Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of raping and physically abusing Cassie, an R&B singer who was once signed to his label, for more than a decade, according to an explosive lawsuit she filed Thursday.
Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, claims the legendary music producer and rapper trafficked, raped and brutally beat her from 2005 to 2018, the Manhattan federal lawsuit, filed with a blatant “trigger warning,” claims.
“After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story and speak out on my behalf and for the benefit of other women facing violence and abuse in their relationships,” Ventura, 37, said in a statement. through her attorneys at Wigdor LLP.
The “Me & U” singer’s accusations include that Combs, 54, regularly fed her drugs and alcohol, forced her to have sex with prostitutes while filming the encounters, and blew up Kid Cudi’s car when he found out. that the rapper was romantically interested in her. .
When she attempted to leave the relationship in 2018, Revolt’s CEO allegedly forced Ventura into her own home and raped her, the lawsuit claims.
The couple had an on-again, off-again public relationship that she says began shortly after they met in 2005, when she was just 19 and he was 37.
Combs signed Ventura to his Bad Boy Records label and subsequently immersed the teenager in a “fast-paced, drug-fueled lifestyle” that later left her dealing with substance abuse issues, the complaint alleges.
The music mogul first introduced Ventura to opioids in 2008 in an attempt to keep her docile and kept the pills and other drugs in plain sight “like they were candy,” the lawsuit alleges.
Ventura claims Combs hit her “frequently” and “savagely” several times over the years, often in front of staff and business partners, but that no one dared stand up to one of the most famous names in hip-hop. , according to the presentation.
Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused of rape and abuse by singer Cassie, according to a lawsuit. Jeff Vespa
She tried to escape from Combs, who was prone to “uncontrollable anger,” but they implored her to return to him because of explicit threats that ending the relationship would ruin her success in the entertainment industry, the lawsuit claims.
Ventura was explicitly told in 2016 that her single would not be released if she left her partner and boss, according to the lawsuit.
The potential negative effect that rejecting Combs would have on her career pushed her to accept his relentless advances, which allegedly included a forced kiss during a party when Combs was still in a relationship with actress Kim Porter, according to the lawsuit.
“EM. Ventura was repulsed by Mr. Combs’ demands, but between the physical beating and the recognition of his incredible power and temper, Ms. Ventura was petrified by her partner and boss, and felt she couldn’t say no.” , the document states.
Bad Boy Entertainment and Bad Boy Records, as well as Epic Records and Comb Enterprises, were also named in the lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect their employee against the egregious behavior of her “boss.”
Combs’ attorney, Ben Brafman, said his client “vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations” and claimed that Ventura had been demanding $30 million from Combs for the past six months “under the threat of writing a damaging book about his relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail.”
Ventura and Combs had an on-again, off-again relationship for more than a decade. Getty Images for SHOWTIME
“Despite withdrawing her initial threat, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to filing a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aimed at tarnishing Mr. Combs’ reputation and seeking a payday,” he said in a statement to Page. Six.
In an alleged January 2009 incident detailed in the lawsuit, Combs became “enraged” after witnessing Ventura talking to another music manager at a party in Los Angeles in hopes that it would boost his career.
Combs allegedly pushed her out of the club and into a car, where he stomped on her face until it was covered in blood while a security guard helplessly tried to intervene, the lawsuit claims.
After realizing what he had done, Combs locked Ventura in a luxury hotel for a week until his wounds could heal and refused to allow him to visit his mother afterward, the document states.
He also allegedly hit her during parties with other celebrities and music executives present and even family members, according to the lawsuit.
Combs allegedly accused Ventura with a corkscrew before mercilessly beating her upon learning that she had a brief relationship with musician Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, in 2011, when the pair were at odds.
The two met for the first time in 2005.FilmMagic
Several months later, the rapper expressed to Ventura his desire to blow up Mescudi’s car, which mysteriously exploded shortly thereafter, the lawsuit claims.
The music mogul is also accused of pressuring Ventura to engage in drugged-up sex acts with sex workers (an arrangement he called “Freak Off”) while filming, directing and masturbating.
The alleged encounters often lasted several days or weekly and were once so extreme that Combs was stuck with a damage bill to the hotel that cost him tens of thousands of dollars, according to the lawsuit.
On Ventura’s 29th birthday in 2015, Combs allegedly insisted that he leave his party to attend a “Freak Out” at a nearby hotel. When she expressed disinterest, he used her staff to corner her and force her to leave, the lawsuit states.
Combs allegedly asserted an extraordinary level of control over Ventura’s life beyond his role as her employer, including control of her money, paying for her apartments in Manhattan and Los Angeles, both located a few blocks from his, and He even forced her to carry a gun in her bags. to reinforce to his young girlfriend that he was violent, powerful and dangerous.”
The singer made an effort to leave Combs in 2018. Carl Timpone/BFA.com
He also reigned in his health and ordered that the results of an MRI that Ventura had performed on him, “potentially due to excessive drug use and/or head injuries caused by Mr. Combs’ beatings,” be sent directly to his home.
“Her volatile and abusive partner, who also owned her label and therefore had her future success in his hands, had exercised complete control over all aspects of her life,” the document states.
Each time Ventura managed to escape Combs’ abuse, she was dragged back into the relationship because of his extensive network and deranged aggression, according to the lawsuit.
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In 2018, Ventura broke up with Combs over dinner, but he allegedly broke into her home, which he paid for, and raped her, the lawsuit claims.
However, it was the last of the alleged abuses and Ventura cut all ties with Combs, the history and the properties he paid for, the lawsuit says.
“EM. Ventura has now completely escaped Mr. Combs, but the damage that the sexual assault and abuse he caused her for nearly a decade will haunt her forever,” the document states.
“He has required intensive medical and psychological care to recover from the trauma he experienced,” he says. “However, she cannot continue to live in silence about what she suffered. Mr. Combs remains immensely powerful and immensely dangerous. Therefore, Ms. Ventura seeks justice for the decade of her life that Mr. Combs took from her with threats of violence, excessive drug use, physical and psychological abuse, and sexual slavery.”
Ventura was finally pushed to shed light on her decade of abuse by the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law that allows alleged victims of sexual abuse whose claims are time-barred to file a civil suit for a period of one year, until November 1st. 24.
“As the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act approaches, it became clear that this was an opportunity to talk about the trauma I have experienced and will be recovering from for the rest of my life,” she said.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, please call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
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