© Reuters. Sean “Diddy” Combs performs on the BET Awards 2022 on the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 26, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photograph
By Brad Brooks
(Reuters) – Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and his ex-girlfriend R&B vocalist Cassandra Ventura on Friday settled her lawsuit that accused the rapper of serial bodily abuse, sexual slavery and rape, based on legal professionals for Ventura.
Phrases of the settlement weren’t disclosed.
In a joint written assertion with Combs, Ventura mentioned that she “determined to resolve this matter amicably on phrases that I’ve some degree of management.”
Combs wrote: “We now have determined to resolve this matter amicably. I want Cassie and her household all the most effective.”
Ventura, who performs beneath the stage identify Cassie, filed the lawsuit on Thursday in federal courtroom. In it she accused Combs of forcing her to have interaction in intercourse acts with a succession of male prostitutes he employed whereas he watched and filmed the encounters for his personal pleasure.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court docket in Manhattan, additionally accused Combs of repeatedly beating Ventura over the course of a 10-year skilled and romantic relationship through which he managed her by means of intimidation and by plying her with medication and alcohol.
Ventura, 37, alleged that Combs raped her close to the tip of their relationship in 2018 when she broached the thought of leaving him.
Combs strongly denied all of the allegations.
Ben Brafman, a lawyer for Combs, mentioned Ventura filed a lawsuit “riddled with baseless and outrageous lies” after a failed try and blackmail Combs into paying her $30 million by threatening to jot down a harmful e-book about their relationship.
Combs, 54, founding father of Dangerous Boy Data, is without doubt one of the most influential producers and executives in hip-hop, in addition to the impresario of his personal Sean John clothes line.
In keeping with the lawsuit, Ventura met Combs in late 2005 when she was 19 and he was 37, signed a 10-album recording cope with Dangerous Boy Data inside months and started a romantic relationship with him a couple of years later.
