Sean “Diddy” Combs is dealing with allegations of sexual assault and bodily abuse by ex-girlfriend Cassie.
Cassie (actual title: Cassandra Ventura) filed a intercourse trafficking and sexual assault lawsuit towards Combs within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of New York, in line with court docket paperwork obtained by USA TODAY. The grievance alleges that Cassie, who started an expert and sexual relationship with the rap mogul when she was 19, was trafficked, raped, and viciously beat by Combs over the course of a decade.
“After years in silence and darkness, I’m lastly prepared to inform my story, and to talk up on behalf of myself and for the advantage of different girls who face violence and abuse of their relationships,” Cassie mentioned in an announcement. “With the expiration of New York’s Grownup Survivors Act quick approaching, it turned clear that this was a chance to talk up concerning the trauma I’ve skilled and that I might be recovering from for the remainder of my life.”
Cassie alleges within the lawsuit that Combs “took management” of her life, starting from her healthcare to her profession alternatives and plied her with medication and alcohol. Combs additionally allegedly pressured Cassie to carry out sexual activity with male prostitutes who he employed and recorded their sexual encounters.
“No human ought to should endure what Ms. Ventura has endured,” mentioned Cassie’s legal professional Douglas Wigdor in an announcement. “Her capacity and willingness to talk up towards the abuse she suffered, and in search of to carry accountable her abuser and those that enabled the abuse, is a testomony to her energy and resilience.”
In an announcement, Combs’ legal professional, Ben Brafman, mentioned the rapper “vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations.”
If you’re a survivor of sexual assault, RAINN gives help by means of the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE & online.rainn.org).
If you’re a sufferer of home violence, The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) permits you to communicate confidentially with skilled advocates on-line or by the telephone, which they suggest for individuals who assume their on-line exercise is being monitored by their abuser (800-799-7233). They can assist survivors develop a plan to realize security for themselves and their kids.
Protected Horizon’s hotline (safehorizon.org) gives disaster counseling, security planning, and help discovering shelters (800-621-HOPE (4673). It additionally has a chat feature the place you possibly can attain out for assist from a pc or telephone confidentially.
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