Music mogul Sean ’Diddy’ Combs has been accused of rape and repeated bodily abuse by his former girlfriend, R&B legend Cassie, in a brand new federal lawsuit.
The rapper, who goes by P Diddy, allegedly managed and abused Cassie for over a decade – in addition to plying her with medication, beating her, and forcing her to have intercourse with a number of male prostitutes whereas he watched and recorded.
The pair, who met in 2005, cut up in 2018. The lawsuit claims that simply earlier than the top of their relationship, Combs compelled his manner into her residence and raped her.
Diddy, 54, has vehemently denied all the ’offensive and outrageous allegations.’
Cassie, whose actual identify is Casandra Ventura, mentioned in a authorized doc that was filed in Manhattan’s Federal District Court docket: ’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.’
The rapper, who goes by P Diddy, allegedly managed and abused Cassie for over a decade – in addition to plying her with medication, beating her, and forcing her to have intercourse with a number of male prostitutes on video
The pair, who met in 2005 when she was 19, cut up in 2018. The lawsuit claims that simply earlier than the top of her relationship, Combs compelled his manner into her residence and raped her
Among the many critical allegations is that Combs intercourse trafficked Cassie, 37, to male prostitutes to fulfil his voyeurism fantasies in motels and at his residence.
The lawsuit claims she was directed to have intercourse with a number of males – generally in masks and costumes – whereas the music exec watched, masturbated, and filmed.
Cassie, within the paperwork, referred to as the ordeals ’horrific encounters’ and mentioned she needed to take medication to disassociate throughout the preparations which Diddy allegedly referred to as ’freak offs’.
The lawsuit states that the music government, who she first met as a teen, instructed her it will ’flip him on’ if he noticed her with ’one other d***’.
He allegedly employed a person and introduced him to his residence in Los Angeles to interact within the intercourse acts with Cassie.
’Mr. Combs directed Ms. Ventura to carry out sexual acts with this man whereas Mr. Combs watched them,’ the lawsuit states.
’He masturbated whereas he directed Ms. Ventura and the person to do particular sexual acts. Your complete encounter lasted a number of days.’
Throughout one of many intercourse classes in March 2016, a drunk Combs punched her within the face, giving her a black eye.
He fell asleep and he or she tried to depart the lodge room in Los Angeles, however Diddy adopted her into the hallway and threw glass vases at her.
Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs are seen on March 22, 2018
The lawsuit claims that whereas the lodge’s safety cameras captured the incident, Combs paid the lodge $50,000 for the footage.
On one other event in 2013, Diddy allegedly arrange a ’freak off’ on the InterContinental Resort in New York Metropolis and was charged tens of hundreds of {dollars} in damages by the lodge.
Cassie was anticipated to facilitate the situation and hiring of male intercourse employees for the ’freak offs’, in response to the lawsuit.
She was mentioned to have been instructed to make use of web sites and escort companies to seek out males with ’giant black penises’, in response to the lawsuit.
It alleged that Diddy would insist on the encounters weekly and repeatedly instructed her it was ’our factor’ and ’our secret’.
Cassie claimed the ’freak offs’ would usually happen in lodge suites in cities together with New York Metropolis, Miami and Los Angeles and that Diddy would pay to fly the intercourse employees to the situation in addition to pay them hundreds of {dollars} in money.
His assistants would allegedly assist arrange the ’freak offs’ by offering child oil and lubricant.
The lawsuit states: ’Mr. Combs all the time provided Ms. Ventura (and the intercourse employee) with copious quantities of medicine earlier than and throughout the FOs.
’Ms. Ventura was given ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana, and alcohol in extreme quantities throughout FOs, which allowed her to disassociate throughout these horrific encounters.
’It grew to become widespread place to get IV fluids within the days after an FO to recuperate from the extreme substances pushed upon her.’
Cassie was allegedly required to decorate up in lingerie for the intercourse encounters and put on white nail polish to distinction with the pores and skin of the black male intercourse employees.
She claimed Diddy would ask her to pour extreme quantities of oil over herself earlier than he instructed her and the intercourse employees what to do.
’Mr. Combs would say issues like, “seize that huge Black d***” and ask her “how does it really feel?” as he directed her to carry out for him,’ the lawsuit states.
Diddy allegedly used his telephone, laptop computer and pill to movie the ’freak offs’ and handled it like a ’private artwork venture’, adjusting the lighting.
Cassie mentioned she deleted pictures and movies off the intercourse acts in the event that they have been taken on her telephone however claimed Diddy instructed her he saved many.
The lawsuit additionally claims that he requested Ventura to hold his gun in her purse. He allegedly as soon as dangled one in every of Cassie’s good friend over a Seventeenth-floor lodge balcony.
