Cassie Ventura 'so scared' as she releases bombshell Diddy statement

Terrified Cassie Ventura has shared her fear of retaliation of Sean 'Diddy' Combs ahead of the rap mogul's sentencing - that could see him walk free from jail.

The 38-year-old singer - who dated the disgraced rapper on and off from 2007 to 2018 - has written a three-page victim impact statement ahead of her former lover's sentencing later this week and urged Judge Arun Sibramanian to consider a punishment that reflects “the reality of the evidence and my lived experience as a victim”.

Cassie testified during Diddy's trial in May that she had been forced to participate in so-called "freak offs", and claimed she had endured sexual and physical abuse during their relationship.

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She wrote in a letter submitted to the court on Monday. The star said: “For four days in May, while nine months pregnant with my son, I testified in front of a packed courtroom about the most traumatic and horrifying chapter in my life.

“I testified that from age nineteen, Sean Combs used violence, threats, substances, and control over my career to trap me in over a decade of abuse. He groomed me into performing repeated sex acts with hired male sex workers during multi-day ‘freak offs,’ which occurred nearly weekly.

“I was forced into lingerie and heels, told exactly how to look, and plied with drugs and alcohol so he could control me like a puppet. These events were degrading and disgusting, leaving me with infections, illnesses, and days of physical and emotional exhaustion before he demanded it all again. Sex acts became my full-time job, used as the only way to stay in his good graces."

Cassie - who argued she was "controlled" by Combs - blasted the way their relationship was portrayed by the I'll Be Missing You hitmaker's legal team.

She wrote: “While the defence attorneys at trial suggested that my time with Combs was akin to a ‘great modern love story,’ nothing could be further from the truth.

“Nothing about this story is great, modern, or loving — this was a horrific decade of my life stained by abuse, violence, forced sex, and degradation.”

Cassie told how she needs psychological treatment because she still suffers from “nightmares and flashbacks” as a result of the alleged abuse and lives "as private and quiet" as she possibly can.

She added: “I am so scared that if he walks free, his first actions will be swift retribution towards me and others who spoke up about his abuse at trial.”

The Bad Boy records founder was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but not guilty of other offences, including sex trafficking and racketeering and while Cassie noted the jury "did not seem to understand or believe that I engaged in freak offs because of the force and coercion the defendant used against me, I know that is the truth”, she hopes the judge “considers the truths at hand that the jury failed to see.”

Combs' legal team have filed a motion asking for the judge to consider a 14-month prison sentence followed by supervised release with mandatory drug treatment and therapy for their client - who has been behind bars since his arrest in September last year - because guidelines for his "crimes of conviction" are usually six to 12 months.