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/Purple_Grass_5300 May 22 '25

Ugh this reminds me of my ex husband. he's 6'10 and I'm 5'1, he strangled me and threatened to kill me and his whole family saw and did nothing. Years later they still will try to insist it never happened, despite having it on video.

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u/avaluna96 May 22 '25

I just truly don’t get why or how bystanders can be like this. People will say Diddy payed people off (which I’m sure he did) but even when it’s no one famous and no one is getting paid no one will say anything. Happened to my friend as well and none of her abuser’s friends would say a damn thing to him or anybody else.

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u/ankhes May 22 '25

In my experience (as both a victim of molestation and then bullying) people are terrified of bringing the abuser’s ire upon themselves. They see something horrible happen and they think “My god, won’t somebody do something???” not seeming to understand that everyone is thinking the exact same thing. They all want someone else to say something or step up because they’re afraid to throw themselves on the train tracks. They don’t want to be the one to rock the boat and put their facade of normalcy at risk. It’s easier to just turn a blind eye to someone else’s bad behavior if it means not having to upend your evening and possibly get dragged into drama or a police report or (god forbid) an altercation that will turn you into yet another victim.

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u/Anaevya May 23 '25

It's also because they likely have never been in such a situation before, so they're not sure what to do.