Combs allegedly plied her with ecstasy and ketamine, and sometimes beat her up. She by no means instructed authorities as a result of it ’would merely give Mr. Combs one other excuse to harm her.’
The lawsuit notes one occasion in 2009 the place Combs noticed her talking to a different agent, so he pushed her right into a automobile and kicked her repeatedly within the face till she was bloodied.
The paperwork additionally describe when Combs acquired offended that Cassie was relationship Child Cudi in early 2012. Diddy instructed Cassie that he would blow up Cudi’s automobile.
’Round that point, Child Cudi’s automobile exploded in his driveway,’ the submitting mentioned.
Cassie additionally claims that Combs would threaten to suppress her music if she didn’t obey his ’violent’ orders. He additionally paid for her automobile and residence, and had entry to her private medical information, the swimsuit claims.
She is looking for unspecified damages. The lawsuit is introduced beneath the Grownup Survivors Act – which is a New York legislation permitting folks to file claims even after the statute of limitations has run out.
The swimsuit mentioned: ’With the expiration of New York’s Grownup Survivors Act quick approaching it grew to become clear that this was a chance to talk up in regards to the trauma I’ve skilled and that I might be recovering from for the remainder of my life.’
The duo have been collectively for 11 years, from when Cassie was 19
Diddy, who additionally goes by the stage identify Puff Daddy, is value an estimated $1 billion after being one of many star figures within the commercialization of hip-hop within the Nineteen Nineties
Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura pictured in Might 2017
Ben Brafman, Combs’ lawyer, mentioned: ’Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations.
’For the previous six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, beneath the specter of writing a dangerous guide about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail.
’Regardless of withdrawing her preliminary menace, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to submitting a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’s repute and looking for a payday.’
Diddy, who additionally goes by the stage identify Puff Daddy, is value an estimated $1 billion after being one of many star figures within the commercialization of hip-hop within the Nineteen Nineties.
The lawsuit notes one occasion in 2009 the place Combs noticed her talking to a different agent, so he pushed her right into a automobile and kicked her repeatedly within the face till she was bloodied
The hip-hop couple, who cut up after a decade of relationship, are pictured on the Met Gala in 2018
’Cassie—Ms. Casandra Ventura—was held down by Mr. Combs and endured over a decade of his violent habits and disturbed calls for,’ the lawsuit acknowledged.
’For Ms. Ventura, the “darkish instances” have been these she spent trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence, and intercourse trafficking.
’He lured Ms. Ventura into an ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled way of life, and right into a romantic relationship with him—her boss, some of the highly effective males within the leisure business, and a vicious, merciless, and controlling man almost twenty years her senior.’
Cassie claimed that all through their relationship ’was susceptible to uncontrollable rage’ and steadily beat her.
’These beatings have been witnessed by Mr. Combs’ workers and workers of Dangerous Boy Leisure and Mr. Combs’s associated companies, however nobody dared to talk up towards their scary and ferocious boss,’ the lawsuit alleged.
’He usually showered her with items following incidents of bodily violence, a typical sample of habits by serial abusers.
’Including insult to damage, Mr. Combs used unlawful substances and threats of violence to power Ms. Ventura into repeated undesirable sexual encounters with male intercourse employees.’
She claimed that she tried to flee him a number of instances however can be discovered by Diddy’s ’huge community of firms and affiliated entities’ who instructed her to return to him.
Cassie mentioned that though she has ’totally escaped’ Diddy the ’hurt that the assaults and sexual abuse he brought on her to expertise for almost a decade will ceaselessly hang-out her’.
The lawsuit claimed she has required intensive medical and psychological care to recuperate from ’trauma she lived via’.
He grew to be one in every of his era’s most notable music producers – working with names equivalent to Infamous B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige.
Combs based Dangerous Boy – his file label – which Cassie was signed to in 2006.
Cassie has since married Alex Nice and has two kids with him.
She was swept up in his luxurious way of life and reaped the advantages of getting her debut album launched beneath his label.
Combs isn’t any stranger to lawsuits – however they usually are surrounding his alcohol manufacturers.
In Might this yr, Combs sued spirits firm Diageo claiming his vodka and tequila manufacturers did not obtain promised investments whereas being handled as inferior ’city’ merchandise.
The lawsuit filed by Combs Wine and Spirits in New York Supreme Court docket in Manhattan alleged that Diageo North America starved Combs’ Ciroc vodka and DeLeon tequila manufacturers of sources even because it showered consideration on different movie star manufacturers.
Diageo purchased actor George Clooney’s Casamigos tequila model for $1 billion in 2017, for instance.
Combs mentioned Diageo management instructed him his race was one of many causes it restricted distribution to city neighborhoods.
He was additionally instructed that some Diageo leaders resented him for making an excessive amount of cash, in response to the lawsuit.