Nov 17, 2023
Diddy Accused Of Abusing Cassie For YEARS During Relationship
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Is a doozy.
We're starting out with Sean Combs, who's
been accused of years of abuse by Cassie.
This is his former girlfriend and also
artist, according to Atlanta Black Star
obtained the lawsuit filed Thursday,
November 16th in New York, which states.
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Combs lured Miss Ventura, this is Cassie,
into an obstetricious, fast paced and
drug fuel lifestyle and into
a romantic relationship ship with them.
The two met in 2005 when
Cassie was 19 years old and
Diddy was 37 years old and were in
a relationship for close to 20 years.
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According to the suit, Diddy asserted
complete control over Cassie's
personal and
professional life during that time.
That again is according to the New
York I'm sorry, Atlanta Black Star.
Accordingly, on one event which
occurred at her birthday,
21st birthday party in which Diddy
invited herself himself to it.
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So he wasn't invited,
he just invited himself.
According to Cassie,
Cassie said Diddy first forced
himself onto her that evening.
She had a boyfriend in and
Diddy was dating the mother of three of
his children, Kim Porter at the time.
Cassie alleged that Diddy violated
her on numerous occasions.
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The most recent occurrence was in 2018 at
her home after she attempted to break off
their relationship.
There's more, y'all.
The singer also said that he
often physically abused her.
In the complaint, the lawyer state that
she was punched, beat, kicked and stumped,
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resulting in bruises, bust lips,
black eyes and bleeding.
Other abuse claims alleged that Diddy
made the Me and U recording artist
engage in sexual acts with male sex
workers while pleasuring himself and
filming the encounters.
Again, this is according
to Atlanta Black Star.
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They said once after party with Jay Z,
Mr Comb beats Miss Ventura repeatedly in
an Escalade, including by kicking and
hitting her, the complaint said.
Adding, he forced her out of the vehicle
on Fifth Avenue in New York City
as a result of her time
with the music producer.
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Cassie says she was sucked into
a lifestyle of excessive alcohol and
substance abuse,
which required her to procure illistic
prescription to satisfy his addictions.
Let me just stop right here.
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I'm not really familiar with Pop.
I get lost when it comes
to a lot of pop stars, but
I remember this relationship
vaguely between Cassie and Diddy.
I don't know what in the hell
to do with all this information.
When I first heard of this,
it blew my mind.
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This is a horrible situation and
the things that are being
alleged here are some serious ish Rayyvana
and I just want to say that we should not.
And I tell people all the time domestic
violence is a serious situation and
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we should not put our respect for
someone's music talent in this situation.
These are two humans, and one of them
is claiming she was and abused for
nearly two decades by someone else.
And I think we should
stick to that point and
not the personalities associated with it.
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Rayyvana.
>> Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think that's
a really important point because so
often when a celebrity is accused of
sexual assault or domestic violence.
Or what we just saw in the case of
Meg The Stallion being shot by Tory Lanes.
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There's already a built in fan base for
that individual who's gonna defend them on
the basis of they like them as an artist,
as musician or an athlete,
whatever they may be.
But there's also people who are gonna
come out of the woodwork and pretend they
always loved and respected this person as
an artist based on their own misogyny.
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I'm sorry,
there weren't that many Tory Lanez
fans before he shot Meg Thee Stallion.
That was a very real
circumstance that we saw, and
we're seeing it start
to happen again here.
And someone like Diddy,
who has such a strong foundation, is so
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influential and
powerful within the industry,
is going to have a lot more of
that built in fan base, right?
And it's disappointing to see people
jump to his defense just as a knee
jerk reaction.
And it is based on sexism.
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We know that, especially considering Diddy
is someone who's been accused of all
types of impropriety in the past.
We're gonna get into that in a second but
as a Kid Cudi fan, I'd heard the rumors.
I had heard allegations about Diddy for
a long time.
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So to see that immediate,
we have to support this person,
we have to support this mogul,
we have to support this artist.
You can't divorce that from
the sexism that is inherent in know.
And it is a very brave thing to
come forward with these allegations
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knowing that you are going to be not
just the victim of the abuse you were
already forced to suffer at
the hands of your abuser.
But you're gonna be victimized by
all of these unwashed men jumping to
their defense because they hate women.
