Aubrey O’Day is standing behind Cassie after the actress and model testified against former partner Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
“The bravery is unmeasurable right now, especially eight months, eight and a half months pregnant, and it’s triggering,” O’Day said on the Friday, May 16, episode of Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’ “Amy & T.J.” podcast. “And then also, I kind of feel, you know, I was asking people that are in court, that I’m friends with, the journalists, and I was asking, ’Does she feel like she’s still hurting?’ Like, you’re seeing someone that’s hurting.”
O’Day, 41, continued, “‘Are you seeing someone that’s healed and just recalling things for a trial?’ And she said, ‘Definitely still hurting, and very much in the process of, like, fully being engulfed in what it is to go through all of it,’” O’Day continued. “And that hurt me, because I just wanted to believe that this was like something that she was so healed from, or that she was, you know, but she said it’s almost cathartic, because it feels like at the end of watching her each day, that she’s facing this person, and she’s able to finally get this off of her chest. And so she thinks that she told me she thought this would likely be something that’s gonna be healing.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Combs’ legal and managerial representation for comment.
Diddy has been in jail since September 2024, when he was arrested in New York after a grand jury indicted him on charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution, to which he pleaded not guilty. The trial began on May 5.
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a statement at the time. “He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. To his credit Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
Cassie took the stand on Tuesday, May 13, kicking off four days of emotional testimony that included allegations of rape and abuse. Diddy has denied all allegations against him.
The singer had praise for another man in Cassie’s life: her husband, Alex Fine. The pair share two children and are expecting their third. HotNewHipHop reported earlier this week Combs’ legal team attempted to have Fine removed from court, and Robach and Holmes asked if Combs is a threat to others if released from prison.
“I can give you a few examples of why I would lean towards yes on that. He wanted Alex Fine taken out of court. His lawyers fought very hard to make sure Alex was removed. They brought up text messages that Alex sent him, basically saying, like ‘I’m gonna fuck you up etc.,’” O’Day explained. “Now listen, if your wife came home and told you that that had been happening to her. You probably said, I’m gonna fuck you up to some people as well.”
On Friday, Fine released a statement read by attorney Douglas Wigdor outside the New York City courthouse. “Over the past five days, the world has gotten to witness the strength and bravery of my wife freeing herself of her past,” Fine said.
“There has been speculation online surrounding how it must feel for me to sit there and listen to my wife’s testimony,” his statement continued. “I have felt so many things sitting there. I have felt tremendous pride and overwhelming love for Cass. I have felt profound anger that she has been subjected to sitting in front of a person who tried to break her.”
“So to him and all of those who helped him along the way, please know this. You did not. You did not break her spirit, nor her smile, that lights up every room,” Fine also said. “You did not break the soul of a mother who gives the best hugs and plays the silliest games with our little girls. You did not break the woman who has made me a better man.”
O’Day also confirmed that though she is in New York City, she is not planning to testify against Combs.
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