Alex Effective has an essential message to ship.
The husband of Cassie Ventura for the final 4 years, Effective bore witness this week to the identical disturbing video that’s making stomachs flip throughout the Web.
We refer, in fact, to surveillance footage from 2016 of Diddy assaulting Cassie within the hallway of a lodge.
Cassie attends the Laquan Smith style present throughout September 2022 New York Trend Week: The Reveals on September 12, 2022 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Dominik Bindl/Getty Pictures for NYFW: The Reveals)Launched by CNN on Might 17, this video seems to corroborate allegations Cassie made in a lawsuit in opposition to her ex-boyfriend final 12 months… wherein she mentioned Diddy grabbed her, tossed her to the bottom and kicked her quite a few occasions.
“The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory conduct of Mr. Combs,” Douglas H. Wigdor, an legal professional for Cassie, mentioned in response to the video, including this week:
“Phrases can not specific the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to carry this to gentle.
Cassie — who dated Diddy on-and-off from 2007 and 2018 — sued the Unhealthy Boy Data founder in November 2023, alleging that he subjected her to years of bodily violence and sexual abuse.
Diddy and Cassie attend the Heavenly Our bodies: Trend and The Catholic Creativeness Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on Might 7, 2018 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Theo Wargo/Getty Pictures for Huffington Put up)Now, in the meantime, Effective has penned a letter on Instagram that opens as follows:
“Males who hit girls aren’t males. Males who allow it and defend these individuals aren’t males.
“As males, violence in opposition to girls shouldn’t be inevitable, test your brothers, your pals, and your loved ones.
“Our daughters, sisters, moms, and wives ought to really feel protected and liked. Maintain the ladies in your life with the upmost regard. Males who damage girls hate girls.”
He continued:
“To all of the survivors, discover the women and men who assist and love. To all of the survivors, your tales are actual, and folks consider you.
“To all of the survivors you’re not alone, and there are women and men who care solely on your nicely being and security. We wish you to succeed and flourish.
“To all the ladies and kids, I’m sorry you reside in a world the place you’re not protected, and also you don’t really feel equal. I need to increase my daughters in a world the place they’re secure and liked.”
Amen, proper?!?
Cassie Ventura attends the VH1’s third Annual “Pricey Mama: A Love Letter To Mothers” – Cocktail Reception at The Theatre at Ace Resort on Might 3, 2018 in Los Angeles. (Photograph by Leon Bennett/Getty Pictures)It’s value noting at this level that Diddy has been accused by a number of girls of intercourse trafficking.
Effective, for his half, concluded his publish by instantly talking to “the abusers,” writing:
“You’re accomplished, you’re not secure anymore, you’re not protected anymore, the boys by your aspect are simply as weak, you’re so depressing with your self that demise could be thought-about a kindness.”
Effective and Cassie for married in August 2019 and share two daughters: Frankie, 4, and Sunny, 3.
A day after submitting her lawsuit final November, Cassie settled with Diddy in an undisclosed settlement, though a lawyer for the music mogul mentioned that the settlement was “by no means an admission of wrongdoing.”
We now really feel secure in saying that Diddy acted VERY wrongly with regards to Cassie — and sure a variety of different girls as nicely.
