Cassie Ventura, the former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, penned a letter to the judge, ahead of his decision on whether to acquit or call for a retrial in Diddy’s case, asking that the disgraced music mogul be kept behind bars.
Cassie claimed that she was “plied with drugs and alcohol so he could control me like a puppet,” and sex acts became her “full-time job.”
“Combs used violence, threats, substances, and control over my career to trap me in over a decade of abuse,” she continued. “He controlled every part of my livelihood and threatened to destroy my reputation by leaking sex tapes, a threat he repeated often. His power over me eroded my independence and sense of self until I felt I had no choice but to submit.”
Diddy is facing up to 10 years for each count of transportation to engage in prostitution.
“When he believed I had wronged him or was not sufficiently responsive, he also threatened people around me and those close to me, including my family. I regularly worried that displeasing him meant putting my family and friends’ safety at risk,” she went on, adding that she has moved her family out of the state for their safety.
“If there is one thing I have learned from this experience, it is that victims and survivors will never be safe.”
The judge decided against acquittal or a retrial. Diddy will be senetnced this Friday (October 3).