthusiastic participant in the marathon sex sessions with escorts. 'It's my f***ing life and I'll kill you,' Cassie told the unidentified man, who had apparently claimed to have seen a video of a freak off in 2014. 'If you don't show me right now I will kill you, and I will hide you and I will cut you up and put you in the f***ing dirt.' Cassie added that if the man did not show her the footage, 'I'm gonna kill you and then [Diddy's] gonna kill you again.' The singer appeared to become angrier before she kicked others out of the room and slammed a door shut as she continued berating the man. 'I've never killed anybody in my life, but I will kill you,' Cassie said. 'It's not going to be blood on my hands. Someone else is going to do it.' Cassie then pointed out that she was recording the conversation. The audio was played by the disgraced mogul's lawyers they tried to prove that Cassie was an enthusiastic participant in the marathon sex sessions with escorts Throughout the clip she called the man 'her brother.' Cassie said during her testimony that Diddy had told her 'not to let the man out of her sight.' During cross-examination last month, Cassie told the court that she confronted the man because she 'felt sick' about the possibility of the sex tape being released. 'I felt like I had to handle the situation,' she said, adding that it was Diddy telling her what to do. Cassie told the jury in harrowing testimony that she continued participating in the sex sessions because Diddy often threatened her with releasing the tapes. The freak off videos are at the center of the sex-trafficking and racketeering case against Diddy. It was not until six weeks into the trial that the jury finally got a look at them. On Monday the trial got a glimpse at some of the freak-off sex marathons, with prosecutors showing excerpts of explicit videos that the hip-hop mogul recorded during the drug-fueled sessions. Prosecutors played portions of three sex videos recovered from a Diddy-linked account on a cellphone that Cassie provided to authorities, giving jurors a close-up view of the encounters they've heard about repeatedly since testimony began May 12. Because of their graphic nature, the excerpts were available for viewing only for jurors, the prosecution and defense teams and Diddy all of whom wore headphones to hear the audio portion. Reporters and members of the public were not allowed to see or hear the videos. Diddy, 55, has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges after his September arrest at a New York hotel.
