(NewsNation) — Natania Reuben says she is willing to have doctors remove a piece of a bullet that remains in her face to prove Sean “Diddy” Combs shot her at a New York club in 1999.
“I’m willing to have a doctor remove a part of the 9 mm bullet in my face so that they can use it as evidence if need be for this trial,” Reuben said on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.”
New allegations from the infamous Club New York shooting in 1999 have raised questions about possible legal cover-ups involving Sean “Diddy” Combs, his former girlfriend Jennifer Lopez and rapper Jamal “Shyne” Barrow.
“Who better to tell you what happened than the person who got shot smack dab in between my eyes?” asked Reuben.
Reuben said she has spent the past 25 years trying to get justice for the night she claims Combs shot her in the face at the club, not Shyne. She tells NewsNation she doesn’t believe Diddy was properly charged, and she continues to fear for her life.
She believes she’s also putting her life at risk by speaking out about Diddy.
“I live a simple, quiet, risk-averse life,” she said. “So if I should meet with an untimely demise, it would require a deep investigation. I understand the peril of what I’m exposing.”
Around 2:55 a.m. on Dec. 27, 1999, shots rang out at Club New York in Manhattan. Three people were struck by gunfire, sending all other clubgoers into a panic, according to a New York Times report that year. The victims of the shooting were reported as innocent bystanders and didn’t suffer any life-threatening injuries, the report said.
But while Combs, Lopez and Barrow were all arrested in connection to the shooting, only Barrow was officially charged. Both Combs and Lopez were arrested on possible weapons charges but were ultimately not charged in connection to the shooting.
Reuben has remained adamant since the shooting that it was Combs who shot her in the face. She said she was facing them when they pulled out the guns and saw Combs shoot her in the nose. She filed a $130 million lawsuit for compensation against Combs in 2008 and settled in June 2011.
Barrow faced three counts of attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the shooting, the NYT reported. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Reuben wants to see similar charges for the others she claims were involved in her shooting.
“It is my assertion wholeheartedly that Mr. Combs was inappropriately charged originally,” she said. “His charges should have mirrored that of Mr. Jamal ‘Shyne’ Barrow. He should have been charged with attempted murder, reckless endangerment criminal possession of a weapon and firing that weapon in an open environment.”
NewsNation’s Liz Jassin and Devan Markham contributed to this report.
