Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean ”Diddy” Combs arrives on the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Could 15, 2022.
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Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean ”Diddy” Combs arrives on the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Could 15, 2022.
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NEW YORK — A lawsuit by singer Cassie containing allegations of beatings and abuse by music producer Sean ”Diddy” Combs has been settled, the artists introduced Friday, sooner or later after the lawsuit was filed.
The settlement was introduced in a press release despatched by lawyer Douglas Wigdor, who represents Cassie, whose full title is Casandra Ventura.
The assertion stated that they had reached a deal ”to their mutual satisfaction” Friday night, however no phrases of the settlement have been disclosed and no additional statements could be issued past these made by Ventura, Combs and Wigdor within the e-mail distributed by the lawyer.
In her assertion, Ventura stated: ”I’ve determined to resolve this matter amicably on phrases that I’ve some degree of management. I wish to thank my household, followers and attorneys for his or her unwavering help.”
Combs stated: ”We now have determined to resolve this matter amicably. I want Cassie and her household all the very best. Love.”
Ben Brafman, an lawyer for Combs, didn’t instantly reply to a message in search of remark. On Thursday, he stated in a press release that Combs ”vehemently denies” the allegations.
The lawsuit alleged Combs introduced the singer into his ”ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled life-style” quickly after she met him and signed to his label in 2005, when she was 19 and he was 37.
Ventura, now 37, stated Combs, now 54, started a sample of abuse as quickly as their on-and-off relationship started in 2007.
The lawsuit alleged that, ”vulnerable to uncontrollable rage,” Combs subjected Ventura to ”savage” beatings during which he punched, kicked and stomped her. It alleges he plied her with medication and compelled her to have intercourse with different males whereas he masturbated and filmed them.
In line with the lawsuit, as Ventura was attempting to finish the connection in 2018, Combs pressured her into her Los Angeles residence and raped her.
The Related Press doesn’t sometimes title individuals who say they’ve been sexually abused except they arrive ahead publicly as Ventura has.
Combs is among the many most influential hip-hop producers and executives of the previous three many years. The founding father of Dangerous Boy Data and a three-time Grammy winner, he has labored with a slew of top-tier artists together with Infamous B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Religion Evans and 112.
This yr, he launched his fifth studio album, ”The Love Album: Off the Grid,” which earned two Grammy nominations this month. It was his first studio album in 17 years.
”The dangerous boy of leisure is getting the important thing to town from the dangerous boy of politics!” Mayor Eric Adams stated in September as he offered a large key to Combs in Occasions Sq.. Combs was born in New York Metropolis and raised in close by Mount Vernon.
Ventura gained fame with the Ryan Leslie-produced hit single ”Me & U,” which rose to No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart in 2006. It was her solely studio album. As an actor, she was in a number of initiatives together with Fox’s ”Empire,” ”Step Up 2:The Streets” and ”Spenser Confidential.”
Brafman’s assertion on Thursday stated Ventura had for the previous six months persistently demanded $30 million whereas threatening to write down a harmful e-book about her relationship with Combs. The lawyer stated the calls for have been rejected as ”blatant blackmail.”
Ventura withdrew the preliminary menace earlier than submitting a lawsuit ”riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’s status and in search of a payday,” Brafman stated.
Wigdor responded Thursday in a press release saying Combs had provided her ”eight figures to silence her” and stop the lawsuit from being filed.
”She rejected his efforts and determined to offer a voice to all girl who are suffering in silence,” Wigdor stated.
Wigdor praised his shopper in a press release included in his e-mail asserting the settlement on Friday.
”I’m very pleased with Ms. Ventura for having the power to go public along with her lawsuit. She must be recommended for doing so,” he stated.