FLASHBACK: Diddy and Cassie
Singer Cassie Ventura says she fears for her life as her ex-boyfriend, Sean “Diddy” Combs, awaits sentencing this week.
In a victim impact statement submitted to court, Cassie revealed she moved her family out of New York because she believes Combs could seek revenge if he is released.
“I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up,” she wrote.
Cassie, the government’s key witness, testified during the trial that the hip-hop mogul abused her throughout their 11-year relationship, forcing her into drug-fuelled sex parties. She described the experience as leaving her with “tremendous emotional pain.”
Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transporting for prostitution involving Cassie and another ex-girlfriend, though he was cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.
Prosecutors are asking for an 11-year sentence, while Combs’ defence team is pushing for just 14 months, citing time already served and claiming he has changed.
Cassie, however, disputes that claim, insisting in her letter: “He has no interest in changing or becoming better. He will always be the same cruel, power-hungry, manipulative man that he is.”
The judge is expected to deliver the sentence later this week.