Cassie Ventura has shared a new statement following last week’s release of graphic 2016 footage in which Diddy is seen assaulting her. The singer thanks “family, friends, strangers and those I have yet to meet” for their support, before noting that the abuse she faced is not only a personal issue — it’s a pervasive one. “Domestic Violence is THE issue,” she wrote in the statement posted to Instagram on May 23. “It broke me down to someone I never thought I would become.