Cassie Ventura couldn’t keep the smile off her face in her first sighting since Sean “Diddy” Combs’ arrest.
The “Me & U” singer was photographed out to dinner with pals in New York City Wednesday night, two days after her ex was taken into custody.
The 38-year-old wore an all-black outfit, from her bucket hat, down to her T-shirt and belted jeans, accessorizing with hoop earrings and a cross-body bag.
Cassie was also spotted strolling with Sarah Snedeker, who is working on a documentary about Combs.
The embattled music mogul had an on-again, off-again relationship with Cassie from 2007 to 2018.
Following their breakup, she moved on with husband Alex Fine, with whom she shares daughter Frankie, 4, and daughter Sunny, 3.
The personal trainer, 31, supported his wife when she made headlines for a bombshell lawsuit against Combs in November 2023.
Cassie accused the rapper of rape, physical abuse and more in last year’s filing — and Combs settled with her within 24 hours.
The Bad Boy Records founder apologized to her in an Instagram video six months later after CNN obtained surveillance footage of him beating Cassie in a hotel in 2016.
She issued a social media statement at the time, telling her followers that “domestic violence … broke [her] down to someone [she] never thought [she] would become.”
Cassie added, “With a lot of hard work I am better today, but I will always be recovering from my past.”
While she has yet to address the multiple other sexual assault claims that have been made against Combs since her lawsuit, her lawyer reacted to his Miami and Los Angeles home raids in March.
Douglas Wigdor shared hopes with Page Six that Combs would be held “responsible for his depraved conduct.”
Federal agents arrested Combs in the Big Apple Monday evening and charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution the following day.
The Grammy winner’s lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, has denied any wrongdoing, telling Page Six that Combs, who has pleaded not guilty, “is looking forward to clearing his name.”
The record producer is currently being held in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Metropolitan Detention Center without bail until his trial.
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