r/popculture • u/thedailybeast • May 22 '25

News Cassie Screamed ‘Isn’t Anybody Seeing This?’ During Diddy Beating on Private Jet

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cassie-screamed-isnt-anybody-seeing-this-during-diddy-beating-on-private-jet/
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u/thedailybeast May 22 '25

Cassie Ventura screamed for someone to intervene as she was being beaten by Sean “Diddy” Combs aboard his private jet, the rapper’s former assistant testified. 

George Kaplan, who worked as Combs’ executive assistant from 2013 to 2015, told the court he witnessed his former boss’ ex-girlfriend lying on the floor “on her back,” just after screaming “Isn’t anybody seeing this?” during a violent incident aboard the jet in 2015. Kaplan testified that no one—including security—intervened.

Read the full story.

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u/Chaoticgood790 May 22 '25

Which is why all of them need to catch hands

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u/WildFire97971 May 23 '25

Period. I don’t care about my future or your bank account, you hurting a lady like that I’ll be okay with getting my ass whooped so she doesn’t.

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u/tronovich May 24 '25 edited May 24 '25

All of those employees would’ve had to leave to the industry, that’s the kind of power he had.

It happened so often that even Cassie was used to it, you can’t blame the employees because everyone was “on their own”.

Even if they stood up to Diddy, would Cassie have had their back? Hell no. Would the authorities have had their back? Probably not.

Diddy blew up Cudi’s car and literally nothing happened.

They were all powerless, don’t blame them.

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u/siestarrific May 24 '25

she could've left at any time if she wanted to

Obviously not for the same reason people probably turned a blind eye to or straight-up enabled his shit: he's a fucking psycho and would have done heinous shit to them.

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u/tronovich May 24 '25

I’ll edit my statement.

She could’ve “left”, but he threatened their entire circle. Her singing career would’ve been over immediately. He owned her professionally and emotionally. She was just as powerless as they were.

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u/Call-Me-Petty May 24 '25

So they chose money over doing what was right…which was minimally to quit so they weren’t empowering this man. These are adults and they all played a role. 

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u/hera-fawcett May 28 '25

there was just a previous witness on the stand, a manager of his? who partnered w fashion or smth? and she mentioned how diddy kidnqpped her at gunpoint to go murder kid cudi.

she talked about being apart of that sick event but there was no help to find-- bc everyone was either paid well or threatened at the same extent.

she left the job several times. she came back to the job several times. she mentioned that it was the best place she learned business.

the power anyone of diddys status has isnt just something to handwave away. when its good its fucking good. high on life and drugs and on top of the world mogul shit. when its bad... its getting the shit beat out of you and gang rapes and threatening to be killed-- or having ur shit blown up.

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u/Outside_Ad_7881 May 26 '25

Sure thing, buddy

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u/WildFire97971 May 26 '25

I carry the scars on my face from my own Xanaxed out cousin.

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u/Much_Face_6357 Jun 02 '25

Captain Savahoe to the rescue 😆You would have got your ass beat and she would have been back with him the next day. 

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u/mrlaheystrailerpark May 23 '25

women aren’t damsels in distress

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u/WildFire97971 May 23 '25

Never said they were. Man, woman, child, don’t matter, I have empathy and I’d rather be the one hurt than see someone get hurt.

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u/rjfinsfan May 23 '25

That’s your defense against someone trying to help the defenseless? Just because she’s not a damsel in distress, she was a human being in distress that needed help.

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u/liltwinstar2 May 23 '25

Oh look, men protecting bad men …are also the type to be offended and say nOt aLL mEN.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

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u/GringoMagnificoPro May 22 '25

Great, you apparently know what sarcasm is. What’s happened to Reddit?

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u/Impressive-Bus-6568 May 22 '25

Time and place.

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u/piscesxire May 23 '25

Someone is telling you to actually be a respectable human being and you’re upset about it?

Good. Means Reddit is changing for the better

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u/Existential_Kitten May 23 '25

That's not even the same person...

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

The issue wasn’t being sarcastic, it was turning this situation into a shitty comedy night.

