Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a lawsuit accusing him of raping and intercourse trafficking a younger R&B performer for greater than a decade.
The bombshell submitting, first reported by the New York Times, alleges that Combs managed and abused singer Cassie for greater than a decade, plying her with medicine, abusing her and forcing her to have intercourse with a number of male intercourse staff whereas he videotaped the encounters.
Cassie, whose actual title is Casandra Ventura, met Combs in 2005 when she was simply 19, the lawsuit says. The pair began courting and allegedly it wasn’t lengthy earlier than the rap mogul started a sample of management and abuse.
In 2018, the go well with says, Combs compelled his method into her dwelling and raped her. It was then that she left the connection.
“After years in silence and darkness,” Ms. Ventura mentioned in an announcement revealed by NBC News, “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.
“With the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act fast approaching, it became clear that this was an opportunity to speak up about the trauma I have experienced and that I will be recovering from for the rest of my life,” Ventura mentioned, referencing New York state regulation that permits individuals who say they have been victims of sexual abuse to file civil fits after the statute of limitations has expired. The one-year window to file instances below the regulation ends subsequent week.
In response, a lawyer Combs instructed the New York Times: “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.”
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal courtroom Thursday, alleges that in 2005 a 37-year-old Combs signed 19-year-old Ventura to his Bad Boy document label and commenced luring her right into a sexual relationship. Eventually, it says, Combs launched her “to a lifestyle of excessive alcohol and substance abuse.”
The go well with additionally claims that Combs blew up one other rapper’s automobile who expressed curiosity in Ventura, compelled her to seek out male prostitutes to have intercourse with whereas Combs watched, and repeatedly “punched, beat, kicked and stomped on” her.
“Throughout their relationship Mr. Combs was prone to uncontrollable rage, and frequently beat Ms. Ventura savagely,” the go well with alleges.
To learn the complete particulars of the lawsuit, go to the New York Times.
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