Cassie launched an emotional assertion one week after surveillance footage surfaced displaying Sean “Diddy” Combs beating her in 2016.
“Thanks for all of the love and help from my household, associates, strangers and people I’ve but to fulfill,” she wrote by way of Instagram on Wednesday, stories Web page Six.
“The outpouring of affection has created a spot for my youthful self to settle and really feel secure now, however that is solely the start.
“Home violence is THE challenge,” the singer, 37, continued. “It broke me right down to somebody I by no means thought I might turn into.”
She went on to provide an replace on her “therapeutic journey,” which is “by no means ending.”
Cassie, whose full title is Casandra Ventura, added, “With numerous laborious work, I’m higher right this moment however I’ll at all times be recovering from my previous.”
She urged her followers to “open your coronary heart to believing victims the primary time.”
The actor defined, “It takes numerous coronary heart to inform the reality out of a scenario that you just have been powerless in. I provide my hand to people who are nonetheless residing in worry. Attain out to your individuals, don’t reduce them off. Nobody ought to carry this weight alone.”
CNN launched footage on Might 16 of Combs, 54, kicking and dragging his then-girlfriend in a lodge.
The rapper may be seen forcibly throwing an object at her.
Combs took to Instagram Sunday to apologise, saying, “My behaviour on that video is inexcusable. I take full accountability for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted.”
The file producer, notably, didn’t point out his ex’s title on the time.
CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister reported that Diddy can not “say Cassie’s title,” per the previous couple’s November 2023 settlement — which occurred someday after she sued him for rape, bodily abuse and extra.
Cassie’s husband, Alex Positive, posted a pointed assertion of his personal on over the weekend.
The non-public coach, 31, blasted “abusers,” writing, “Males who hit ladies aren’t males. Males who allow it and shield these individuals aren’t males.”
Positive started relationship Cassie in 2018, shortly after her break up from Diddy made headlines.
The couple tied the knot in August 2019 and went on to welcome two daughters — Frankie, 4, and Sunny, 3.
Since Cassie’s bombshell lawsuit, Combs has been hit with many others from former worker Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, mannequin Crystal McKinney and extra people.
In March, his Miami and Los Angeles properties have been raided by federal brokers in reference to a intercourse trafficking investigation.
The music mogul has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing by way of his lawyer.
This text initially appeared in Web page Six and was reproduced with permission.
