Cassie is talking out to precise gratitude for the assist she has acquired following her allegations towards Sean “Diddy” Combs and the current launch of the video exhibiting Combs bodily assaulting her in 2016.
“The outpouring of affection has created a spot for my youthful self to settle and really feel protected now, however that is solely the start,” she wrote in a press release posted to Instagram on Thursday. “Home Violence is THE subject. It broke me right down to somebody I by no means thought I might grow to be. With loads of exhausting work, I’m higher at this time, however I’ll at all times be recovering from my previous.”
She continued, “It broke me right down to somebody I by no means thought I might grow to be. With loads of exhausting work, I’m higher at this time, however I’ll at all times be recovering from my previous.”
In harrowing footage from March 5, 2016 that CNN acquired and launched final week, Combs is seen attacking his ex-girlfriend, whose full identify is Cassie Ventura, in a Los Angeles resort hallway, kicking and shoving her, then dragging her by her sweatshirt earlier than throwing an object at her.
The Los Angeles District Lawyer’s workplace had been conscious of the footage and whereas they known as the video “extraordinarily disturbing,” they stated they have been unable to prosecute as a result of statute of limitations for a criminal offense of assault.
In an apology video, Diddy referred to that point interval as “the darkest instances” in his life. “I used to be fucked up — I hit all-time low — however I make no excuses,” he stated. “My habits on that video is inexcusable.”
In a civil lawsuit filed in New York in November, Cassie had accused Combs of repeatedly raping and bodily abusing her for practically a decade throughout their on-and-off relationship. Within the go well with, which additionally names his label Unhealthy Boy Information and Sony Music, the singer stated she was “trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence and intercourse trafficking.” The submitting recollects a number of situations the place she claimed Combs “punched, beat, kicked and stomped” on her.
Cassie and Combs settled the case shortly after she filed her lawsuit.
For the reason that settlement, Combs has confronted a number of lawsuits in current months, accusing him of rape, sexual assault and intercourse trafficking. He has denied all the allegations.
Yesterday, as information unfold that Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson had bought a docuseries on the Diddy allegations to Netflix, Combs was hit with a brand new sexual assault go well with from former mannequin Crystal McKinney, claiming Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her throughout Style Week in 2003.
In her submit on Thursday, Cassie thanked her household, pals, followers and strangers for the outpouring of assist, and spoke on to victims of home violence.
“My solely ask is that EVERYONE open your coronary heart to believing victims the primary time,” she wrote. “It takes loads of coronary heart to inform the reality out of a state of affairs that you just have been powerless in.”
She concluded by saying “the therapeutic journey is rarely ending, however this assist means the whole lot to me.”
