Tiffany Pink is “standing in solidarity” together with her good friend Cassie following the latter’s settlement of her sexual assault and abuse lawsuit towards Sean “Diddy” Combs.
“I concern for my security as her go well with alludes to me, though not by title,” Pink, 36, wrote in an open letter to Diddy, 54, printed by Rolling Stone on Thursday, December 7. “I hope that revealing my id to the general public will afford me some measure of safety.”
Pink mentioned she and Cassie (full title Casandra Ventura) “stay shut” pals after first working collectively on Cassie’s unreleased second album in 2015. “I’m one of many pals talked about in her lawsuit, particularly from the night time of her twenty ninth birthday, as she detailed within the part labeled ‘Mr. Combs Forces Ms. Ventura Into Intercourse Trafficking,’” Pink continued.
Final month, Cassie, 37, filed a lawsuit towards her ex, whom she dated on and off from 2007 to 2018, accusing him of rape, bodily abuse and forcing her to take medicine. She additionally alleged that he pressured her to have intercourse on digital camera with “male intercourse staff.”
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Diddy vehemently denied Cassie’s allegations on the time.
Pink went on to recall assembly Diddy at Cassie’s twenty ninth celebration in Los Angeles, the place Diddy allegedly questioned her in regards to the songs she and Cassie had been writing collectively. “So that you’re the one writing all these songs about me?” Pink remembered Diddy saying to her. “I mentioned sure, and also you stared again and mentioned, ‘Which means she’s speaking to you, huh?’ I used to be uncomfortable as a result of it appeared such as you have been speaking in regards to the extra turbulent components of your relationship.”
After leaving the social gathering and going to karaoke — throughout which Pink allegedly witnessed Diddy yell at Cassie — Cassie reluctantly went out once more with Diddy whereas Pink and different pals spent the night time at Cassie’s place.
“A number of hours later, I used to be woken up by [Diddy] screaming. ‘Emotional singing bitch, the place are you?!’” Pink wrote, claiming that Diddy appeared intoxicated whereas Cassie appeared “sedated and really withdrawn.”
Pink continued: “You began screaming at us, ‘Inform your lady she needs some birthday dick. I flew all the best way from Miami. She gone get this birthday dick!’ You have been visibly offended that she didn’t need that from you. I used to be terrified; I mentioned, ‘She doesn’t should have intercourse with you if she doesn’t wish to.’ You simply saved screaming, ‘She gone get this dick.’”
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Pink in contrast the incident to “a real-life scary film,” including that she was left feeling “terrified for Cassie and utterly traumatized.” Later, Pink mentioned Cassie revealed to her that Diddy made her have a “Freak Off” that night time, throughout which Cassie was pressured to “carry out sexual acts with male intercourse staff.”
Regardless of feeling “tormented” by that night time for years and affected by “PTSD, paranoia and nervousness” due to it, Pink famous that she “lastly” feels free to share her story following Cassie’s lawsuit. “The ability imbalance makes it almost inconceivable to battle again and terrifying to talk up. However regardless of that, right here I’m, standing beside my good friend,” she wrote. “There are moments in life when a few of us should face the laborious selection of talking reality to energy or not. That is a type of moments.”
Cassie and Diddy settled the lawsuit on November 17, someday after it was filed. “Simply so we’re clear, a choice to settle a lawsuit, particularly in 2023, is by no means an admission of wrongdoing,” Diddy’s legal professional Ben Brafman advised Us Weekly in an announcement final month. “Mr. Combs’ choice to settle the lawsuit doesn’t in any manner undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He’s pleased they acquired to a mutual settlement and desires Ms. Ventura the most effective.”
Diddy has since been named in three different sexual assault lawsuits and has denied all of the allegations towards him.
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“ENOUGH IS ENOUGH,” the rapper advised Us in an announcement on Wednesday, December 6. “For the final couple of weeks, I’ve sat silently and watched individuals attempt to assassinate my character, destroy my repute and my legacy. Sickening allegations have been made towards me by people on the lookout for a fast payday. Let me be completely clear: I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged. I’ll battle for my title, my household and for the reality.”
