
It’s yet another controversy for Bad Boy Records founder, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as he has been sued in federal court on Thursday by his ex girlfriend, Cassie.
The model and R&B singer once signed to his label, accused Diddy of rape, and of repeated physical abuse over about a decade.
In the suit, filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan, Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura — and who had long been Mr. Combs’s romantic partner — says that not long after she met him in 2005, when she was 19, he began a pattern of control and abuse that included plying her with drugs, beating her and forcing her to have sex with a succession of male prostitutes while he filmed the encounters. In 2018, the New York Times reports.
In the suit she says, near the end of their relationship, Mr. Combs forced his way into her home and raped her.
“After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships”, Cassie said in a statement quoted by the New York Times.
But a lawyer for Diddy, Ben Brafman, debunked Cassie’s claims.
“Mr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations. For the past six months, Mr. Combs has been subjected to Ms. Ventura’s persistent demand of $30 million, under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail. Despite withdrawing her initial threat, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to filing a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs’s reputation and seeking a payday”, he was quoted as saying.
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