Cassie Ventura’s husband, Alex Fine, released a powerful statement following her emotional four-day testimony against her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex-trafficking case.
“Over the past five days, the world has gotten to witness the strength and bravery of my wife freeing herself of her past,” Ventura’s husband said in a statement, which was read by attorney Douglas Wigdor on Friday.
“I have felt so many things sitting there. I have felt tremendous pride and overwhelming love for Cass. I have felt profound anger that she has been subjected to sitting in front of a person who tried to break her.”
Fine continued by calling out Combs and “all of those who helped him along the way.”
“Please know this: You did not. You did not break her spirit, nor her smile, that lights up every room. You did not break the soul of a mother who gives the best hugs and plays the silliest games with our little girls. You did not break the woman who has made me a better man,” the statement continued.
“Cassie saved Cassie. She alone broke free from abuse, coercion, violence and threats. She did the work of fighting the demons that only a demon himself could have done to her,” he concluded.
Ventura also released a statement, thanking her “family and [her] advocates” after delivering her traumatic testimony.
“This week has been extremely challenging but also remarkably empowering and healing for me,” she said in the statement, which was read by Wigdor outside of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan US Courthouse in New York City.
“I hope that my testimony has given strength and a voice to other survivors and can help others who have suffered to speak up and also heal from abuse and fear,” the statement continued. “For me, the more I heal, the more I can remember. And the more I can remember, the more I will never forget.”
“I want to thank my family and my advocates for their unwavering support and am grateful for all the kindness and encouragement that I have received.”
The statement closed: “I am glad to put this chapter of my life to rest as I turn to focus on the conclusion of my pregnancy. I ask for privacy for me and for my growing family.”
Fine, who showed up to support his pregnant wife, 38, throughout the four days of grueling testimony she provided, was named in court Friday when his relationship with Ventura was put into question by Combs’ legal team.
The Bad Boy Records founder’s attorney Anna Estevao probed Ventura about the timeline of her relationship with Combs.
Ventura previously told jurors that the disgraced music mogul — who is currently on trial for racketeering conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and transportation to engage in prostitution — raped her in August 2018.
However, in her 2023 bombshell lawsuit, in which she accused Combs, 55, of raping her, physically abusing her and forcing her to have sex with male prostitutes, she claimed the rape took place in September 2018.
Combing through previous text messages allegedly exchanged between the two, Estevao showed the court that Ventura and Combs had been intimate on Sept. 27, 2018.
At the time, Ventura had already been dating her now-husband, with whom she is currently expecting her third child.
Ventura went on to clarify to the court that she had not been raped on the night in question and confirmed that she had received a Facetime call from Fine, 32, during the interaction.
The “Me & U” singer claimed the personal trainer eventually learned that she had been sleeping with her ex. She also testified that he “punched a wall” when he found out about the alleged rape.
Ventura first took the stand Tuesday and emotionally divulged the traumatic parts of her decade-long relationship with Combs, which included testimony regarding her participation in his “Freak-Off” parties and his alleged physical and emotional abuse throughout the course of their time together.
Her testimony concluded on Friday afternoon after the prosecution argued that they feared Ventura’s lengthy testimony might cause the singer to go into labor, which would “risk a mistrial.”
Combs has vehemently denied all of Ventura’s accusations and pleaded not guilty in his federal case.