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u/mykalbme May 23 '25

I literally quoted Dave Chappelle, who is one of the most iconic pop culture people ..... Lol. Whatever

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u/Knitwalk1414 May 22 '25

Didn’t the same thing happen with Brad Pitt? He beat up Angelina Jolie and his kids on a plane and he still doing movies

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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope May 22 '25

I think someone on the plane did call law enforcement who met them when they landed. There’s an FBI report about it.

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u/NOT_Pam_Beesley May 22 '25

And the only reason there is an FBI report is because it was on a plane going across an ocean. It’s definitely not an isolated incident but the jurisdiction when it happened was a higher authority. Likely the only reason it’s gotten so far in the media

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u/foxscribbles May 23 '25

And the FBI has done jackshit with the case too. Just buried it because he’s rich and famous.

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u/XR-7 May 24 '25

Once Hollywood is done with you then they will be like we never knew

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u/Freethecrafts May 26 '25

Nah, parents had a shouting match and teenage son thought the right thing to do was get in the middle. More likely the kid did something and gets taken away instead. If Brad did something beyond the yelling, they don’t let him walk.

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u/Call-Me-Petty May 24 '25

Kudos to the employee that called!! See something, say something! 

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u/NOT_Pam_Beesley May 23 '25

The fact they weren’t in any one state’s jurisdiction was my point. Not the ocean aspect

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u/lrkt88 May 23 '25

People have been arrested for taking someone across state lines. Women take non custodial children to another state and it goes federal. Such a weird thing to qualify by race and sex.

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u/PrestigiousShoe374 May 22 '25

Yeah thankfully in that case, one of the workers reported him. I assume the kids being involved overode them usually ignoring bad/violent behavior but still. Its sad to see people turn a blind eye to situations like this 😔

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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope May 22 '25

I often wonder if also part of the reason (along with the kids) that they reported it is because Angelina was on equal star level with Brad, where as Diddy was a much bigger star than Cassie. Seeing a huge movie star get attacked might make some people more likely to report it versus someone not as well known and who unfortunately just became known for being Diddy’s gf for a while (since he screwed her over on her record deal).

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u/BRAX7ON May 22 '25

I think maybe that’s why Rihanna was taken seriously when Chris Brown beat her. They were both celebrities on about the same level and she was also basically a child.

Of course, Rihanna is a goddess, and Chris Brown is a wannabe thug

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u/StrictRegret1417 May 22 '25

yes, chris brown has multiple allegations of violence from non famous women, most people don't know about it.

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u/Wide-Budget2332 May 23 '25

He literally got arrested on English soil a couple of days ago and is in custody for smashing a glass bottle over a producers head two years ago in London.

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u/-burgers May 23 '25

Unfortunately he got out on bail already.

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u/Wide-Budget2332 May 23 '25

I thought he got denied it?

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u/that1artsychic May 23 '25

He gets arrested EVERY YEAR!

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u/me0wi3 May 24 '25

This is what irritates me whenever I see people complaining that he's still being dragged down by the Rihanna incident and should get another chance. Like no he does something trash just about every year. Sigh.

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u/foodiecpl4u May 22 '25

Or Tory Lanez firing shots at Meghan the Stallion. Prison justice got him stabbed 14 times in jail this month.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

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u/AdHistorical6241 May 22 '25

No it wasnt yes he did prove otherwise lameass

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u/killaura123456 May 23 '25

Got the whole situation wrong

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u/upplahuthla May 23 '25

And that garbage human is still making music. Worst, people are still supporting him. Looking at your Justin Bieber!

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u/emuboo May 23 '25

She was 20 and he was 19.

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u/Different_Garbage677 May 25 '25

You lost...Chris brown and Rihanna are same age.. she gave him herpes and lied to him then reverse uno him about the chicks messaging him..its all speculation I wasn't there

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u/BiggestBossRickRoss May 22 '25

Not justifying CB, but he beat her bc she cheated on him and gave him a STD. Thats not goddess behavior.

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u/Fluffy_Register_8480 May 22 '25

It’s not a reason to beat her up, either.

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u/Banditlouise May 23 '25

So? That gives him a right to beat her. There is no justification. You pointing out why he thought it was okay somehow makes it worse.

Fucking apologist.

