Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of rape, 'cycle of abuse' by ex Cassie in new lawsuit
Music mogul Sean Combs, best known as Diddy, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and sex trafficking by singer and former partner Cassie. Through his attorney, Combs has denied the allegations.
Cassie, who sued under her legal name, Casandra Ventura, dated the famed hip-hop producer for about 11 years before they split in 2018. She filed her sex trafficking and sexual assault lawsuit against Combs on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Ventura’s lawsuit alleges that she “was held down by Mr. Combs and endured over a decade of his violent behavior and disturbed demands,” referring to that period with him as “dark times” during which she was “trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse,” according to a copy of the complaint obtained Thursday by the Los Angeles Times.
The lawsuit — brought under New York’s — comes in the wake of, and . The Adult Survivors Act created a one-year “lookback window” during which adults who allege they were sexually abused could sue despite the statute of limitations having run out. That window expires next week.
