Though Sean Combs was acquitted of the astir superior charges, lawyer Douglas H. Wigdor said Cassie's bravery inactive helped supply victims immoderate justice.
“This full transgression process started erstwhile our lawsuit Cassie Ventura had the courageousness to record her civilian ailment successful November 2023,” helium wrote successful a connection published by Newsweek. “Although the assemblage did not find Combs blameworthy of enactment trafficking Cassie beyond a tenable doubt, she paved the mode for a assemblage to find him blameworthy of proscription to prosecute successful prostitution.” Diddy was found blameworthy of 2 lesser prostitution charges and inactive faces up to 20 years successful situation for those crimes. Wigdor said Ventura’s determination to face her abuser successful tribunal inactive helped supply justness for victims antecedently intimidated to telephone retired almighty men successful the amusement world.
The connection continued, “By coming guardant with her experience, Cassie has near an indelible people connected some the amusement manufacture and the combat for justice. We indispensable repetition — with nary preservation — that we judge and enactment our lawsuit who showed exemplary courageousness passim this trial.”
“She displayed unquestionable spot and brought attraction to the realities of almighty men successful our orbit and the misconduct that has persisted for decades without repercussion,” Wigdor went on. “This lawsuit proved that alteration is agelong overdue, and we volition proceed to combat connected behalf of survivors.” The vocalist first went public with her allegations successful November 2023, accusing her ex-boyfriend of rape, coercion and years of carnal maltreatment successful a civilian suit.
This nonfiction primitively appeared connected HuffPost.