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Cassie Ventura launched a press release on Friday following her graphic testimony within the federal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs this week.
The singer is a key witness in Combs’ legal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial and spent 4 days on the witness stand giving proof in regards to the abuse she says she endured throughout the course of their 11-year relationship.
Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, shared a press release on behalf of the singer and one other on behalf of her husband, Alex Effective.
“This week has been extraordinarily difficult, but additionally remarkably empowering and therapeutic for me,” Ventura’s assertion stated, per the Related Press. “I hope that my testimony has given power and a voice to different survivors, and may also help others who’ve suffered to talk up and likewise heal from the abuse and concern.”
It continued: “For me, the extra I heal, the extra I can keep in mind. And the extra I can keep in mind, the extra I’ll always remember. I need to thank my household and my advocates for his or her unwavering assist, and I am grateful for all of the kindness and encouragement that I’ve obtained.”
Ventura, who’s eight months pregnant together with her third youngster with Effective, ended her assertion by requesting privateness for herself and her household.
“I am glad to place this chapter of my life to relaxation. As I flip to concentrate on the conclusion of my being pregnant, I ask for privateness for me and for my rising household.”
In courtroom, Ventura mentioned in graphic phrases the abuse she stated she skilled throughout her relationship with Combs. As Enterprise Insider reported, she broke down in tears whereas talking in regards to the drug-fueled intercourse marathons that Combs known as “freak offs.”
Throughout her testimony, Ventura informed the courtroom that the “freak offs” made her really feel “humiliated” and “fairly horrible” about herself however that she had taken half out of affection for Combs and since she had needed to make him blissful.
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In his assertion, Effective, who has been current within the courtroom to assist Ventura, expressed pleasure in his spouse and stated the couple needed to place the trial behind them.
“Over the previous 5 days, the world has gotten to witness the power and bravado of my spouse, liberating herself of her previous. There was hypothesis on-line surrounding the way it should really feel for me to take a seat there and hearken to my spouse’s testimony,” it learn.
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“I’ve felt so many issues sitting there. I’ve felt super pleasure and overwhelming love for Cass. I’ve felt profound anger that she has been subjected to sitting in entrance of an individual who tried to interrupt her,” it added.
“This horrific chapter is eternally put behind us, and we is not going to be making extra statements,” Effective’s assertion concluded.
If you’re a survivor of sexual assault, you possibly can name the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-4673) or go to its web site to obtain confidential assist.