In May 2025, Alex Fine sat on the sidelines and listened as his wife, Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, added to the plethora of disturbing allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs with her account of what went down during their decade-long relationship. As the BBC reported, at one point in her testimony, the “Kiss Me” hitmaker confessed that she wanted to die by suicide after enduring a flashback to a horrific incident that Combs put her through. The singer recalled how she told her husband, “You can do this without me, you don’t need me,” and attempted to walk out of their home, but he stopped her in her tracks and urged her to seek professional help for her trauma. Fortunately, Cassie took heed of his advice. 

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#TSRTrialWatch: Cassie’s husband, Alex Fine, seen leaving the courthouse after the first day of Diddy’s trial. #TSRStaffST #TSRStaffBD pic.twitter.com/G3S9I0mcUT

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Needless to say, hearing his wife describe the alleged physical and emotional abuse she endured for 11 years wasn’t easy for him. And many commentators on X, formerly known as Twitter, felt that the weariness from the trial was apparent on his face as he walked out of court after the first day of harrowing testimony. There’s also a chance that it made Fine think back to the last time he was in a similar situation. 

In a March 2020 blog for his fitness company, Almost Home, Fine shared that he decided to run 50 miles to raise over $50,000 for people who had endured domestic violence, including his own mother. Fine also reflected on her tough, long-winded trial, writing, “Seeing my mom have to relive the memories of that violence over and over again over those three years was one of the most helpless feelings I’ve felt.”

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