Singer Casandra Ventura stated May 23 – in her first feedback since video emerged of her being overwhelmed by rap mogul and former companion Sean “Diddy” Combs – that home violence “broke” her.
In an Instagram publish, Ventura didn’t point out Combs however her feedback got here per week after CNN broadcast resort safety footage from 2016 wherein the hip-hop star apparently hits, drags and kicks her.
“Domestic violence is THE issue. It broke me down to someone I never thought I would become,” she wrote, thanking supporters for his or her response.
“The outpouring of love has created a place for my younger self to settle and feel safe now, but this is only the beginning.”
Ventura, who additionally goes by her mononymous nickname Cassie, accused Combs of repeated abuse in a federal court docket swimsuit final November that was settled for an undisclosed sum. Combs didn’t admit wrongdoing.
Two days after the video appeared on CNN, Combs issued an apology calling his behaviour “inexcusable.”
Other civil lawsuits have been lodged towards the hip-hop star, together with one this week by former mannequin Crystal McKinney, who accuses Combs of pressuring her to turn out to be intoxicated after which carry out a intercourse act.
“My only ask is that EVERYONE open your heart to believing victims the first time. It takes a lot of heart to tell the truth out of a situation that you were powerless in,” Ventura wrote on Instagram.
“This healing journey is never ending, but this support means everything to me.”
Ventura met Combs when she was 19 and he was 37, after which he signed her to his recording label, they usually started a romantic relationship. – AFP
