Aubrey O’Day, Cassie and Diddy. Getty Pictures (3)
Aubrey O’Day is reacting to the disturbing footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie.
“The image is getting much more clear for you all I can think about,” O’Day, 40, wrote through X on Friday, Could 17, after CNN launched a 2016 surveillance video of Diddy, 54, showing to shove, drag and kick Cassie, 37, in an altercation on the now-closed InterContinental Lodge in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles.
The “Present Stopper” singer additionally issued a warning about the footage, writing, “Abuse survivors or anybody that triggers simply won’t need to watch (pictures are disturbing).” She concluded her message by giving her “prayers” to Diddy’s “victims,” citing Cassie and Kim Porter, the rapper’s late ex who died in 2018.
O’Day’s historical past with Diddy dates again to the early ‘00s when she auditioned for his MTV sequence Making the Band 3, the place she, together with Daybreak Richards, Shannon Bee, D. Wooden and Aundrea Fimbres shaped the woman group Danity Kane. In 2006, Diddy kicked O’Day trip of the group, claiming at the moment that there was “no unhealthy blood” between them.
Years earlier than two of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ houses have been raided in connection to a federal intercourse trafficking investigation, there was dialog about what went on on the rapper’s residences. After the March 2024 raid made headlines, a clip resurfaced of Usher recalling his expertise dwelling with Diddy as a young person. “I obtained an opportunity to […]
O’Day, nevertheless, later alleged throughout a 2022 episode of the “Name Her Daddy” podcast that she was fired as a result of she “wasn’t prepared to do what was anticipated” of her — “not talent-wise, however in different methods.” (Diddy didn’t reply to her claims.)
Earlier this 12 months, O’Day claimed that Diddy then tried to purchase her silence by turning over publishing rights on his label, Unhealthy Boy Data. As for what O’Day believed Diddy’s “motivation” was, she alleged, “I feel you’ll most likely be making strikes to maintain as many individuals quiet as doable.”
Since leaving the group, O’Day has been vocal about Diddy’s alleged abuse, together with with reference to Cassie, who dated Diddy on and off from 2007 to 2018. In November 2023, Cassie named the rapper in a lawsuit accusing him of rape and repeated bodily abuse that lasted for almost a decade.
O’Day was an advocate of Cassie and supported her coming ahead. “Been trynna inform y’all for years. Prayers up for this queen 🙌🏼 @cassie,” she captioned her Instagram Story. “Solely day ya’ll are gonna put some respect on my identify after I inform you issues.”
Paras Griffin/Getty Pictures Whereas Sean “Diddy” Combs has fervently denied ex-girlfriend Cassie’s rape and assault allegations, a number of girls have come ahead with related claims of alleged misconduct by the music mogul. Us Weekly confirmed in November 2023 that Cassie (actual identify Casandra Ventura) filed a lawsuit towards Diddy, accusing him of rape and repeated bodily […]
Diddy, for his half, denied all of the claims.
“Mr. Combs vehemently denied these offensive and outrageous allegations,” the music mogul’s lawyer Ben Brafman advised Us in a press release on the time. “For the previous six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, beneath the specter of writing a dangerous e-book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail. Regardless of withdrawing her preliminary menace, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to submitting a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’s fame and looking for a payday.”
Simply at some point after Cassie filed the lawsuit, the exes introduced that that they had reached an settlement. “I’ve determined to resolve this matter amicably on phrases that I’ve some stage of management over,” Cassie advised Us in a press release despatched through her lawyer Douglas Wigdor. “I need to thank my household, followers and legal professionals for his or her unwavering assist.”
Diddy additionally launched a press release hours later. “We’ve got determined to resolve this matter amicably. I want Cassie and her household all the most effective,” he wrote in a press release shared with Us, signing the observe together with his “Love” nickname.
Nicholas Hunt/Getty Pictures Sean “Diddy” Combs and ex-girlfriend Cassie weathered many ups and downs throughout their romance earlier than parting methods for good in 2018. Whereas Cassie (actual identify Cassandra Ventura) has since married Alex Superb and turn into a mom, her relationship with Diddy hasn’t stopped making headlines. The New York Instances reported in November 2023 […]
O’Day, in the meantime, was one of many first individuals to talk out in regards to the settlement. “Cash > accountability. Each time,” she wrote through her Instagram Story on the time. “Welcome to a different chapter of the system is properly in place 💔.”
As for the resurfaced footage of Diddy and Cassie launched on Friday, Cassie’s lawyer Wigdor reacted to the video in a press release on Friday, telling Us, “The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory habits of Mr. Combs. Phrases can not categorical the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to convey this to gentle.”
Diddy has not but addressed the video footage. Us has reached out for remark.
