The 20th day of Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial was punctuated by a harrowing story of fear and danger, as the longtime friend of his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura testified the rap mogul attacked her for no reason in 2016, dangled her from a 17th-floor balcony and threw her into a coffee table.

As the federal case against Sean "Diddy" Combs unfolds, a growing list of witnesses and courtroom attendees paint a complex, often chilling portrait of life inside the mogul's inner circle. From bombshell allegations of abuse and sex trafficking to public figures offering support from the gallery,