Sean “Diddy” Combs has denied allegations of rape and abuse from his ex-girlfriend Cassie. Combs and Cassie, whose authorized title is Casandra Ventura, began relationship in 2007 and had an on-and-off relationship for greater than 10 years. The American music mogul signed Cassie to his label in 2005 when she was 19 and he was 37.
On Thursday, Cassie filed a lawsuit in New York federal courtroom alleging that Combs introduced her into his “ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled life-style” after she met him.
The lawsuit additional alleges that Combs was “liable to uncontrollable rage” and bodily abused her throughout their relationship together with punching, beating, kicking and stomping on her. It alleges that Combs urged Cassie to make use of medicine and compelled her to have intercourse with different males whereas he masturbated and filmed.
“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,” Cassie stated in an announcement. The singer is looking for unlisted compensatory and punitive damages, NBC Information reported.
However an legal professional for Combs has denied the allegations. “Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations,” Combs’ lawyer, Ben Brafman, stated in an announcement.
“For the previous six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, underneath the specter of writing a dangerous e book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail,” Brafman stated within the assertion. “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’s status and looking for a payday.”
Three-time Grammy winner Combs, who’s behind Dangerous Boy Data, has labored with a number of artists together with Usher, Lil Kim, Infamous B.I.G., and Mary J. Blige.