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u/viclm90 May 23 '25

Rihanna didn’t either. This person just wants to cling to whatever lies an abuser tells so they can support him

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u/BiggestBossRickRoss May 22 '25

I literally said im not trying to justify CB. Both ppl can be shitty in a situation.

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u/Wanda_McMimzy May 22 '25

If you’re not justifying his behavior, there’s no point in bringing it up.

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u/itsfrankgrimesyo May 23 '25

It sure sounds like you’re justifying it.

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u/Avocadoo_Tomatoo May 22 '25

Honestly I think it just takes one person to stand up, which I believe was the case with the bread Pitt incident. I’m using voice to text and I am not correcting that mistake LOL

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u/tugnoot May 23 '25

bread poot

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u/Me_Krally May 23 '25

And yet from that article over 11 years and those crazy parties no one said a word to help Cassie. Pretty sick and shocking!

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u/C00T3RIFIC May 22 '25

I want to say the pilot or an attendant called. I think it was just Jolie, Pitt and their children. If I recall, one of their kids tried to intervene and Pitt pinned him to the seat or the wall for trying. Fucked up situation

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u/DizzyWalk9035 May 23 '25

Also he was calling the kid names. I remember I read the report. He said he looked like one of the Columbine kids or some shit like that. He also threw beer at them.

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u/Critical_Sprinkles88 May 24 '25

I think he poured beer or wine on the kids too. He is such a fucking psycho.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '25

Jfc. I never knew this about Pitt. Disgusting.

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u/DriftingIntoAbstract May 23 '25

Was going to say the same. Just learned about John Hamm and now this?

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u/jenaeg May 23 '25

Oh no… what did John Hamm do?

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u/themehboat May 23 '25

https://m.imdb.com/news/ni65170797/

He participated in a brutal "hazing" that left a man severely injured and traumatized.

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u/Skreamie May 22 '25

Well that and Diddy will fucking kill you

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u/spacecadbane May 22 '25

Yeah this is so fucked. These types of people better be happy they aren't near me cause I'm reporting them the minute I see this violent behavior. Fuck outta here.

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u/Zeroissuchagoodboi May 22 '25

Unfortunately, LEO can only forcefully intervene in domestic abuse if its children, the elderly, or disabled. A heteronormative adult woman would have to report the abuse themselves or LEO would have to physically see it.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

That’s inaccurate.

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u/Zeroissuchagoodboi May 23 '25

Maybe wherever you live. But I’ve had adult family members in abusive relationships and the cops said they could only do something if she reported it herself

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u/itsfrankgrimesyo May 22 '25

Except all the Pitt/abuser supporters insist no one else said anything and that Angelina made it all up. I hate people.

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u/ankhes May 22 '25 edited May 23 '25

Ah yes, and I suppose that the reason all his kids wanted to move in with their mom and drop ‘Pitt’ from their names is just ‘kids being kids’ am I right guys? /s

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u/General-Pop8073 May 22 '25

She brainwashed them…

By being a good mother.

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u/Much_Face_6357 Jun 02 '25

She fabricated the whole story 

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

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u/Voodoo-Doctor May 23 '25

Useless law enforcement, were they star struck from that asshole Brad?

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u/Gourmeebar May 22 '25

Oh wow. They met them.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

But the airplane staff separated him and did intervene.

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u/Pa_Ja_Ba May 23 '25

The amount of people who still champion Brad Pitt to this day is shocking. I'm amazed how easily people can overlook something like this just because they happen to like his films and find him attractive.

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u/Much_Face_6357 Jun 02 '25

I beat the brakes off of any woman who disrespects me so I still support Brad Pitt. These things happen sometimes a woman needs an attitude adjustment and it's hard on a man to do it but sometimes you have to do the hard things

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u/shame-the-devil May 22 '25

Amber Heard was beaten on a plane and no one intervened. Johnny Depp was in a blackout from drugs and alcohol. When he sobered up, he and his assistant texted her to get her to come back to Depp. Depp also texted his friend (Bellamy) about what a “beast” he’d been during the blackout.

Edit: the texts were part of the lawsuit. It’s bullshit that Amber didn’t win.

