Hollywood stars are reacting to the information of the verdict within the Sean “Diddy” Combs intercourse trafficking and racketeering case that discovered him responsible of transportation to interact in prostitution however acquitted of the extra critical intercourse trafficking and racketeering fees.
Over the previous six weeks, federal prosecutors have referred to as quite a few witnesses and offered proof that finally didn’t persuade the jury that the previous hip-hop mogul was responsible of utilizing his firm as a legal enterprise and conspiring together with his associates and staff to site visitors and abuse girls. The prosecution’s star witness was Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, Combs’ longtime ex-girlfriend, who testified about years of alleged abuse, together with coercion into non-consensual intercourse acts, bodily violence and management by threats.
After the decision was revealed Wednesday, leisure trade figures took to social media to share their ideas on the information. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, a longtime rival of Diddy‘s, took to Instagram to share his ideas. “Diddy beat the Rico, that boy a foul man !” he wrote, including, “he just like the Homosexual John Gotti.”
Aubrey O’Day, who labored with the Dangerous Boy Data founder on his Making the Band 3 actuality present centered on his label’s group Danity Kane, shared a video on her Instagram Tales reacting to the decision.
“Oh my God, not responsible on Cassie, not responsible on Rico, no means that Jane is gonna be responsible,” she mentioned whereas filming a video of CNN reporters sharing the decision. “This makes me bodily in poor health. … Cassie most likely feels so horrible. Ugh, I’m gonna vomit.”
O’Day posted a separate assertion to her Instagram Tales: “The cultural weight of this determination is immeasurable. It’s heartbreaking to witness what number of lives have been impacted by their experiences with Sean Combs — just for these tales to fall brief within the eyes of a jury. I can solely hope these jurors by no means have to observe somebody they love endure what so many survivors have described.”
Through the years, O’Day has been vocal in her distaste towards Combs. After becoming a member of Danity Kane, she was kicked out of the musical group in 2008, alleging on an episode of Name Her Daddy that the mogul eliminated her as a result of she “wasn’t keen to do what was anticipated of me, not talent-wise, however in different areas.”
She shared help for Ventura in her assertion, including, “My coronary heart is with Cassie. A girl who may’ve had a life and profession freed from concern and management. A girl who informed her reality in a courtroom, solely to have the world dissect her credibility as a substitute of her braveness.”
“Girls, Nor males, Nor ANY ARTIST – are the property of these with probably the most wealth, fame & energy. We aren’t disposable. 12 individuals on a jury won’t be deciding that for us,” she concluded the submit.
Shortly after the decision was introduced, the singer appeared on Inside Version the place she mentioned her response to listening to the information was “a intestine punch.”
“I’m floored by the jury’s verdict,” O’Day added. “The proof is there. For me, it’s all the way in which there.”
Grammy-nominated singer Kesha, too, posted on X in solitary with Ventura. There, she wrote, “Cassie, I consider you. I like you. Your energy is a beacon for each survivor.”
Kesha introduced final 12 months that she was altering the lyric in her 2010 hit “TiK ToK” to “fuck P. Diddy” from the unique “feeling like P. Diddy” after a number of allegations of sexual misconduct had been leveled in opposition to Combs.
Rosie O’Donnell shared her tackle the decision on Instagram, writing, “i suppose a jury simply by no means desires to consider {that a} lady stays due to energy and coercion- wow – they simply suppose girls keep as a result of what? cash – fame – ‘they love the abuse’ – what a fucking joke – this determination received me offended #cassie.”