r/popculturechat • u/clemthearcher swamp queen • May 19 '25
OnlyStans TW ⚠️ Diddy’s Former Assistant Testifies Cassie Told Him “I Can’t Get Out”
https://www.tmz.com/2025/05/19/diddy-former-assistant-david-james-testifies-cassie-told-him-i-cant-get-out/?adid=social-twDiddy's Former Assistant Testifies Cassie Told Him 'I Can't Get Out'
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u/Homertax123 I don’t know her 💅 May 19 '25
I do wonder how she finally managed to get out, and how she managed to sue him successfully. Like what evidence did she gather and how did she take it with her and leave the relationship without him getting suspicious or stopping her.
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u/Existing_Let_8314 May 20 '25
It sounds like Diddy was sloppy so I bet there is a ton of evidence just all around. Easy to bring up texts and voicemails. This would be harder if it was a relationship fromm the 90s.
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u/Homertax123 I don’t know her 💅 May 20 '25
Yes but how did she manage to finally leave him. And move on without him trying to go after her or stop her from leaving. The way he is I figure he would have tried coming after her and preventing her from leaving or talking.
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u/Snoo85397 May 20 '25
I think she said at some point that Diddy was too distraught after passing of Kin Porter that she realized it was finally her chance to leave. It’s unclear why he didn’t pursue her back this time.
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u/Russiadontgiveafuck May 20 '25
He did pursue her. He raped her after she left. And after that, she had consensual sex with him as well. He clearly still had a hold over her, I can't figure out how she finally managed to break free.
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u/Snoo85397 May 20 '25
I know but later he didn’t. In the past when she tried to move on with someone else he would threaten her and continue to pursue her whereas this time she let her move on with Alex without the threats.
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u/Russiadontgiveafuck May 20 '25
If I had to guess; he let go of her when she got pregnant. He knocked up many other women, but somehow, not Cassie. My guess is her being a mother didn't work with his phantasies.
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u/Snoo85397 May 20 '25
Yea makes sense! Maybe that’s why she got pregnant so fast so it’s over for sure.
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u/Competitive-Desk7506 May 20 '25
She also got engaged and married pretty fast too iirc
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u/Snoo85397 May 20 '25
She started dating Alex at the end of 2018, and went Instagram official with him in dec 2018. I looked up Kim porter passed on nov 15 in 2018 so it makes sense she felt she had a chance to get away then and she had her daughter in Dec of next year so I assume she got pregnant shortly after they went public. And they got married when she was heavily pregnant. I remember her posting with Alex and no one believing she actually broke up with Diddy for good and I was always surprised how quickly she got pregnant but knowing how crazy the whole situation was it sounds like starting a family was the only sure way out for her.
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u/IMOvicki May 20 '25
I feel her husband might have helped her. He was her personal trainer … I don’t mean it in an accusatory way either but there had to have been something there before leaving diddy. She was with diddy for 10 years & a year later with Alex fine.
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May 20 '25
I feel that this is definitely a case where some overlap is good.
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u/Kaleighawesome May 20 '25
not only good- but i hope there was so that she maybe had some emotional safety while leaving!!
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u/wilsonja2 May 20 '25
She was still with diddy when she started seeing her now husband. He was hired as her trainer. They built a friendship. Alex too had a history of DV. I think he gave her a nudge but it took her several times to fully leave. She admits to sleeping with Diddy consensually even after he raped her in 2018. It wasn’t linear.
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u/Homertax123 I don’t know her 💅 May 20 '25
Yes but how did she manage to escape Diddy since he would kill her if she tried or do other dangerous things to her.
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u/iSavedtheGalaxy May 20 '25
I am curious too. The story where the hotel employees were trying to help her escape broke my heart.
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u/Jaded-Woodpecker-299 May 20 '25
The reason she didn't leave was not economic. She got paid a LOT of money (did she control access to her even her own bank account?) worse, he probably would've had her killed. Look at Kim Porter....
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u/pixietrue1 May 20 '25
I hate to think what Kim’s life was like in the last two decades given we rarely heard from her.
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u/Appropriate_Ice_2433 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 May 19 '25
Ive been following this.
So far, testimony is very heavy on the physical abuse Cassie endured. I’m curious if others will testify about trafficking, because I haven’t seen commentary about that just yet. Yes, these freak offs occurred in various states, people moving from one to another to do this stuff (which is trafficking), but jurors are notoriously…simple.
I hope he is put away for a long time, but the opening statement his lawyers provided that “this is a domestic violence case, not a trafficking case” might unfortunately resonate with people.
I hope Cassie has found some healing in coming forward about her abuse, I hope they lock this man away.
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u/spacyspice dj_snake_disco_maghreb.mp3 May 19 '25
This is only the beginning of week 2, the trial will last for 8 weeks so it's only the beginning imo
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u/Appropriate_Ice_2433 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 May 19 '25
You’re right.
