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Misa Hylton, the mother of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ son Justin Combs, says her ‘coronary heart goes out’ to Cassie Ventura in wake of the discharge of surveillance video footage exhibiting Combs bodily assaulting Ventura in 2016.
“I’m heartbroken that Cassie should relive the horror of her abuse, and my coronary heart goes out to her,” she wrote on Instagram. “I do know precisely how she feels, and thru my empathy, it has triggered my very own trauma.”
Hylton dated Combs within the early Nineteen Nineties. Justin Combs is their solely little one.
In her publish, Hylton made reference to her son and Combs’ different youngsters, writing, “These younger folks have been raised by ladies that need the perfect for them – we put God and training first and have all the time been united in our mutual effort to help their goals.”
Making an obvious reference to Combs’ youngsters with the late Kim Porter, Hylton added, “Two of the youngest don’t have their mom right here and it has been our responsibility to help them. Their father wants assist and I’m praying that he actually does the non-public work and receives it.”
On Friday, CNN launched unique footage of the assault, first referenced in a November 2023 lawsuit that Ventura introduced in opposition to the rap mogul, whom she dated on and off from 2007 to 2018.
In her complaint that was settled inside a day of its submitting, Ventura alleged Combs raped her in 2018 and subjected her to years of repeated bodily and different abuses over the course of their relationship.
Combs apologized on Sunday for his actions within the video.
An lawyer for Ventura criticized his response.
“When Cassie and a number of different ladies got here ahead, he denied all the things and steered that his victims have been on the lookout for a payday,” lawyer Meredith Firetog stated in a press release. “That he was solely compelled to ‘apologize’ as soon as his repeated denials have been confirmed false reveals his pathetic desperation, and nobody shall be swayed by his disingenuous phrases.”