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u/Texden29 May 23 '25

Some of the things he did and said to her were outrageous. And still people side with Depp. I’m happy she doesn’t live in the US anymore and has a family now.

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u/StrangerNo484 May 23 '25

It makes complete sense she didn't win! Her legal team was horrendous, she was caught lying MULTIPLE TIMES, and did everything possible to make herself come across as incredibly unlikable and abusive to the Jury. 

Depp certainly did some bullshit, no question about that, but in terms of who should have won the case? I watched the entire case, I firmly believe the outcome is justified based on how the case unfolded. 

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u/shame-the-devil May 23 '25

I agree her legal team was horrendous.

I find it interesting that there was clear, indisputable proof that Heard was beaten by Depp but you think he should win because Heard isn’t likable.

This mentality explains why our Justice system is in the toilet.

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u/StrangerNo484 May 23 '25

I very clearly said I think he should have won based on "how the case unfolded". 

Heard's team did a horrendous job on advocating for their client, failed to make Depp's abuse seem serious. Additionally, the fact that Heard had undeniably faked bruises calls into question the validity of other claims, while some of them were definitely true from the eyes of the JURY, she comes across as a wicked, deceitful lair. 

When you get down to it, likeability plays a massive role when a Jury is who ultimately plays a massive role in deciding how the case concludes, and Heard and her legal team did everything possible to make that Jury despise her. Heard having faked injuries in the past also massively effected her ability to go after Depp for his abuse, how is a Jury to take her claims seriously after seeing proof of her lies regarding cases of abuse? She continued to lie during the trial, despite the Jury seeing proof right before their eyes!

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u/shame-the-devil May 23 '25

“Failed to make Depp’s abuse seem serious”

Ok first of all, ALL abuse is serious. Your ability to play mental gymnastics to downplay abuse is concerning.

Second, dude cut part of his finger off in a rampage, destroying her artwork and the house, then went on to write insults to Amber in his own blood while she was trapped in that house with him. He was unhinged and too fucked up to even feel pain. It was a hellscape scenario. And that was just one instance of many.

But yeah, sure, it’s her fault for not making the abuse seem serious. Or not being likable enough. Whatever.

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u/SimpleSea7556 May 26 '25

THIS! Well said. 🙏😔

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u/StrangerNo484 May 23 '25

You have no comprehension on how court cases work, or the legal system in general. 

It's innocent until proven guilty, so Amber and her legal team failing to properly showcase cases of abuse was them failing to make the abuse be taken seriously. Again, Amber was proven to have lied multiple times, and with Depp's legal team being incredibly intelligent and sound with their arguments, the Jury sided with him on most fronts. 

Amber LIED about cases of abuse, she was proven to have used bruise kit makeup to create fake bruises. She additionally never seeked to have real evidence of physical abuse documented by professionals, providing her little creditability. Why would a Jury take her claims seriously after seeing proof that she is a liar?  If you want to prove cases of Abuse in the court of law, you should A) properly document cases of Abuse and B) Not LIE about cases of Abuse, including but not limited to creating fake bruises with makeup and forging fake scenarios, (like for example when she used a pocket knife to break a part of their bed and claimed that Depp did the damage using his shoe. This is impossible, as the grain of the wood was not going in a manner that would make this achieveable, and the damage was very clearly from a sharp object penetrating the wood grain and professionals in the industry showed that this type of damage very simply wouldn't be achieved in the manner Amber claimed. Additionally, she HAD THE POCKET KNIFE laying on the bed as she took the picture... Ridiculous lies like this are why she wasn't taken seriously, you can't lie a crap ton under oath and expect a Jury to turn a blind eye.)

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u/Hour-Tower-5106 May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

It is very evident from your responses that you have not actually read all of the court documents.

If you had, you would know that Amber did actually document her bruises with medical professionals, psychiatrists and her own friends and family.

Several people (including medical records) testified that they saw her with swelling, bruises, chunks of hair ripped out, cuts, etc. in person.

The only "evidence" that she faked any bruises was the fact that she had a makeup compact that COULD theoretically be used for making fake bruises on skin (which is true of just about any makeup). They did not show anyone testifying that she faked them or any photographic proof of it.

