A former makeup artist for Sean “Diddy” Combs claims she heard him brutally beating his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, while staying at a hotel in 2010.
“I’ve kept this secret for 14 years.” Myra Morales told CNN’s Laura Coates. Thursday.
“All I heard was screaming and yelling,” she explained. [the hotel bedroom]I don’t know, but all I could think about was grabbing Kathy’s things, starting to pack them, getting her somewhere safe, and bringing her back to my house.”
Once she left the room, Morales claimed that Ventura, now 37, had been “severely beaten.” She said the singer had “lumps on his head and [a] black eye [and a] “My lip is torn.”
Morales said he quickly took the “Is It You” songstress back to his home and had a doctor friend come in to treat her privately.
“It was painful to see Cassie like that because she’s such a beautiful human being,” the makeup artist continued.
She acknowledged that neither she nor Ventura went to police about the assault because Puffy is a “very powerful person” and “we were both very scared.”
Page Six reached out to reps for Ventura and Combs regarding Morales’ interview but did not immediately receive a response.
The incident preceded the 2016 attack that was caught on camera, in which Combs, 54, severely beat and dragged the model while staying at the now-closed Intercontinental Hotel in Century City, California.
The hip-hop star spoke out after the video was released, claiming that he was ashamed of his actions.
“My behavior in that video is unacceptable,” he said on May 19. “I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I am disgusted.”
Meanwhile, Ventura shared an emotional response to the video last Thursday.
“The outpouring of love has given my younger self a place to feel safe and secure, but this is only the beginning,” she wrote on Instagram.
She continued, “Domestic violence is the problem. It has reduced me to a person I never thought I would become.”
The shocking video went viral months after Ventura sued Combs for rape and years of abuse in November 2023. The two settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.
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Ventura’s lawsuit is the first in a series of sexual and physical assault lawsuits filed against Combs, seven of which accuse her of sexual assault. Combs has denied all of the allegations.
The most recent lawsuit was filed last week, in which a woman claimed the rapper drugged and raped her when she was a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City in the 1990s.
Combs is currently facing criminal charges as the Department of Justice gathers evidence against him in a federal sex trafficking investigation.
If you or someone you know is experiencing any of the issues discussed in this article, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.
