Dangerous Boy founder and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a federal lawsuit filed by his former artist and ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who claims that he raped her and subjected her to years of bodily and sexual abuse over the course of their decade-long relationship.
Combs, along with his firms: Dangerous Boy Leisure, Dangerous Boy Data LLC, Epic Data, Combs Enterprises, LLC, and as much as 10 staff who have been witnesses to violence towards Ventura however didn’t intervene have all been named as defendants.
Atlanta Black Star obtained the lawsuit filed Thursday, Nov. 16, in New York, which states Combs “lured Ms. Ventura into an ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled life-style and right into a romantic relationship with him.”
Legal professionals for the singer, who was signed to his Dangerous Boy label within the early 2000s, quoted Diddy’s 2022 BET Lifetime Achievement Award speech, wherein he stated, “I’ve to provide a particular shoutout, thanks, love, to the those who was actually there for me … [a]nd additionally Cassie, for holding me down in the dead of night occasions, love.”
“The reality, nevertheless, is that Cassie—Ms. Casandra Ventura—was held down by Mr. Combs and endured over a decade of his violent conduct and disturbed calls for,” the criticism alleges. “For Ms. Ventura, the ‘darkish occasions’ have been these she spent trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence, and intercourse trafficking.”
The 2 met in 2005 when Cassie was 19 and Diddy was 37 years outdated and have been in a relationship for shut to twenty years. In line with the swimsuit, Diddy “asserted full management over” Cassie’s private {and professional} life throughout that point.
All through the swimsuit, Cassie particulars a number of incidents of grotesque abuse. One occasion occurred at her twenty first birthday celebration, wherein Diddy invited himself to. In line with Cassie, Cassie Diddy first compelled himself onto her that night. She had a boyfriend then, and Diddy was relationship the mom of three of his youngsters, Kim Porter, on the time.
Cassie alleges that Diddy raped her on quite a few events. The newest prevalence was in 2018 at her house after she tried to interrupt off their relationship.
The singer additionally stated that he typically bodily abused her. Within the criticism, the attorneys state she was “punched, beat, kicked and stomped … leading to bruises, burst lips, black eyes and bleeding.” Different abuse claims allege that Diddy made the “Me & U “ recording artist “interact in intercourse acts with male intercourse staff whereas masturbating and filming the encounters.”
One occasion recalled within the 35-page lawsuit was when the “Gotta Transfer On” singer beat Cassie up after leaving a celebration with rapper Jay-Z.
“After a celebration with Jay-Z, Mr. Combs beat Ms. Ventura repeatedly in an Escalade, together with by kicking and hitting her,” the criticism stated, including, “He compelled her out of the car on Fifth Avenue in New York Metropolis.”
On account of her time with the music producer, Cassie says she was sucked into a way of life of extreme alcohol and substance abuse which required her to obtain illicit prescriptions to fulfill his addictions.
Cassie’s lawsuit towards Puff Daddy has a “set off warning” on the entrance web page.
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— Armon Wiggins (@ArmonWiggins) November 16, 2023
The lawsuit additional contends that Diddy, after discovering out {that a} musician (believed to be Child Cudi) appreciated Cassie, blew up his automobile.
“Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations,” Ben Brafman, Diddy’s lawyer, stated in an announcement to CNN. “For the previous 6 months, Mr. Combs, has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, beneath the specter of writing a harmful e-book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail.”
His lawyer added, “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 looking for a payday.”
Cassie, who left Diddy’s label in 2019, says that she is simply looking for justice and eventually desires to be heard.
“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 advantage of different ladies who face violence and abuse of their relationships,” she stated in a remark.
She famous there was urgency related to her lawsuit and talking out.
“With the expiration of New York’s Grownup Survivors Act quick approaching, it turned clear that this was a possibility to talk up concerning the trauma I’ve skilled and that I can be recovering from for the remainder of my life,” she stated.
The NYAS Act was created in 2022 to permit grownup sexual abuse survivors the possibility to sue their abuser in court docket regardless of the statute of limitations having expired. Survivors got one yr to file paperwork towards the offender, which ends the day after Thanksgiving on Nov. 24.
However Cassie desires Diddy held liable for years of utilizing the repeated follow “our factor” and “our secret.” The lawsuit additionally accuses him of creating sexual requests within the bed room and recording her whereas she was with different males. It particulars how scared she was of Diddy utilizing the load of his title and mood to regulate her.
As well as, court docket paperwork state the various occasions she tried to flee from Combs, and he’d use his “community of enforcers” to “lure” her or “power her to come back again. There was additionally the point out of a 2015 incident in a lodge the place she screamed from being crushed by Diddy, however nobody might hear her over the loud music.
“When Mr. Combs’s head of safety and assistant noticed Ms. Ventura after theassault, they started to cry,” the criticism acknowledged. “Ms. Ventura had two black eyes, a burst and bruised lip, and an enormous welt on her brow.”
A yr later, whereas inebriated, the entertainer allegedly gave Cassie one other black eye at one other lodge, which led to an argument within the hallway the place he threw glass at her. The swimsuit claims Diddy paid “$50,000 for the hallway safety footage from that night.”
Ventura can be looking for financial damages in addition to compensation for her legal professional charges. She is now married to health coach Alex High quality they usually share two youngsters.
