R&B singer Cassie Ventura on Wednesday revealed that she received a $20 million settlement from ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2023, in exchange for dropping her lawsuit against the hip-hop mogul.
Ventura, known professionally as just “Cassie,” accused Combs in the lawsuit of raping and beating her during their years-long relationship. But she quickly dropped the case for the settlement.
The revelation occurred during Ventura’s testimony in Combs’ high profile racketeering and sex trafficking trial in New York City. He has been imprisoned since his arrest in September and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
“I agreed to settle 24 hours later for $20 million,” she testified. “I wanted to be compensated for the time, the pain … to fix my life … I didn’t really do any research, I just picked a number.”
The testimony comes a day after she told the New York court that Combs would have “freak-off” parties that could sometimes last for days, and that the parties became her primary job. She testified that she didn’t have time to do anything else, including advancing her own music career.
When asked on Wednesday why she decided to testify about the alleged abuse she…
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