Artist Sean Combs, also known as Puff Daddy, Diddy or Love, has reached an out-of-court settlement in the lawsuit filed against him last Thursday by his on-and-off partner of 13 years, singer and model Cassie has. The news broke on Friday evening, just 36 hours after Casandra Ventura’s (her real name) complaint was made public, in which she sued him for rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault and sex trafficking. Details of the agreement were not disclosed. As the 37-year-old’s lawyers announced last Thursday, Combs had already offered them “an eight-figure sum,” or at least $10 million, “to buy their silence and avoid this lawsuit,” which she declined. Now the pact must have been even more generous when she agreed to withdraw it.
“I have decided to resolve this matter amicably and under conditions where I have some degree of control,” Ventura said in a statement. “I would like to thank my family, my fans and my lawyers for their unwavering support.” Combs, for his part, said in a short text: “We have decided to resolve this amicably.” I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love”.
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Ventura’s lawsuit against the popular rapper was extremely harsh, and if Thursday had already dealt a blow to his public image, the trial would put him in an even bigger situation. With assets worth $1 billion, Combs was always more comfortable reaching a settlement. Ventura’s accusations were clear, detailed and seemed like something out of a horror movie.
According to her statement in the lawsuit filed in a Manhattan court, he – who, along with her partner, was her employer: she signed with his record company between 2005 and 2018 – had systematically beaten her in front of his employees for years and frequently. . In fact, according to Cassie’s version, these employees had been part of the system that did not allow her to leave the cycle of toxicity with Combs. When she tried to escape their relationship a few times, his workers searched for her until they found her and convinced her to return. “Many came to tell her that her career in the entertainment industry would be over if she did not return to him,” the law says. “Ms. Ventura felt that saying no to Mr. Combs would cost her something: her family, her friends, her career, even her life.” She never went to the police because she feared it would be just “another excuse For him it was “to hurt her again”.
The beatings took place in hotels or at his home, and even when she was injured or injured and had to spend days in bed, she was not allowed to see her family and friends. In the lawsuit, Cassie recalls two incidents in 2009 and 2016, both at hotels in Los Angeles, where he forced her to use drugs, beat her or chased her through the hallways. This is what happened in the second: He beat her, leaving bruises on her face until she fell asleep. She tried to escape and he woke up, then pounced on her and threw glass vases at her in the hallway. There were no recordings because he paid $50,000 for the security camera recording.
Cassie was also forced to participate in orgies. She herself had to search for prostitutes on the Internet and meet them for sexual relationships. Meanwhile, he watched them, masturbated and recorded the encounters – during which everyone wore masks, lingerie and costumes – on both his and her cell phones. Even though she deleted them, he restored them and showed her the videos publicly; Once she had to see one of them again on the plane. For these encounters she was forced to take drugs; In the lawsuit, she states that this helped her in part because it allowed her to mentally leave that dark place.
The last episode between them occurred after a dinner in 2018 when she was planning to break up with him. She failed to do so and his anger led to a rape in her home. “She asked him to stop and tried to push him. “Combs forcibly removed her clothing, unbuckled her belt and raped her while she repeatedly said no and attempted to push him away,” the lawsuit says. They eventually separated. She separated from him and his record label and married her personal trainer Alex Fine in 2019, with whom she has two daughters. He has seven children from different relationships, but none of them with Cassie.
Along with Thursday’s lawsuit, Cassie issued a statement. “After years of silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story and speak loud and clear, both for myself and for the benefit of other women who have experienced violence and abuse in their relationships.” The triple’s lawyers For her part, the Grammy winner denied the facts: “Over the past six months, Mr. Combs has been demanding $30 million from Ms. Ventura under the threat of publishing a damaging book” about their relationship, which has been flatly dismissed as blatant blackmail . Although Ms. Ventura had retracted her original threat, she has now launched a lawsuit filled with baseless and scandalous lies in an attempt to damage Mr. Combs’ reputation and obtain a check.
Six years ago, a former employee sued Sean Combs for sexual harassment. It was a chef named Cindy Rueda who filed a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court accusing him of forcing her to work 16 hours a day but also serve her food after he had sexual relations with some women and while he was still naked he fired her when she complained about it. In February 2019, they agreed to a financial settlement. Details were never revealed.