Cassie Ventura’s former makeup artist says he saw the frightened singer “terribly disfigured” while working for her and her abusive ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs. Ta.
“We were always scared of Puff” Mayra Morales told Extrarefers to one of Combs’ many nicknames.
“He’s an influential figure and you never know what’s going to happen to us if we speak out,” said Morales, a longtime friend of Ventura, the “Me & You” hitmaker. Ta.
“It’s scary just talking about this, but I feel like someone has to talk about it.”
The celebrity makeup guru said she saw Ventura together bruises and black eyes After an alleged altercation in 2016, Diddy punched the singer in a horrifying assault that was caught on camera in a hotel hallway that same year.
“I mean, she had a really bad bruise on her head, kind of a bump, black on her eye… and all I was worried about was getting her to safety. , and I took her to my house and kept her there for a few days,” she claimed. interview.
“I literally called a friend of mine who was a doctor at the time to treat me because I couldn’t get him to the hospital. At that point we didn’t know what the hell to do. To whom? Shall I call you?”
Asked about the abuse the “Long Way 2 Go” singer suffered, Morales said, “I didn’t know about it… but I witnessed it. It’s inspiring, and I don’t want to go back.”
“All I saw was him coming into the room and saying, ‘Where the hell is she?'” And I didn’t know what was going on…I think All I could do was get her out of there. ”
“I thought, ‘I just woke up from sleep,’ and the next thing I knew, all I could hear coming from my bedroom was an unpleasant sound. I don’t want to go back in time and think about it.” she added.
Morales said he is ready to cooperate with law enforcement authorities. “I knew this day would come,” the makeup artist said of the attention Diddy received after the hotel assault video came out.
She dismissed Combs’ apology video (which he recorded only after shocking video evidence proved he had lied when he repeatedly denied his ex-girlfriend’s accusations) as a “PR stunt.”
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In the video, Combs said he takes “full responsibility” for his actions, before passionately speaking about how “at rock bottom” he was at the time the video was shot.
He has since gone to therapy to become a better person, adding that he was and still is “disgusted” with himself at the time of the beating.
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“That’s ridiculous, he didn’t even say her name” Morales said. “And if he had apologized for it, he would have mentioned her name, but he didn’t. I don’t understand that. And he’s a wonderful, ‘talented Mr. Ripley.’ I feel it,” she said of the book and movie about the trickster.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this article, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788 Please send.
