Cassie's Brutal Injuries Seen In Photos Shown At Trial — As Friend Testifies Diddy Came After Her With A Hammer
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We’ve already heard a lot of evidence in Diddy‘s sex trafficking trial. Remember, testimony is evidence. But a picture is worth a thousand words. And over the past couple days of the trial, the jury has been shown some photographic evidence that spoke volumes. And now you’re about to see it, too — so be warned, this is not for the faint of heart.
Last week Cassie testified about the time Diddy allegedly abused her early on in their relationship, back in 2011. During their on-off thing, he started dating Kid Cudi. And when Diddy found out, she claimed, he not only threatened to kill his fellow rapper (whose car did blow up around that time), he beat her savagely.
Cassie said she went to her parents’ home in Connecticut, and her mother took photos of the bruises all over her body. These are the pictures the jury was shown on Friday, just released to the public this week:
But obviously that was far from the only incident of alleged abuse.
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Cassie also told jurors about a time Diddy threw her into a bed frame. She explained she hit so hard, she got a gash on her eyebrow:
“Sean came in. I was asleep. He was trying to attack me. We went into the master bedroom. My friends were jumping on his back trying to stop him. I cut my eyebrow on the corner of the bed. Sean threw me onto the bed frame. I had a significant gash. I didn’t go to the ER; it was a Sunday. Sean had security take me to a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills.”
Here’s the photographic evidence of that injury:
Awful.
This was around August 2013 — she was supposed to attend Drake’s OVO Fest in Toronto that week. To hide the injury, she claimed:
“I put my hair over my eye.”
And then there’s the most infamous attack. The one we’ve all seen, thanks to a hotel employee saving the security camera footage. This was, of course, in the hallway of the now-defunct InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in 2016. In the footage, Cassie can be seen heading to the elevators — but Diddy stops her, throws her to the ground, kicks her multiple times, then drags her back.
We learned last week this was after a “freak off” in the hotel room.
Cassie told the jury she suffered a black eye, a bruised and cut lip, and bruises on her arm and legs from the attack. Here’s a selfie she took in the immediate aftermath:
That isn’t the only thing that happened right after.
Cassie’s former friend Kerry Morgan told the court on Monday that she was there at Cassie’s apartment after the hotel. She had been staying with her friend. Cassie had fled Diddy after that beating — and Kerry says she saw the black eye, the bruises. But they didn’t have much time to make a plan of action.
Kerry claimed just 30 minutes after Cassie got there, Diddy arrived… armed with a hammer!
“He was hitting the door with a hammer to try to open it.”
Cassie’s former BFF said she was “terrified” and “freaking out” — and even tried calling out for Diddy’s security to help, anyone at all who could hear. Cassie, she said, seemed gone. She didn’t think her old friend cared if Diddy “came in and killed her.” Just awful. Is that what YOU see here? A woman who just doesn’t care anymore? Too beaten down to gather the strength to run or fight or hide?
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or text START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/. For more information on violence against women, go to https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-for-survivors
[Image via Eugene Powers/WENN/US Department of Justice.]
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