Cassie Ventura’s songstress, Tiffany Redd, claimed to have seen the dark side of Sean “Diddy” Combs.
during abc “The Secret Life of Diddy – A Special Edition of 20/20” Red, 37, aired Wednesday and highlighted the troubled relationship between Ventura, 38, and Combs, 54, who dated from 2007 to 2018.
Redd remembered a night in 2015 when he overheard a phone call in which Combs – who was arrested last month Ventura was verbally reprimanded – over allegations of sex trafficking and fraud.
“I remember he said, ‘You want to see something crazy?’ And I was like, ‘What?’ And he answered the phone,” Redd remembered.
“As soon as he replied – ‘B–ch,’ where the f–k are you?’ He was so upset that she passed out,” Redd alleged about the now-disgraced rapper. “I remember him yelling and saying, ‘Is there anyone in the car with you? I know there is someone in the car with you.”
“That was my first time, like, ‘There’s something wrong,'” Redd continued.
The Grammy Award winner also claimed that she saw Combs yelling at his then-girlfriend at Ventura’s 29th birthday party in August 2015.
“I go out of the room and right behind the door, he has security around him, they have him in the corner, and he’s in her face and abusing her,” Redd alleged.
“He was really mad, he was really close to her face and he had his head down. When I was standing on the shore, he was just looking at me,’ she claimed.
Redd further claimed of Combs, “I think everyone around him was afraid of him.”
When asked why, he called the “Coming Home” rapper “explosive” and noted how powerful he was at the time.
“What are you going to do? He has the keys to the cities. He’s friends with politicians. He’s this guy’s friend,” he said. “Who’s going to challenge it? And when? And is it to be believed? Yeah, right. “
Redd also accused Combs of using music to “control” Ventura by promising him he was going to release her album, which he never did.
“It felt like it was never going to come out. It was never going to come,” Redd said. “He only told me when he was willing to talk about his music. During the freak-off,
Redd revealed that during his first conversation with Combs, he questioned him about writing songs for Ventura.
“He was like, ‘So she’s talking to you, huh.’ And then he just looked at me, and then he walked away,” Red recalled. “I was scared. It was like he didn’t want to talk to me.”
Last year, Ventura filed a lawsuit against Combs based on several allegations Rape and physical abuse for more than a decadeThey case settled A day after his filing.
In May, CNN released a video of Combs abusing Ventura at a hotel in 2016. Combs can be seen kicking, dragging, crushing, and throwing objects on the “Me & You” singer in disturbing footage.
comb Later released an apology video for his actions on Instagram, citing his “inexcusable behavior” for beating Ventura and saying, “I was upset.”
When asked about Combs’ apology during the ABC special, Redd said, “I thought it was for him. I think it was all him talking about himself and how he was feeling. It’s all about him, him, him, him.”
Meanwhile, Ventura, issued a statement in May After the video was leaked, she said that the abuse she suffered had “turned me into someone I never thought I would become.”
She said, “After a lot of hard work, I am better today, but I will always be haunted by my past.”
The 2016 videotape was used as evidence in the case against Combs, who was arrested in New York City last month. Prosecutors charged in a indictment Against Combs, which was hosted by the hip-hop star “Freak” parties Where? Women were lured and coerced Engaging in sexual performance with male sex workers.
have a comb There are also allegations of sexual harassment From 120 accused in the last 30 years.
He has pleaded innocent to all charges as he remains behind bars in Brooklyn.
On Wednesday, Combs’ legal team argued that the Department of Homeland Security Video of Ventura’s beating leaked To harm his chances of winning the case.
According to a legal briefing, his lawyers called on the court to potentially suppress evidence, including the 2016 tape, or even dismiss the case.
On Thursday, the rapper is scheduled to appear before Manhattan federal Judge Arun Subramaniam at 2 p.m. ET to discuss a possible trial date and set a timeline for when the federal government will turn over a “massive” amount of evidence to his lawyers.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.
