{"id":54585,"date":"2023-11-16T23:44:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/cassie-ventura-sues-diddy-for-rape-and-sex-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T23:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:44:27","slug":"cassie-ventura-sues-diddy-for-rape-and-sex-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/16\/cassie-ventura-sues-diddy-for-rape-and-sex-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassie Ventura Sues Diddy for Rape and Sex Trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura to a years-long abusive relationship that included numerous beatings and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>The singer filed this legal complaint in New York, alleging in the document that she was stuck in \u201ccycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking\u201d that included a 2018 rape after she tried to leave the mogul.<\/p>\n<p>She also claims Diddy committed acts of domestic violence against her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"971\" alt=\"Diddy and Cassie\" class=\"wp-image-487427 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-1024x971.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-1024x971.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-768x728.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-1536x1456.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-2048x1942.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-735x697.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-335x318.jpg 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-347x329.jpg 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-520x493.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-640x607.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-960x910.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-955762940-1080x1024.jpg 1080w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diddy and Cassie attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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,\u201d Cassie said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the expiration of New York\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, Cassie says Diddy brought her into his \u201costentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled lifestyle\u201d not long after she met him and was signed to his label when she was 19 years (and he was 37 years old) in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Cassie explains in the complaint that she agreed to date Diddy out of fear of retaliation if she said otherwise.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-680x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cassie Ventura, Diddy\" class=\"wp-image-487426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-735x1107.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-222x335.jpg 222w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-230x347.jpg 230w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-345x520.jpg 345w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-425x640.jpg 425w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-510x768.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-637x960.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-717x1080.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-scaled.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"680\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Cassie Ventura, Diddy\" class=\"wp-image-487426 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-scaled.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-680x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-1359x2048.jpg 1359w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-735x1107.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-222x335.jpg 222w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-230x347.jpg 230w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-345x520.jpg 345w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-425x640.jpg 425w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-510x768.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-637x960.jpg 637w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-717x1080.jpg 717w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-675628860-scaled.jpg 1699w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cassie Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs attend the \u201cRei Kawakubo\/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between\u201d Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Neilson Barnard\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll aspects of Ms. Ventura\u2019s life were controlled by either Mr. Combs or his management companies,\u201d the lawsuit reads.<\/p>\n<p>Combs reportedly exhibited \u201cuncontrollable rage\u201d often and \u201cfrequently beat Ms. Ventura savagely,\u201d violence she claims was witnessed by many of the people he employed.<\/p>\n<p>She says he would then hide her in a hotel until the bruises healed.<\/p>\n<p>Ventura also claims that Diddy frequently forced her to take part in encounters with sex workers that he called \u201cfreak offs,\u201d or \u201cFOs,\u201d and that the encounters \u201calways\u201d included ecstasy, cocaine, GHB, ketamine, marijuana and alcohol. <\/p>\n<p>The artist alleges that she would sometimes vomit before the encounters due to anxiety.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Diddy and ex-girlfriend Cassie\" class=\"wp-image-487425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-735x1106.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-346x520.jpg 346w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-425x640.jpg 425w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-510x768.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-638x960.jpg 638w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-718x1080.jpg 718w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-scaled.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Diddy and ex-girlfriend Cassie\" class=\"wp-image-487425 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-scaled.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-681x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-1361x2048.jpg 1361w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-735x1106.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-346x520.jpg 346w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-425x640.jpg 425w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-510x768.jpg 510w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-638x960.jpg 638w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-718x1080.jpg 718w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-674186136-scaled.jpg 1702w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cassie Ventura and Sean Combs attend the \u201cCan\u2019t Stop, Won\u2019t Stop: The Bad Boy Story\u201d Premiere on April 27, 2017 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Theo Wargo\/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2018\/10\/cassie-ventura-shades-diddy-on-social-media-after-breakup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diddy and Cassie publicly split<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The year before, however, Ventura claims she tried to end the relationship \u2014 and this is when he raped her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Ventura has now fully escaped Mr. Combs, but the harm that the assaults and sexual abuse he caused her to experience for nearly a decade will forever haunt her,\u201d the complaint says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has required intensive medical and psychological care to recover from the trauma she lived through.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"926\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-926x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cassie Venture and Diddy picture\" class=\"wp-image-487429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-1389x1536.jpg 1389w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-1852x2048.jpg 1852w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-735x813.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-303x335.jpg 303w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-314x347.jpg 314w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-470x520.jpg 470w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-579x640.jpg 579w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-695x768.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-868x960.jpg 868w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-977x1080.jpg 977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"926\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Cassie Venture and Diddy picture\" class=\"wp-image-487429 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-scaled.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-926x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-1389x1536.jpg 1389w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-1852x2048.jpg 1852w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-735x813.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-303x335.jpg 303w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-314x347.jpg 314w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-470x520.jpg 470w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-579x640.jpg 579w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-695x768.jpg 695w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-868x960.jpg 868w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472189914-977x1080.jpg 977w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cassie and Sean Combs arrives  at the 2015  Metropolitan Museum of Art\u2019s Costume Institute Gala benefit in honor of the museums latest exhibit China: Through the Looking Glass  May 4, 2015 in New York.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (TIMOTHY A. CLARY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a statement, Diddy\u2019s attorney Ben Brafman denied the allegations, which he called \u201coffensive and outrageous,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Combs vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations. Ms. Ventura\u2019s demand of $30 million, under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship, was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite withdrawing her initial threat, Ms. Ventura has now resorted to filing a lawsuit riddled with baseless and outrageous lies, aiming to tarnish Mr. Combs\u2019 reputation, and seeking a pay day.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cassie and Diddy together\" class=\"wp-image-487430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-1212x1536.jpg 1212w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-1617x2048.jpg 1617w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-735x931.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-264x335.jpg 264w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-274x347.jpg 274w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-410x520.jpg 410w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-505x640.jpg 505w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-606x768.jpg 606w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-758x960.jpg 758w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-852x1080.jpg 852w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-scaled.jpg 2021w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Cassie and Diddy together\" class=\"wp-image-487430 lazyload\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 40px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-scaled.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-808x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-768x973.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-1212x1536.jpg 1212w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-1617x2048.jpg 1617w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-735x931.jpg 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-264x335.jpg 264w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-274x347.jpg 274w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-410x520.jpg 410w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-505x640.jpg 505w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-606x768.jpg 606w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-758x960.jpg 758w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-852x1080.jpg 852w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GettyImages-472019844-scaled.jpg 2021w\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cassie and Sean Combs pose ringside at \u201cMayweather VS Pacquiao\u201d presented by SHOWTIME PPV And HBO PPV at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images for SHOWTIME)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Diddy is known for his accomplished rap career, along with his music producing and clothing line, Sean John.<\/p>\n<p>This year, he released his fifth studio album \u201cThe Love Album: Off the Grid,\u201d which earned two Grammy nominations this month.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Diddy\u2019s statement, Ventura\u2019s lawyer Douglas Wigdor said late Thursday: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Comb\u2019s offered Ms. Ventura eight figures to silence her and prevent the filing of this lawsuit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe rejected his efforts and decided to give a voice to all woman who suffer in silence. Ms. Ventura should be applauded for her bravery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2023\/11\/diddy-sued-by-cassie-ventura-for-rape-and-sex-trafficking-in-bombshell-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura to a years-long abusive relationship that included numerous beatings and sexual assault. The singer filed this legal complaint in New York, alleging in the document that she was stuck in \u201ccycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking\u201d that included a 2018 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-54585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}