Cassie has shared the news that she’s expecting child number three with her husband, Alex Fine.
The singer, whose lawsuit against Diddy kicked off the spate of criminal and civil charges against the mogul, announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday (February 19). She shared a carousel of photos of her, Fine, and their two daughters Frankie and Sunny.
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She captioned the photos “[Pregnant woman emoji] [blue heart emoji] #3.”
Check the photos below.
Late last month, prosecutors in Diddy’s federal criminal case accused the Bad Boy head of being ready to “embarrass” Cassie, which is why, they argued, he should be denied unrestricted access to “freak-off” videos she provided as evidence in the case — a position the judge in the case agreed with.
While Diddy has been able to review many of the tapes at his leisure, both alone and with his legal team, to help build his defense, some of the videos that Cassie herself provided have been deemed more sensitive. Thus, due to a Protective Order, they can only be viewed by Diddy and his attorneys in person, while they are monitored by law enforcement officials.
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Diddy’s team argued that they needed more access so he can review the tapes while behind bars, and filed a motion requesting that access.
In a document filed with the court on January 28 and seen by HipHopDX, prosecutors told the judge they feel the access should not be granted. They noted that these videos are being more guarded for Cassie’s protection, and added: “The defendant’s apparent willingness to violate the Protective Order in order to embarrass Victim-1 [Cassie] and litigate this case in the public domain, as demonstrated by his filing of [his request for more access, which claimed that the encounters were consensual], underscores these concerns. There is now an even stronger basis for the Court to strictly regulate the defendant’s access to the Inspection-Only Videos.”
The judge ultimately denied Diddy’s request for more access, writing, “While the Government objects to handing the videos over, they provide several options for defendant to consider that would permit the defense to view the videos, access the information they are looking for, and even allow them to manipulate the videos as they see fit.”
Earlier that month, Diddy’s defense team filed a letter claiming that the nine videos they’ve viewed show “private sexual activity between fully consenting adults in a long-term relationship” and also show Cassie “thoroughly enjoy[ing] herself.”
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They also allege that Cassie, who is referred to as Victim-1, “is evidently happy, dominant and completely in control.”
The letter describes the tapes as “direct evidence undermining the ‘core’ of the government’s case,” a reference to prosecutors’ initial declaration that “Freak-off activity is the core of this case.”
