Bad Boy founder and hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been hit with a federal lawsuit filed by his former artist and ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, who claims that he raped her and subjected her to years of physical and sexual abuse over the course of their decade-long relationship.
Combs, in addition to his companies: Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records LLC, Epic Records, Combs Enterprises, LLC, and up to 10 employees who were witnesses to violence toward Ventura but did not intervene have all been named as defendants.
Atlanta Black Star obtained the lawsuit filed Thursday, Nov. 16, in New York, which states Combs “lured Ms. Ventura into an ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled lifestyle and into a romantic relationship with him.”
Lawyers for the singer, who was signed to his Bad Boy label in the early 2000s, quoted Diddy’s 2022 BET Lifetime Achievement Award speech, in which he said, “I have to give a special shoutout, thank you, love, to the people that was really there for me … [a]nd also Cassie, for holding me down in the dark times, love.”
“The truth, however, is that Cassie—Ms. Casandra Ventura—was held down by Mr. Combs and endured over a decade of his violent behavior and disturbed demands,” the complaint alleges. “For Ms. Ventura, the ‘dark times’ were those she spent trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking.”
The two met in 2005 when Cassie was 19 and Diddy was 37 years old and were in a relationship for close to 20 years. According to the suit, Diddy “asserted complete control over” Cassie’s personal and professional life during that time.
Throughout the suit, Cassie details multiple incidents of gruesome abuse. One event occurred at her 21st birthday party, in which Diddy invited himself to. According to Cassie, Cassie Diddy first forced himself onto her that evening….
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