Puff Daddy escapes trial. The American hip-hop superstar reached an “amicable” agreement with his ex-partner Casandra Ventura, alias Cassie, the day after a civil complaint against him for rape and violence. Both parties confirmed this agreement via the plaintiff’s lawyer. “Last night, Ms. Ventura and Mr. Combs found a solution that satisfied them both after she filed a complaint against him before the American courts in New York,” wrote Douglas Wigdor in an email sent to AFP, which features the 37-year-old R&B singer, dancer and model.
In statements sent by this New York lawyer, Casandra Ventura indicated that she had “decided to settle this matter amicably under conditions which leave me with a certain amount of control”, without further legal and financial details. For his part, Sean Combs, Puff Daddy or P Diddy on stage, also spoke, via Me Wigdor, of an “amicable settlement” and “wished all the best to Cassie and her family. With love “.
A temporary law on prescribed facts
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. “After years of silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story and speak out on my behalf and for the good of all other women who experience violence and assault” in their relationships, Cassie said. THURSDAY.
Sean Combs’ 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 New York State law which since November 2022, but for one year only, allows victims of sexual violence to file a civil complaint for prescribed criminal acts.