Cassie’s Camp Responds To Diddy’s Sentencing

After Diddy’s jail sentence was introduced, the authorized crew of the girl whose lawsuit and testimony helped convey him down is talking out.

As beforehand reported, the disgraced music mogul was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution however acquitted of intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs, and on Frirday, Decide Arun Subramanian handed down the sentence, which features a $500,000 nice and 5 years of supervised launch. Diddy was credited for time served and can finally spend about three years behind bars.

Now PEOPLE experiences that Cassie Ventura’s attorneys, Douglas Wigdor and Meredith Firetog, expressed appreciation to the courtroom for sending a message to Combs and males like him that their abuse wouldn’t go unpunished.

“Whereas nothing can undo the trauma brought on by Combs, the sentence imposed in the present day acknowledges the influence of the intense offenses he dedicated,”the assertion learn. “We’re assured that with the assist of her household and associates, Ms. Ventura will proceed therapeutic realizing that her bravery and fortitude have been an inspiration to so many.”

Previous to Diddy’s sentencing, Cassie was among the many few victims who wrote letters to the choose looking for an extended sentence for his crimes regardless of his crew wanting him to be handed down a mere 14-month punishment.

“I’ve been to rehab and have taken half in dozens of forms of remedy modalities to confront, compartmentalize, and deal with the horrific reminiscences of sexual and emotional abuse I endured for almost ten years,” Cassie wrote in her lettter. “I nonetheless have nightmares and flashbacks on a daily, on a regular basis foundation, and proceed to require psychological care to deal with my previous.”

She continued by refuting the picture of a modified man that the protection had been constructing through letters from Diddy’s kids and associates.

“I do know that who he was to me — the manipulator, the aggressor, the abuser, the trafficker — is who he’s as a human. He has little interest in altering or turning into higher. He’ll at all times be the identical merciless, power-hungry, manipulative man that he’s.”

PEOPLE experiences that regardless of escaping an extended sentence, Diddy‘s authorized crew continues to be planning to attraction, claiming that the choose “acted as a thirteenth juror in his ruling, emphasizing that the jury had already cleared him of essentially the most critical costs.

“The jury made it very clear of their verdict that they acquitted him of the intercourse trafficking and the RICO counts,” stated Diddy’s lead lawyer, Tony Geragos. “Not responsible means not responsible.”

Decide Arun Subramanian, who presided over the case, famous in his closing remarks earlier than handing down the sentence that he was not factoring within the RICO costs. Diddy’s attorneys, nevertheless, disagreed.

“That was completely inconsistent with the jury verdict. The Decide acted as a thirteenth juror,” argued lawyer Alexandra Shapiro. “The sentence was pushed by the conduct the jury rejected. The jury acquitted Mr. Combs of any coercion.”

Shapiro is anticipated to guide Diddy’s attraction utilizing the choose’s point out of the crimes he dedicated towards his former companions as a degree of competition.