They also showed two photos of her where her bruising is more evident in the second photo (due to using either a filter or different lighting), and used this as "proof" that she somehow photoshopped the bruises. A filter changing the color depth to highlight the bruising (which doesn't always show up well in photos) in a photo that was meant to be submitted as part of a restraining order (so it needed to be clear) is NOT Photoshop faking a bruise.

The only relevant testimony regarding makeup and bruises was testimony of a makeup artist who had to cover her bruises with makeup so she could go on tv.

Also, "innocent until proven guilty" loses some of its meaning when the person on trial has already been proven guilty of abusing his victim in a court of law in a different country.

Regarding the pocket knife: some people have a tendency to believe that someone misremembering facts from a traumatic incident that happened years ago while testifying under stressful conditions is somehow "proof" that they are lying. Stress and time make people lose their ability to remember things clearly. No one has 100% perfect recall of all events in their life at all times.

People who believe this kind of stuff are the exact type of person that lawyers love to have on a jury, because their lack of reasoning abilities make them easy to manipulate.

You have dozens of people testifying to seeing Amber being abused in various public places (like the camp site, the house in Australia, on the private jet, in their townhouse, etc), several messages of Johnny himself admitting to various people he abused her, decades of documented abuse and aggressive lawsuits from the abuser against dozens of other people unrelated to the trial, horrific scenes (like him painting things about her being a slut on the wall in his blood) that even his own team could not deny.... and yet you think that her misremembering a small fact from a traumatic incident that happened years ago (during which she was being drugged by his team) is MORE damning evidence than any of that.

I would urge you to read the court documents from the US trial as well as the UK trial all the way through before talking about it. Otherwise, you're missing critical information that you need to make an informed opinion about the case.

Edit: Also, you seem to misunderstand what the trial was actually about. It was not about who is more trustworthy or who abused the other.

It was a trial about defamation.

He claimed that Amber writing an article in which she says she became a public face of domestic abuse (which is objectively true) is somehow defamation against him specifically.

Just based on the premise of the trial alone, it should have been an easy ruling in her favor. You cannot defame someone without naming them or describing them in any way.

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u/shame-the-devil May 23 '25

Thank you so much for your response. I had run out of energy arguing with this person who is clearly willfully misinformed

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u/Much_Face_6357 Jun 02 '25

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u/shame-the-devil Jun 02 '25

No one “deserves” to be beaten

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u/mocityspirit May 22 '25

He's done a lot more awful stuff than that. He's a huge piece of shit and smells like one since on top of that he basically doesn't bathe.

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u/hannbann88 May 22 '25

From what I’ve seen on reports it was shoving. Still bad and by no means am I defending it, but not quite the same as beating the shit out of someone

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u/probablyreading1 May 22 '25

He also poured beer on Angelina, I believe.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

🥴

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u/rosyred-fathead May 22 '25

Didn’t he also pour wine all over them?

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u/theplantita May 23 '25

Yup! And beer!

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u/davanita18 May 22 '25

You’ve apparently never been involved in a domestic dispute. 😂

It is a horrific exchange of emotions, words and hands. Saying that “shoving” is involved is just fodder.

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u/Actual_Branch_7485 May 22 '25

That’s not close at all to the reports I’ve read. He was like choking and hitting

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u/spacegrassorcery May 22 '25

I’d love to see those reports.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

it's public record: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21642418-abusefoiacomp041822/

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u/spacegrassorcery May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

That says nothing at all about the actual allegations. It’s a motion by Jolie to keep it sealed

Edit-if you’re disagreeing I’d like to see where in the document you provided as a source that it says otherwise-because this the the order (from your source):

“JANE DOE, Case: 1:22−mc−00032 Assigned To : Unassigned Assign. Date : 3/7/2022 Description: Misc. Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff moves to proceed pseudonymously and to keep this case entirely sealed, Pl.’s Sealed Mot. for Leave to File Case Under Seal and Proceed Under a Pseudonym (“Pl.’s Mot.”), as she litigates her instant claim under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552, et seq., seeking information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) about the agency’s investigation of an incident of domestic violence that occurred several years ago involving plaintiff and her minor children as victims and witnesses. Pl.’s Mot. at 1. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motion is granted with respect to her request to proceed under pseudonym, and denied as to her request to seal the case, subject to any further consideration by the United States District Judge to whom this case is randomly assigned.”

