Cassie Ventura says she fears for her security forward of Diddy sentencing

Cassie Ventura stated she is apprehensive for her security and moved her household out of New York forward of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sentencing this week.

“I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up,” the R&B singer, who’s Combs’ ex-girlfriend, wrote in a sufferer influence assertion.

Her letter was submitted as a part of the federal government’s sentencing advice for Combs, who was convicted in July on two counts of transporting for prostitution.

Prosecutors have really helpful an 11 12 months sentence for the disgraced hip-hop mogul, whereas the defence seeks 14 months, which together with time served would imply an nearly quick launch.

Ms Ventura was the federal government’s key witness towards Combs. She took the stand for 4 days, testifying that over the course of their 11 12 months relationship, Combs abused her bodily and sexually, forcing her to take part in days-long, drug-fuelled sex-parties referred to as “freak-offs”.

She reiterates these allegations within the letter – her first public reflection since testifying within the trial – which she says brought on her “tremendous emotional pain”.

Though the courtroom discovered Combs responsible of transportation for prostitution of Ms Ventura and one other ex-girlfriend “Jane”, he was cleared on the extra critical expenses of intercourse trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

Ms Ventura writes that the jury “failed to see” all of “the truths at hand” and that she hopes the choose would think about her concern and struggling in handing down a sentence.

“If there is one thing I have learned from this experience, it is that victims and survivors will never be safe,” she stated. “Although I can hope for justice and accountability, I have come to not trust anything.”

The prosecution stated there was priority to present Combs a sentence of greater than a decade.

“His crimes of conviction are serious and have warranted sentences over ten years in multiple cases for defendants who, like Sean Combs, engaged in violence and put others in fear,” they wrote, requesting 11 12 months and three months.

Combs’ attorneys admitted from the beginning of the trial that the defendant domestically abused Ms Ventura and his different girlfriends, however maintained that he didn’t coerce them into any sexual acts.

They additionally asserted that Combs modified his methods whereas being held on the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.

His profession has been destroyed – he has needed to fireplace 100 workers and his youngsters have all misplaced alternatives for the reason that allegations towards him grew to become public, the defence instructed the choose.

Fellow inmates wrote to the courtroom that they’ve had a optimistic expertise with the mogul, and that he has been educating enterprise courses referred to as “Free Game with Diddy”.

“He is a humbled man who understands that the most important things in life are his devotion to and quality time with his family and his contributions for the benefit of others,” they wrote in a submitting.

Ms Ventura wrote in her letter that she doesn’t suppose that’s the reality.

“He has no interest in changing or becoming better. He will always be the same cruel, power-hungry, manipulative man that he is,” she stated.