R&B vocalist Cassie declared after bringing a complaint against Sean” Diddy” Braids,” After decades in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my account.”
Sean” Diddy” Combs of New York was charged in a lawsuit on Thursday with subjecting R&B singer Cassie to an extended relationship that included beatings and rape.
Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, claimed that Combs “introduced her into his “ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled life” not long after she met him and signed to his tag when she was 19 and he was 37 in 2005 in a lawsuit brought against the manufacturer and music tycoon in New York federal judge.
Combs “vehemently denies” the accusations, according to counsel Ben Brafman.
Ventura, who is now 37 years old, claimed that Combs, 54, started abusing her as soon as their marriage did.
According to the lawsuit, he beat her with” savage” blows, punching ,kicking, and stomping her. He was “prone to uncontrollable rage.” It claims that while masturbating and filming other gentlemen, he drugged her and made her own sex with them.
According to the lawsuit, Combs raped her while she was attempting to end the marriage in 2018.
In a statement, Ventura stated that” after years of silence and darkness, I am suddenly prepared to speak up for myself and for the benefit of other women who experience violence and abuse in their interactions.”
Unless they formally confess, as Ventura has, the Associated Press rarely names people who claim to have been sexually abused.
Brafman referred to the accusations as “lies.”
Under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship, which was categorically rejected as blatant blackmail, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of$ 30 million for the past six months. ” Despite withdrawing her first risk, Ms. Ventura has then turned to filing a petition rife with absurd and false lies, aiming to damage Mr. Combs’s status and demanding payment.”
In the last three years, Combs has been one of the most significant hip-hop producers and executives.
He and Ventura started dating in 2007 and dated intermittently for over ten years.
She rose to fame for the No. 1 one” Me & U,” which Ryan Leslie produced. In 2006, it occupied the top spot on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop song table. The music served as the title track for her sole studio record, which was self-titled.
She has acted in a number of television and movie projects, including Fox’s” Empire,”” Step Up 2: The Roads,” and” Spenser Confidential.”
Combs established one of hip-hop’s largest empires, blazing a path with numerous companies associated with his well-known title. He is the creator of Bad Boy Records and a three-time Grammy victor who has collaborated with numerous top-tier musicians, including Faith Evans, Notorious B. I. G., Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, and 112.
The tycoon produced the real series” Making the Band” for MTV, launched the music-focused Revolt TV channel, and founded the fashion clothing collection Sean John.
He released his fifth studio album this time,” The Love Album: Off the Grid,” which this quarter received two Grammy nominations.
The lawsuit cites Combs ‘ speech in which he thanked Ventura for “holding me down in the dark days, love” at the BET Awards in 2022 while receiving a lifetime achievement award.
The lawsuit claims that Cassie, Ms. Casandra Ventura, was restrained by Mr. Combs and put up with his aggressive behavior and unreasonable expectations for more than ten years.