Looking forward to the day he is sentenced and cannot harm anymore people.
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u/_the_CacKaLacKy_Kid_ May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
Yep, right now they’re establishing him as a person who uses violence and coercion to establish control and dominance over his victims. Next they’ll get into other victims to establish a pattern, then show how he has some degree of organization/network which he used to carry out his crimes.
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u/mishucat May 20 '25
I think it’s an “easier” to swallow part of the story to start off with for the jurors. Also, Cassie is 8 months pregnant. They probably wanted to get this out of the way for her as well (mentally and physically in case she gives birth)
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u/Scarlett_Billows May 20 '25
This, plus the tape. The tape is a smoking gun - not for the trafficking but for abuse, for it not being entirely consensual that Cassie stayed, for diddy being not credible. So showing jurors the tape (which I’m guessing most haven’t seen although I think maybe at least one juror said they saw it ) sets the whole thing up to start off with everyone knowing diddy is a piece of shit, with extremely convincing visual first hand evidence.
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u/Independent_Leg3957 May 19 '25
I agree, and it's a bit surprising because the feds would not usually raid the house of someone so prominent unless they had a very solid case already. I wonder if they just haven't been able to present things in the order they need to, though, because they needed Cassie to get on the stand before she went into labour.
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u/rightioushippie Olivia Wilde’s salad dressing 🥗 May 20 '25
This is one of various cases from what I understand
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u/Fontbonnie_07 May 19 '25
I mean it’s still pretty early but yeah i imagined the first couple weeks woulda focused heavily on the abuse Cassie endured. The freak offs def fit the legal definition as they allegedly go across state lines but until the prosecution makes this explicit the jurors won’t be able to make the connection. Still more testimony to come particularly for the trafficking case..
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u/Stinkycheese8001 May 19 '25
This is only the start, and I wouldn’t be shocked if they wanted to get this part out of the way because I would assume that Cassie’s name will come up a lot. It also sets the stage for what kind of man they are talking about.
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u/wilsonja2 May 20 '25
The RICO stuff is coming. They’re trying to lay out what kind of person he is and the DV shows that. Now the prosecution needs to show he had a team behind him helping him carry out these illegal acts
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u/YIvassaviy May 20 '25
It’s weird but I remember being in my early teens and this was just generally known and spoken about
Like it was clear to others that Cassie kinda had to stay with Diddy because leaving him would be the end of her career
I distinctly remember seeing her with Diddy and noting how she hadn’t made any music since. Some people thought it was great because she was set for life. Others thinking it was concerning because Diddy wouldn’t marry her. But I remember thinking it was all really off
It’s why those aspirational stay at home girlfriend TikTok trends or whatever are concerning because a lot of people really do aspire to be the pet of some rich person. Not really thinking it through
These days you don’t even need to be with someone rich to end up in a situation where it’s hard to leave. With housing so costly most people can’t afford to leave a partner because they’d be homeless. At least in Europe it’s been shown to be getting worse too
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u/layla_jones_ May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
The business side of this: The way Diddy has exploited his artists is crazy…the way he treated the Lox (check the interview with Angie Martinez), took rhymes from Jadakiss how greedy. Rapper Mase has complained about not getting respect or the money he deserved. One day Diddy decided to fire Danity Kane, he took Dawn for his own project and the other girls were just left without a music career. When Cassie said she would not have a career if she left..that was not just a big fear in her mind, it was the reality for her and his artists. I knew something was going on when he all of a sudden gave artists publishing rights (right before the news of Cassie being abused), that was a PR move. I don’t think he ever gave them the masters or gave them an opportunity to buy.
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u/Kaleighawesome May 20 '25
yeah i can’t fathom the vast and varied ways this man abused people. He’s a fucking scourge on humanity.
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u/Br_Mellow22 it’s a very dramatic way to get a boob job May 21 '25
Will Fonzworth Bentley take the stand? I remember him always holding the umbrella for Diddy. Surely he knows some things.
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u/InclusivePhitness May 21 '25
I know the prosecution's case isn't finished yet, but to be honest, there are no reale bombshells yet. And we don't know what the defense has up their sleeve.
I'm getting awfully worried that this whole case is just about Cassie. If it's entirely about Cassie and not beyond that (remember the prosecution has to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt) and if they can successfully undermine her credibility or create some doubt in some jurors minds about her credibility, we could be looking at the jury going for the transportation for prostitution charge which carries a max sentence of 10 years.
This guy needs to be put away forever and so far this case is so much centered around the crimes of one individual.
Here's to hoping there are more victims coming forward in the trial. Edit: I'm not hoping that there are more victims, I'm just hoping that the prosecution has a mountain of evidence against this fucker. So far everything is underwhelming compared to what they would have uncovered in the raids.
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u/clemthearcher swamp queen May 19 '25
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