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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former collaborator John Legend mentioned he’s “horrified” by the allegations of abuse raised in opposition to the rapper and mogul and mentioned all situations of abuse should be “delivered to gentle.”
In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Might 30, the “All of Me” singer, 45, mentioned the pending sexual assault lawsuits in opposition to Combs, 54, in addition to a video that exhibits him assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
“I used to be horrified by the descriptions that I learn earlier than the video proof got here out,” Legend mentioned of the video from 2016, by which Combs throws Ventura, 37, to the bottom and kicks her. “And completely it’s one thing that must be delivered to gentle when it occurs.”
Combs has confronted eight lawsuits alleging abuse within the final yr. Whereas Ventura’s was settled out of court docket shortly, the remaining lawsuits have but to be heard. Legend mentioned his “default stance is to consider ladies” and that he hopes the approaching months will “make these ladies entire once more.”
Hollywood isn’t impressed with newly-released video footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs bodily assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie in 2016. On Might 17, 2024, CNN launched safety footage the place Diddy, 54, might be seen pushing over and kicking Cassie in entrance of an elevator on the now-closed InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles. After the video unfold […]
Legend collaborated with Diddy on the 2023 monitor “Kim Porter,” a tribute to Combs’ long-time girlfriend and the mom of three of his seven kids. Porter died in 2018 on the age of 47 attributable to issues stemming from pneumonia. Legend referred to as the allegations in opposition to his former collaborator “shameful.”
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“It’s fairly a disgrace,” he mentioned. “I actually simply need accountability and hopefully some therapeutic for all of his victims.”
Diddy has not commented on the lawsuits he’s going through, however he did challenge an apology video through Instagram on Might 19 after the footage of his assault on Ventura was launched.
“It’s tough to replicate on the darkest instances in your life, typically you gotta try this,” he shared. “I used to be f—ked up. I imply, I hit all-time low however I make no excuses. My habits in that video is inexcusable. I take full duty for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted.”
Ventura’s lawyer, Meredith Firetog, lambasted the apology video in an announcement to Us Weekly, saying that the transfer was “disingenuous” and got here far too late.
Some corporations seem like distancing themselves from Sean “Diddy” Combs because the rapper continues to face sexual assault allegations. In latest months, a number of ladies have come ahead to share allegations of misconduct by the music mogul. One particular person who filed a lawsuit was his ex-girlfriend Cassie. (The exes dated on and off from 2007 […]
“When Cassie and a number of different ladies got here ahead, he denied every thing and urged that his victims have been in search of a payday,” Firetog, a associate at Wigdor LLP, mentioned on the time. “That he was solely compelled to ‘apologize’ as soon as his repeated denials have been confirmed false exhibits his pathetic desperation, and nobody shall be swayed by his disingenuous phrases.”
Cassie herself waited per week to reply to the video’s launch, asking everybody who noticed the footage to work on “believing victims the primary time.”
“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,” she posted through Instagram on Thursday, Might 23. “It broke me all the way down to somebody I by no means thought I might develop into. With a variety of onerous work, I’m higher at present, however I’ll all the time be recovering from my previous.”
If you happen to or somebody you recognize are experiencing home violence, please name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential help.
