Aubrey O’Day is speaking out some more about the results of Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ trial.
In a lengthy message posted to her Instagram Story on Wednesday (July 2) — the same day a jury ruled that the disgraced mogul is guilty on transportation to engage in prostitution charges, but not the more serious sex-trafficking and racketeering crimes he was accused of — the singer summed up her feelings on the verdict
“I’m still unpacking the magnitude of it all,” she began. “The cultural weight of this decision is immeasurable. It is heartbreaking to witness how many lives have been impacted by their experiences with Sean Combs — only for those stories to fall short in the eyes of a jury. I can only hope those jurors never have to watch someone they love endure what so many survivors have described.”
“Let’s be clear: the courtroom operates by the law, but that DOES NOT mean it delivers justice,” O’Day continued. “The pattern of behavior Sean Combs has shown us over the decades is not a mystery. It’s a warning. And now, that pattern risks being reframed — and has now been legitimized by the system. That wasn’t Bonnie and Clyde — it was control, coercion, and abuse- and we have to stop rewriting history to excuse the behavior–no matter how powerful the person. That narrative is not just dishonest. It’s dangerous.”
The jury’s verdict capped off a seven-week trial, during which federal prosecutors attempted to convict Combs for running an alleged criminal enterprise built on sex-trafficking, abuse, drugs and coercion. The trial included days of testimony from the Bad Boy Records founder’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
“My heart is with Cassie,” O’Day wrote in her note. “A woman who could’ve had a life and career free of fear and control. A woman who told her truth in a courtroom, only to have the world dissect her credibility instead of her courage.”
“Women, nor men, nor ANY ARTIST are the property of those with the most wealth, fame and power,” she added. “We are not disposable. 12 people on a jury will not be deciding that for us.”
O’Day has been speaking out against Combs for years, having previously been a part of the girl group Danity Kane, which the hip-hop titan helped form on Making the Band 3 in 2005. O’Day was kicked out of the lineup in 2008, and she has alleged that Combs ejected her because she refused to comply with his non-music-related requests.
After Combs was arrested in September 2024 following Homeland Security raids on his homes in Los Angeles and Miami that year in March, O’Day called it a “win for women all over the world” and said she felt “validated.” But when the producer was partially acquitted, O’Day said that the verdict made her feel sick in posts shared shortly before her longer letter.
“Oh, this makes me physically ill,” she professed Wednesday in a video on her Instagram Story. “Cassie probably feels so horrible. I’m gonna vomit.”
