Chaka Khan’s daughter, Indira, says she’s “singing and dancing” with happiness amid Sean “Diddy” Combs’ authorized drama.
After Diddy posted an Instagram video on Sunday, Might 19, apologizing for his assault on ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, Indira, 51 — a singer, like her mom — shared her emotions on the scenario within the feedback part.
“I’m glad that is taking place to you,” she wrote on Tuesday, Might 21, including, “You bought in my [mother’s] face and publicly disrespected her” whereas “yelling and screaming like a lunatic.”
Indira continued, “When my brother tried to get you out of my [mother’s] face your safety jumped my [19-year-old] brother.”
She then tagged Chaka, 71, the Grammy-winning “Inform Me One thing Good” crooner, and advised Diddy, “These could also be your darkish days however I’m singing and dancing watching your demise @chakakhan isn’t it nice mother.”
Diddy, 51, didn’t reply to her remark. The rapper is at present embroiled in a snowballing scandal following the discharge of a graphic video of him assaulting Cassie, 37, in 2016. The footage, obtained by CNN and revealed on Friday, Might 17, confirmed the music mogul grabbing his ex-girlfriend by her neck and shoving, dragging and kicking her.
“The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory conduct of Mr. Combs,” Cassie’s lawyer Douglas H. Wigdor advised Us Weekly in a press release on the time. “Phrases can not categorical the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to convey this to gentle.”
In November 2023, Cassie sued Diddy for sexual assault and bodily abuse over the ten years that they had an on-and-off relationship. Diddy denied her allegations, after which swiftly settled the case. His lawyer advised Us that the settlement was not an act of contrition.
Following Cassie’s lawsuit, nonetheless, different ladies got here ahead with accusations in opposition to Diddy, which he continued to disclaim. After Joi Dickerson-Neal filed a lawsuit claiming that he “drugged, sexually assaulted and abused” her throughout her time as a university pupil in 1991, he known as her claims “made up and never credible” and “purely a cash seize.”
On Sunday, the rapper addressed the 2016 footage of him and Cassie in an apology video, saying, “It’s troublesome to replicate on the darkest occasions in your life, typically you gotta try this. I used to be f—ked up. I imply, I hit all-time low however I make no excuses. My conduct on that video is inexcusable. I take full accountability for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted.
“I went and sought out skilled assist,” he mentioned. “I’ve been going to remedy, going to rehab. Needed to ask God for his mercy and charm. I’m so sorry, however I’m dedicated to being a greater man every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m actually sorry.”
Simply days after the video made headlines, mannequin Crystal McKinney filed a lawsuit claiming that Diddy sexually assaulted her in 2003. In line with paperwork obtained by Us, Crystal claims she and Diddy shared a joint on the night time they met in New York Metropolis. Within the submitting, she alleges that the joint was laced with a narcotic or another drug, as she felt lightheaded. She additionally claimed that Diddy demanded she comply with him into a toilet, the place he pressured her to carry out oral intercourse.
After the alleged encounter, McKinney claimed that she misplaced modeling jobs and her profession took a success. She handled melancholy and contemplated suicide in 2004.
Diddy has not but addressed McKinney’s claims.
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