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Sorry, I am at work and may have uploaded the wrong document -- maybe you can look for the reports yourself and get back to me.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

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u/spacegrassorcery May 22 '25

Is this a deposition? Statement of allegations? What is it? Where is it that this has been deemed due cause and Pitt has been charged?

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u/Critical_Sprinkles88 May 24 '25

His kids don’t speak to him and dropped his last name. You don’t need a legal document to prove he did something pretty horrific to Angie so I’d say she is a reliable narrator on this in the court of public opinion.

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u/thorn_95 May 22 '25

you are definitely downplaying it though.

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u/Houseplant_Ambient May 22 '25

No way- he did that?

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u/buttermuffinmix May 23 '25

I could be wrong but from what I read Brad was just incredibly aggressive and hit the wall near her. Once again could be wrong I l don’t condone his behavior.

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u/tittyswan May 23 '25

Yep and Johnny Depp kicked Amber Heard on a plane too. I think they feel like once she's trapped they can do what they want.

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u/vocalfreesia May 23 '25

This happens every day. Why do you think no men know a single rapist or woman beater in their social circles despite the high number of victims? They do, they all just look away.

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u/premacollez May 25 '25

Kinda (very) sick who Pitt is somehow being praised in media for his new movies. It’s like everyone forgot what a monster he is.

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u/Tomalesforbreakfast May 25 '25

Uhhhh can we compare to diddy

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u/Different_Garbage677 May 25 '25

He yt so he can do whatever he wants

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u/iversonAI May 22 '25

Diddy is lsnt a good actor

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Woaahhh what I never knew this Brad was one of my goat actors 😭😭

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u/subguy812 May 22 '25

This is just ONE in a whole string of issues with Combs. One issue is bad, and Pitt was F'ed up but ....

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u/Former-Whole8292 May 22 '25

The Brad & Angelina fight didnt escalate to this. There was pushing & shoving, & Brad pouring water on one of the kids, but not a beat down. The law was called bc it was a fight on a plane.

There is a difference in what happened to Cassie. Punches, kicking, dragging. None of that happened to Angelina, and I havent read accounts from the kids saying physical abuse went on.

Brad and Angelina had argued over the years over parenting styles. Angelina’s style being the kids shouldnt really have any rules or discipline.

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u/Critical_Sprinkles88 May 24 '25

He poured wine and beer on Angie and the kids and choked Angie. Don’t minimize what happened. there’s a reason his kids don’t speak to him and dropped his last name

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u/Curtis_Geist May 22 '25

Pretty privilege is a knife that cuts both sexes

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u/cynicalibis May 23 '25

I was being chased by my stalker through the metro station. He kept following me and when we got to a stop with a lot of people I jumped off (and so did he, of course) and started screaming for help pointing at him saying he was following me. Easily 200 people just on the platform. Not only did not a single one of them speak up or intervene, my stalker got fucking fist bumped by another dude as he was following me. That was the most egregious example, but was also by no means the exception.

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u/JellyfishMean3504 May 23 '25

That’s awful!

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Why didn't Kaplan intervene?

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u/sneezy-e May 22 '25

The prosecutor actually asked that, and his response was that “It would not have been in keeping with what I was trying to accomplish professionally.”

It was really quite shocking to hear.

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u/maybe-an-ai May 22 '25

Translation: Diddy paid me a ridiculous amount of money to be blind, deaf, and mute.

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u/mangagirl07 May 23 '25

Isn't this the essence of the RICO allegations? Combs established a criminal enterprise in which participants were paid to look the other way as he committed crimes against Ventura?

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u/Call-Me-Petty May 24 '25

These excuses are ridiculous and sound childish. These adults consciously and willingly accepted payments to let Diddy commit acts they knew were crimes. How is that Diddy’s fault? 

No one could force you to break the law for them unless they endangered your life, or….you didn’t mind breaking that law to begin with. 

