Cassie's detailed Diddy testimony: Letters
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The Issue: Cassie Ventura’s testimony revealing details of her abuse allegations against Sean Combs.

Reading about the disturbing experiences Cassie Ventura reportedly went through while signed to Sean Combs’ record label is truly upsetting.

It’s heartbreaking that female artists with dreams of having careers are manipulated by people like Diddy.

I hope that the evidence will lead to the removal of his financial gains.

Looking at this from a cultural perspective, it will greatly influence upcoming African-Americans looking to pursue careers in the music industry as leaders and decision-makers.

Where are the music-industry officials who should monitor the actions of artists to prevent this heinous activity?

Greg Raleigh

Washington, DC

It was absolutely disgusting to read of what Diddy subjected Cassie Ventura to.

Such depravity is unconscionable for any human being to inflict on another.

Frank Brady

Yonkers

Diddy is a despicable person, but Cassie was 21 years old when she started dating him, and not innocent.

She was interested in starting her career and could have left at any time, but stayed regardless of Diddy’s degrading behavior.

Robert Berk

Manhattan

To read how Cassie Ventura, a former girlfriend of Diddy, is victimized by the media is outrageous.

This is so disgusting to the rest of us women who have been abused by non-famous people.

We didn’t enjoy a high lifestyle with those who abused us.

We had to suffer in silence and poverty.

And yet the media shows Ventura as a sad, pitiful woman who couldn’t get out.

I’m not condoning what Diddy did to her by any means.

However, Cassie decided to remain in that situation, which is different from many other women, myself included, who were unable to leave due to financial constraints and lack of support from others who doubted our stories.

Stop making Cassie out to be an unwilling victim.

Paula Webb

Palm Desert, Calif.

The real fallout from the Diddy trial, if he goes free, will be the lines of girls who will take the place of the battered and abused Cassie.

Remember when O.J. Simpson went free, and he had his choice of women?

J.R. Cummings

Manhattan

The Issue: Criticism against ACS, accusing the agency of prioritizing ideology over children’s safety.

Naomi Riley says it best: Where is the accountability when it comes to the Administration of Children’s Services?

She should be the commissioner (“City puts ideology before kids’ lives,” Naomi Schaefer Riley, May 15).

My heart breaks each time I read about these poor children, who have succumbed to the brutality they suffered from those who are supposed to protect them and keep them safe.

But I also feel for the others who suffered at their parents’ and signifiant others’ hands.

These poor people are damaged and go on to damage others.

The cycle must stop.

Carolyn Brady

Spring Lake, NJ

It is easy to criticize the ACS from the sidelines — but, as a retired commanding officer of the NYPD Special Victims Division and former senior advisor for investigations at ACS, I have a unique perspective.

In my 36 years as a public servant, I witnessed great improvement in multidisciplinary investigations, which are key to protecting children.

I also witnessed how many lives they saved.

Judges and politicians should listen to the experts when passing laws that involve child safety, and not sensationalized headlines that sell newspapers — or advocates who get paid to lobby.

Sue Morley

Queens

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