Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces fees of rape and intercourse trafficking in a bombshell lawsuit filed by his former romantic accomplice, singer Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura.
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with a lawsuit on Thursday (November 16), alleging the rape and intercourse trafficking of his former romantic accomplice and worker, singer Cassie, happening over a decade. Along with Combs, the go well with names Unhealthy Boy Information, Unhealthy Boy Leisure, Combs Enterprises, and Epic Information as defendants.
“After years in silence and darkness, I’m lastly prepared to inform my story, and to talk up on behalf of myself and for the good thing about different ladies who face violence and abuse of their relationship,” mentioned Cassie, whose authorized title is Casandra Ventura, in an announcement about her lawsuit, filed in US District Courtroom in Manhattan.
“With the expiration of New York’s Grownup Survivors Act quick approaching, it grew to become clear that this was a chance to talk up concerning the trauma I’ve skilled and that I can be recovering from for the remainder of my life,” Ventura continued.
As of final November, the Grownup Survivors Act in New York permits accusers a further one-year window to file civil claims of sexual abuse that may in any other case be barred by the statute of limitations.
Ventura’s submitting says that in 2005, the then 37-year-old Combs lured the 19-year-old singer into knowledgeable relationship by signing her to his label, Unhealthy Boy Information. Inside a number of years, he had coerced her right into a sexual relationship and launched her “to a way of life of extreme alcohol and substance abuse.” Combs allegedly compelled Ventura to “procure illicit prescriptions to fulfill his personal addictions.”
The go well with says Combs raped Ventura in her residence after she tried to finish the connection, steadily beat and kicked her, and compelled her to interact in intercourse acts with male intercourse employees “whereas masturbating and filming the encounters.” Additional, the go well with claims Combs “blew up” Child Cudi’s automobile after studying of the artist’s romantic curiosity in Ventura.
Ventura says that on a number of events, the beatings she acquired from Combs have been so extreme that he stored her hidden in her residence or lodge rooms for days or perhaps weeks at a time to make sure that bruises and different indicators of the abuse had healed.
“These beatings have been witnessed by Mr. Combs’ workers and staff of Unhealthy Boy Leisure and Mr. Combs’ associated companies, however nobody dared to talk up towards their scary and ferocious boss,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit particulars quite a few situations of sexual assault, intercourse trafficking, battery, sexual battery, and different violations. Ventura is in search of an unspecified sum of money within the type of damages.
Combs has denied the allegations per his lawyer, Ben Brafman, who supplied an announcement to the press. “For the previous six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, beneath the specter of writing a dangerous ebook about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail. Regardless of withdrawing her preliminary risk, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to submitting a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’ repute and in search of a payday.”
“Mr. Combs supplied Ms. Ventura eight figures to silence her and stop the submitting of this lawsuit,” mentioned Douglas Wigdor, an lawyer for Cassie Ventura. “She rejected his efforts and determined to provide a voice to all ladies who are suffering in silence. Ms. Ventura needs to be applauded for her bravery.”
Ventura’s go well with is the newest authorized battle for Combs, who sued alcohol big Diageo earlier this yr over alleged racial discrimination for the neglect of his manufacturers. The corporate responded by ending their enterprise relationship and submitting a countersuit towards Combs, who in flip filed one other lawsuit. These authorized proceedings have been placed on ice till 2024.