“I as quickly as was a sufferer of dwelling abuse in a earlier relationship. It occurred as quickly as. I was one in all many lucky ones the place the power dynamics had been in my favor,” Griffin talked about in response to video of Diddy assaulting ex, Cassie Ventura.
Alyssa Farah Griffin is sharing her private experience with dwelling violence amid the not too way back surfaced video of Diddy assaulting ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.
Whereas speaking regarding the clip, which reveals the media mogul artist bodily assaulting Ventura in a resort hallway in 2016, and Diddy’s subsequent apology, The View co-host drew on a earlier relationship to induce people to have additional compassion for various survivors of bodily assault.
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“There was no message to youthful males,” Griffin talked about of Diddy’s video, which she talked about should’ve included a press launch imploring others to not abuse their companions. “Part of this dialog I’ve seen since this video emerged is that this question of why didn’t she depart. I want to talk to that. I as quickly as was a sufferer of dwelling abuse in a earlier relationship. It occurred as quickly as. I was one in all many lucky ones the place the power dynamics had been in my favor. I’d depart, I’d stroll away, I’d take away myself from him.”
In response to criticism Ventura has confronted for staying with Diddy for 3 years after the abuse occurred, Griffin talked about it’s oftentimes “not the case” that abused companions can depart a toxic relationship as merely as she did.
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“They use financial abuse to take care of you, emotional manipulation, and add to that that it’s a multi-millionaire, extraordinarily extremely efficient, extraordinarily well-connected specific particular person,” she well-known. “There’s an entire enterprise of incomes cash off of him. She had no hope to get away from him.”
Whereas the Los Angeles Police Division District Lawyer’s office launched a press launch in response to the 2016 video, noting that they cannot keep Diddy accountable for his actions on account of statute of limitations, Griffin talked about she believes there’s nonetheless a way for Ventura to get justice.
“There are different individuals who must be held accountable that knew this was happening and didn’t say an element,” the political commentator suggested.
Griffin’s suggestions come merely eventually after Diddy uploaded a video apologizing for the 2016 assault after CNN launched a video of the incident on Friday.
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In his apology video, Diddy talked about: “I take full accountability for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I was disgusted then as soon as I did it. I’m disgusted now. I went and I sought expert help. After going to treatment and going to rehab, I wanted to ask God for his mercy and sweetness. I’m so sorry. Nonetheless I’m devoted to being a better man every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m actually sorry.”
Following the video, Diddy confronted a world of backlash, with Aubrey O’Day, 50 Cent, and others sharing their takes. Thought of one in all Ventura’s attorneys, Meredith Firetog, moreover slammed Diddy in a press launch launched to TMZ following his apology video.
“Combs’ newest assertion is additional about himself than the various people he has harm. When Cassie and a variety of totally different women obtained right here forward, he denied all of the issues and suggested that his victims had been in the hunt for a payday,” talked about Firetog. “That he was solely compelled to ‘apologize’ as quickly as his repeated denials had been confirmed false reveals his pathetic desperation, and no person will seemingly be swayed by his disingenuous phrases.”
Ventura sued her ex in November, citing bodily abuse and human trafficking amongst her allegations in direction of the rapper, with Diddy settling the lawsuit merely eventually after she’d filed it.
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On the time, his lawyer knowledgeable TMZ, “In order that we’re clear, a name to settle a lawsuit, significantly in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing. Mr. Combs’ option to settle the lawsuit doesn’t in any methodology undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He’s fully pleased they purchased to a mutual settlement and desires Ms. Ventura probably the greatest.”
Ventura’s lawsuit impressed others to return forward with claims in direction of Diddy, nevertheless he solely doubled down on his innocence, releasing a December assertion whereby he known as the claims in opposition to him “sickening,” together with that the allegations had been made “by individuals in the hunt for a quick payday.”
“Let me be fully clear: I didn’t do any of the horrible points being alleged,” the assertion be taught. “I’ll fight for my determine, my family and for the truth.”
In case you or any individual you acknowledge is a sufferer of dwelling abuse or violence, get help. The Nationwide Dwelling Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233) provides 24/7, free, confidential help for people in need.
