Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Cassie have but to react to the viral video of him shoving, kicking, and dragging her in 2016. Nonetheless, loads of celebrities and followers have shared their ideas, from displaying the singer ethical assist to denouncing home violence. Now, Diddy’s former assistant, Suzi Siegel, is weighing in as properly.
For context, in her Nov. 2023 lawsuit, Cassie accused Sean Combs of repeated incidents of sexual assault, abuse, and trafficking. On Might 17, CNN corroborated a type of incidents by completely releasing footage of Combs attacking his barefoot ex-girlfriend in March 2016. The brutal beating occurred within the hallway of the InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles, which is reportedly closed.
Throughout an unique interview with CNN, Diddy’s former assistant Suzi prompt that Cassie being barefoot within the video means she felt “terror.”
“I imply that’s terror. That’s what you’ll do if there was a hearth. Proper? You’ll simply run out, seize what you can. I can solely think about taking a look at that, the worry that she felt that she needed to get out of that room in naked ft,” Suzi Siegel stated.
For context, Suzi labored with Sean Combs between 2008 and 2009, per her feedback to CNN and her LinkedIn account. Although he and Cassie have been relationship throughout that point, Suzi stated she by no means witnessed any maltreatment.
“I noticed nothing that might lead me to imagine…there was no scuttle about it,” Suzi sais. “I by no means noticed him communicate hardhly to her or be abusive to her or something like that.”
Moreover, Suzi Siegel confirmed that she attended events and rode within the limousines with them and by no means seen something that indicated abuse.
Suzi Siegel Explains Why The Abusive Video Didn’t Shock Her
Nonetheless, Diddy’s former assistant additionally claimed that the abusive video in the end didn’t shock her.
“…Despite the fact that I by no means noticed something that might corroborate what’s in that lawsuit and what we simply noticed, there’s not one cell in my physique that was shocked,” she stated.
Diddy’s former assistant clarified that her lack of shock is just not based mostly on information however on a sense. She spoke on his energy again then, compared to Cassie’s as a blossoming artist below his management.
“…however I might say that it’s girl’s instinct. I might say that I used to be round him rather a lot and I acquired a sense for who he was. I didn’t see something that might get him in hassle, however I feel that the ability dynamic in a scenario like that particularly her in the beginning of her profession, so younger and delightful and gifted and he or she hooked herself or grew to become concerned with any individual who had a lot energy. And I felt that working for him, I’m positive the entire staff felt that.”
Suzi added that in her interactions with him, she felt his energy. So, to her, she may solely think about how that energy seeped into each facet of Diddy’s life, “particularly his relationships.”
Watch the complete interview under.
In the meantime, the LA County District Lawyer’s Workplace has already publicly acknowledged the viral abuse video. Nonetheless, they defined why prosecutors usually are not pursing a felony case right now.
