Longtime friend of 'Diddy' accuser speaks out

Music mogul and rapper Sha Diddy coms has faced four different lawsuits in recent weeks alleging sexual assault and abuse, all of which he has denied. The first of these came from singer Cassie Ventura, known as Cassie, who accused Combs of sexual abuse and sex trafficking during the decade. They were together NBC entertainment correspondent Khloe Malas spoke exclusively with an old

friend

of Cassis, who said she witnessed some disturbing incidents. Chloe, good evening, Ellison, singer, songwriter and activist Tiffany Red had been working with Cassie on an album when she met Diddy and says she witnessed it. he verbally abused her

friend

after Cassie's deal with Diddy Red wrote an open letter in Rolling Stone about her experience.

She told me about the events that she says traumatized her. I don't think people understand what it's like to be traumatized by someone famous and rich because you can't get away from them. Tiffany Red has written for artists including Zena, Jason Derulo, and Jennifer Hudson. In 2015 she became friends with Cassie while she was writing songs for her album. At that point, Cassie and Diddy had been together for almost 8 years. In a lawsuit Cassie filed last month detailed the abuse she claims Diddy committed, including physical assault, Red says that while he did not know about the alleged physical assault while working with Cassie, he did witness verbal abuse at On more than one occasion, one of which took place during Cassie's 29th birthday in 2015, Red says Didy showed up at the karaoke bar where Cassie and a group of friends were celebrating, so he had her back in the corner and was there. like cursing her with his hand in her face later that night.

Red Who staying at Cassie's house says she woke up screaming and he was standing in the living room area and she was there and he was excited singing there you are and I just said oh he's talking to me and I remember like If I didn't know if you I know what her voice sounds like, but I felt like I was in the presence of her monster inside and I remember looking into her eyes and telling her what they did because I could see that she was really sedated, that was the first time I had seen her.

I saw high and then he said, Tell your girl you want a birthday and we said, well, I mean, he's telling me this and I said, well, she doesn't have to have sex. with you if she doesn't want to, he was upset as you know, I guess she didn't want to do with him whatever she wanted, whatever he wanted, I don't know, I don't feel like I can defend myself at that moment I realized that oh, this guy is dangerous, Red says that it was only a few months ago that Cassie told him what was really going on that night in 2015, that it all came about because the music executive wanted her to participate in what he called. a madman against her, what did Cassie tell you about these morons?

You know he would hire them as sex workers and let you know sex with her or whatever and he would look at them and tell them what to do on her demand. Cassie alleges that she was forced to participate in freaks throughout her relationship with Diddy. I read and recently learned a horrible detail about Cassie. She told me that the only time he was willing to do anything or work on her music. Review any plan. That was all when. she was crazy so all of our music, all of my work to find out that I spent all these years writing these songs for him to rape my friend and like them is just disgusting in the lawsuit, Cassie detailed the physical abuse she says Diddy committed . including one case where she was put in a hotel room for days to heal.

Red says Cassie recently told him that Diddy gave her a black eye before the release of his 2016 movie. The perfect combination. I remember he once told me that I think it could be like that. They were the perfect match for that movie she was in and she told me she had a black eye under her makeup. Do you think Diddy is a dangerous person? Yes I believe it. Why I mean, she looks at her WAP sheet. A lawyer for Cassie refused. for comment Diddy's attorney did not respond in 2015. Diddy was arrested on three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and other charges for allegedly hitting his son's soccer coach.

Prosecutors declined to file felony charges related to that arrest 24 hours after Cassie filed her lawsuit. and Diddy announced that they had reached an undisclosed agreement. Colmes issued a statement saying that we have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Her lawyer added that the agreement was in no way an admission of wrongdoing. I mean, me. I just feel like it's PR, she's figured it out because she doesn't want to go to court. Diddy's music career spans three decades, including three Grammy Awards and the creation of Bad Boy Records, which represents artists from Mary J blig to the late Notorious BIG in September.

He received MTV's global icon award, but since the allegations surfaced, Hulu scrapped a reality series about his family and the Recording Academy said they are considering resending his invitation to this year's Grammys. I think a lot of people, especially in the black community, are You know, I've seen The Narrative of like you know, they're just trying to take down a black man and it's like that's not what this is about that's not what this is about this is about responsibility and and um, a reckoning like that is just the In short, as far as how Justice looks, I think Justice looks like Diddy behind bars and I also think Justice looks like everyone gets retribution for all of that, the amount of therapy, as I just said, all my moments.

Like these are our careers and Chloe is back with us now you hear her say Justice looks like Diddy behind bars is there a chance that could still happen? Where is the criminal case? So Cassie filed her federal civil lawsuit here in New York and the NYPD came out and said there is no investigation into Diddy right now, that doesn't mean the Manhattan DA isn't investigating something or maybe they are They are conducting investigations behind the scenes, but no such investigation has been publicly recorded. It has been confirmed and there have also been other lawsuits from some women who have come forward with other similar accusations and accusations from ACC and who knows if others might come forward as well.

Remember that the Adult Survivors Act is expiring at the end of this month in the state of California and we know that Diddy is where Prim primarily resided, so you never know if others might come forward between now and the new year and you spent so much time talking to Tiffany and you can tell even watching that when you're not in the room with her that she's been so deeply impacted by what she says she witnessed that she's been able to take this and turn it around in a right way, can you explain that? ? So she calls herself an activist, right, she's not just a singer-songwriter, um who has worked with so many stars like I mentioned Zena Jason Derulo Cassie, you know she's someone who has started an organization called The 100 centers and that, According to her, it comes from the fact that she always gives 100%.

And it's about advocating for equal pay and fair rights for those who are artists, writers and music producers and also helping to get them out of an archaic music contract, so he's turned his tragedy and his trauma into something positive, but he said that talking to NBC News, talking to us has helped. healing her and she also wants to defend her friend Cassie from her and validate what's in that lawsuit. Excellent reports Khloe Mass. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Thanks for watching. Stay up to date on breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or follow us on. social media