American hip hop megastar Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy or Diddy, was targeted since Thursday by a complaint for rape and physical violence by his former partner, R&B singer Cassie. But the two former spouses reached an “amicable” agreement on Friday.
According to the singer’s lawyer, Casandra Ventura “decided to settle this matter amicably under conditions which [lui] leave some control”, without further legal and financial details. For his part, Sean Combs also spoke, through his lawyer, of an “amicable settlement” and “wished all the best to Cassie and her family.” With love “.
“Sexual violence” and “deviant behavior”
The announcement of a civil complaint Thursday evening before the federal prosecutor’s office in Manhattan had the effect of a bombshell first revealed by the New York Times. The 35-page court document described “sexual abuse,” “psychological abuse,” “deviant behavior” over more than a decade and accused Sean Combs of raping her in 2018 after she tried to leave him. The rapper’s New York lawyer, Ben Brafman, “fiercely” denied the allegations, which he called “insulting and scandalous.”
According to Casandra Ventura’s testimony, she met the hip-hop star in 2005, when she was 19 and he was 37. Sean Combs is accused in the complaint of having “often punched, kicked and , punched, stomped, resulting in bruises, burst lips, black eyes and bleeding.”
This legal action was made possible thanks to a law in the State of New York which has allowed since November 2022, but for one year only, victims of sexual violence to file a civil complaint for prescribed criminal acts. Casandra Ventura’s complaint also targeted the companies and labels of her former companion, musician and rap producer: Bad Boy Entertainment, Bad Boy Records, Epic Records, Combs Enterprises and Doe Corporations 1-10.
2023-11-18 19:50:11
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