Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of rape, physical abuse for over a decade by singer Cassie: suit
By Social Links forKatherine Donlevy
Published Nov. 16, 2023
Updated Nov. 16, 2023, 7:43 p.m. ET
Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of raping and physically abusing Cassie — an R&B singer once signed to his label — for over a decade, according to a bombshell lawsuit she filed Thursday.
Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, claims the legendary music producer and rapper trafficked, raped and viciously beat her starting in 2005 and up until 2018, the Manhattan federal suit — filed with a glaring “trigger warning” — states.
“After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships,” Ventura, 37, said in a statement via her attorneys at Wigdor LLP.
The “Me & U” singer’s allegations include that Combs, 54, regularly fed her drugs and alcohol, forced her to have sex with male prostitutes while he filmed the encounters and blew up Kid Cudi’s car when he learned the rapper was romantically interested in her.
When she tried to leave the relationship in 2018, the Revolt CEO allegedly forced Ventura into her own home and raped her, the lawsuit states.
The pair had a public on-and-off-again relationship that she claims started shortly after meeting in 2005, when she was just 19 and he was 37.
Combs signed Ventura to his label Bad Boy Records and subsequently plunged the teenager into a “fast-paced, and drug-fueled lifestyle” that later left her grappling with substance abuse issues, the complaint alleges.
The music mogul first introduced Ventura to opiates in 2008 in an attempt to keep her compliant and would keep pills and other drugs out in the open “like candy,” the suit alleges.
Ventura claims Combs “frequently” and “savagely” beat her multiple times over the years, often in front of staff and business associates, but that no one dared to push back against one of the most famous names in hip-hop, according to the filing.
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