Cassie Ventura breaks silence on video displaying Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs assault in Los Angeles resort

Cassie Ventura is talking out publicly for the primary time because the launch of a video from 2016 displaying her then-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting her inside a resort.

“Thanks for all the love and help from my household, buddies, strangers and people I’ve but to fulfill,” Ventura wrote on Instagram Thursday. “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.”

“Home Violence is THE challenge. It broke me right down to somebody I by no means thought I’d grow to be. With a number of arduous work, I’m higher right this moment, however I’ll at all times be recovering from my previous,” Ventura continued. “Thanks to everybody that has taken the time to take this matter significantly. My solely ask is that EVERYONE open your coronary heart to believing victims the primary time. It takes a number of coronary heart to inform the reality out of a scenario that you just had been powerless in.”

Ventura ended her assertion with a message to others who’re experiencing related conditions, saying: “I provide my hand to those who are nonetheless dwelling in worry. Attain out to your folks, do not minimize them off. Nobody ought to carry this weight alone. This therapeutic journey is rarely ending, however this help means all the pieces to me. Thanks.”

Combs apologized in a video earlier this week after the surveillance footage was launched by CNN on Could 17 displaying Combs chasing Ventura down a hallway, grabbing her by the again of the neck, shoving her to the bottom and kicking her as she lay on the bottom.

“I hit all-time low — however I make no excuses,” he mentioned, partly. “My conduct on that video is inexcusable. I take full duty for my actions in that video.”

Ventura’s lawyer issued a press release in response to Diddy’s video, saying, “Combs’ most up-to-date assertion is extra about himself than the many individuals he has harm.”

In November 2023, Ventura settled a lawsuit towards Combs that had accused him of intercourse trafficking and sexual assault. In accordance with courtroom filings, Ventura alleged Combs “usually punched, beat, kicked and stomped” on her throughout their relationship.

Combs faces a slew of civil lawsuits that accuse the music mogul of allegations together with rape, intercourse trafficking and extra. The most recent, the sixth total, was filed this week by former mannequin Crystal McKinney, who alleges she was “drugged and sexually assaulted” by Combs after assembly him at a 2003 Style Week occasion in New York Metropolis.

Combs can be the goal of an ongoing federal probe into allegations of human and intercourse trafficking, which resulted in his Los Angeles and Miami houses being raided by federal brokers in March. He has denied any wrongdoing referring to this investigation.

When you or a liked one are experiencing home violence, please name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or entry assist by their chat at thehotline.org.

ABC Information’ Julia Reinstein contributed to this report.