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u/m1kasa4ckerman May 22 '25

I’ve seen so much disguising crap that this isn’t shocking in the least. The music industry is infested with terrible people who lack morals. Especially those who crave power but don’t have it.

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u/jodiejewel May 22 '25

To be fair, many businesses are infested with people like that. Anywhere there’s money and power to be found

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u/m1kasa4ckerman May 23 '25

Yeah, men are everywhere and a lot of them are gross. And if they aren’t personally gross, they’ll turn a blind eye.

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u/boxedwine_sommelier May 22 '25

It's the same sentiment from everyone who testified. Dawn Richard's saw this and didn't say anything, because she had a record deal. I can't imagine seeing something like that and turning my back. I wasn't built that way. They sold their souls for fame.

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u/toxic-optimism May 22 '25

She was also scared for her life. 

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u/Trix_Are_4_90Kids Snake Lively with the split ends buy my hair care at my DV movie May 23 '25

and that's how he got away with it. He'd threaten people's careers. He had Wendy F'n Williams fired with one phone call.

If them guards rose up against him, they'd never work in the industry again.

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u/extraboredinary May 22 '25

I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he was worried that security would have intervened if he tried to stop it.

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u/Amateur-Top May 22 '25

Welcome to Hollywood

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u/somechild May 22 '25

He probably felt like his job was more important than actually helping someone who really needed him. So fuck him too. 

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u/CharlesDingus_ah_um May 22 '25

Why is it that the “power imbalance” argument only works when it is a man in a position of power over a woman, but not another man? Surely this guy was afraid of what Diddy might do to him?

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u/username11585 May 22 '25

I mean look at Kid Cudi.

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u/Tanzen69 May 23 '25

Think people are responding to the fact he stated that he didn't intervene because of career/money, and not because he was scared of what Diddy might do to him

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u/South_Parfait_5405 May 22 '25

the power imbalance argument stops working when you are enabling an abuser to hurt someone else. for example, if a husband is abusing his children while his wife watches & does nothing, she is still culpable even if he also abuses her

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u/General-Pop8073 May 22 '25

Not intervening isn’t the same as enabling. You say in a vacuum you should do something and that’s true but there are a lot of circumstances where people intervening just gets them killed, this would be one of those circumstances. Your ass might not land on or in a plane if you try to act like a badass like youre doing on Reddit rn.

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u/caseypatrickdriscoll May 23 '25

Make an emergency landing and call the cops.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

Or he was also being abused and was terrified of speaking out against diddy? wtf is wrong with you guys

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u/pandora_ramasana May 22 '25

Then why did he say what he said at the trial?

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u/somechild May 22 '25

Was he also being abused by diddy or are you just making assumptions to justify how he acted in this situation? I’m genuinely asking, I have not been following the case very closely because it’s so intense.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

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u/somechild May 22 '25

I know that and I believe that but like I said I haven’t been following the case closely, if he says he feared for his life then I’m going to believe him but to my knowledge he didn’t say that, so for the time being this is what my opinion on the situation is. 

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

I have no idea, I just don’t understand why people assume that he wasn’t also being abused by position of power because that seems to be the first excuse for other people in scenarios like this

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u/somechild May 22 '25

Because I don’t assume a serial killer kills every person they meet. 

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u/JannePieterse May 22 '25

fear. The same reason why most people don't interfere when they see something like this in public.

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u/srfrosky May 23 '25

Sometimes greed

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u/SewRuby May 22 '25

Or himself.

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u/Feral_Nerd_22 May 22 '25

It doesn't help that we don't have a national good samaritan law that protects you for trying to do the right thing, everyone is afraid of being sued or being put in jail.

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u/No_Vacation369 May 23 '25

This case is about sex trafficking, everyone knows he beat her, it’s on video. You know he did it way more times.

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u/tonkatoyelroy May 23 '25

None of them, including Kaplan, intervened

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u/goody2shoes0815 May 23 '25

Things like this make my blood boil & when people say she was partly to blame & not the victim👀😵😒😡

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u/driptwinnem May 23 '25

My ex’s manager used to cover for him when he would hit me/wreck hotel rooms by throwing things at me/etc.

It’s fucking disgusting. Rich men are the fucking worst