So she's being very brave right now, and
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what we can do to support
her is listen and
share her story and
offer support to her and
the other people who have started
to come forward as victims as well.
>> Speaker 1: Yeah, and
I want to acknowledge that, like I said,
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I know very little about the relationship.
I do know that you hit
it the nail on the head.
This idea that we need to automatically
defend someone as atrocious as Diddy's.
And I'm not talking about,
I don't have any perspective on this or
any real knowledge about his abuse.
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But I do know that people
understand that Diddy, for
a long time,
had an extremely explodive personality.
He exploited his artists.
Many of them complained about how
the record deals that they were in and
also the way he managed their careers or
ruined them for
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speaking out against the way
he managed their careers.
So this idea that Diddy
need to be defended, well,
he has a billion plus dollars to defend
him, and we'll see what that get him.
I will say this, you said something about
Kid Cudi because this is important.
The lawsuit actually further contends
that Diddy, after finding out that
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a musician believed to be kid Cudi
liked Cassidy, blew up his vehicle.
This is what we're talking about.
Literally blew up his vehicle.
Cassie, who left Diddy label in 2019,
said that she is just seeking justice and
finally wants to be heard.
After years in silence and darkness,
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I am finally ready to tell my story and
to speak up on behalf of myself and for
the benefit of other women who have faced
violence and abuse in their relationships.
She said this in a comment.
With the expiration of New York's
Adult Survivors Act fast approaching,
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it became clear that.
This was an opportunity to speak up
about the trauma I had experienced and
that I will be recovering from for
the rest of my life.
Like I said, this is ridiculous.
We should acknowledge that there's
a response from Diddy's lawyer.
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Mr Comb vehemently denies these
offenses and outrageous allegations.
Ben Brafman and this is Diddy's
lawyer said in a statement to CNN.
For the past six months,
Mr Combs has been subjected to Mrs.
Ventura persistence demand of $30 million
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under the threat of writing a damaging
book about their relationship.
Which was unequivocally
rejected as blatant blackmail.
And this is, of course,
according to Atlanta Black Star.
Attempted payoff, Mr Combs offered Mr.
Ventura eight figures to silence her and
prevent the filing of this lawsuit.
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This is according to Doug Wigdor told
Deadline on Thursday after the singer and
model filed a suit in federal court
claiming Combs subjected her to abuse,
violence and
sex trafficking over the years.
She rejected his efforts and
decided to give a voice to all
women who suffer in silence.
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Ms Ventura should be applauded for
her bravery.
Again, that is
Dominique Patton at deadline.
Others this is not it, though,
Rayyvana, like you were saying,
others in the music industry had
previously made disturbing allegations
against Combs prior to his arrest.
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Keith D or Keffe D had accused Diddy
of ordering him a hit on Tupac.
We know this, this is the guy who's been
arrested for actually killing Tupac.
He said that he was told hired
by Diddy to get it done.
And then when his life stopped,
cuz apparently he had a wonderful
life as a drug dealer that Diddy
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ruined because after he killed Tupac,
he had to be on the run.
He wanted his money from Diddy.
Artists Jaguar Wright and Aubrey O'Day
have previously made disturbing
allegations against Combs as well.
O'Day accusations said that
Diddy formed Danity Kane
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on MTV's Making the Band in 2005.
O'Day was removed from the group in 2008,
though she later returned in 2013.
She previously alleged in a December
2020 episode of Call Her Daddy podcast.
Excuse me.
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That Diddy fired her because she wasn't
willing to do what was expected of her.
Not talent wise, but
in other areas, she said,
in seeming references to sexual favors.
And this is according to
Jennifer Zhan at Vulture.
Listen, something just
clicked to me when I
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was actually going over that statement
from O'Day, and now it all makes sense.
Not that this is a revelation or
something to prove these cases and
nothing to make light of these cases.
But I remember Dave Chappelle making a
skit about Diddy and how demanding he was
of people beyond, people that he
was working with beyond the music.
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And there was the skit Dave Chappelle
talked about Diddy making people walk from
Brooklyn all the way to Bronx or Manhattan
to get him some Cambodian breast milk.
And that skit just popped
in my mind when O'Day said
she was not willing to do
what was expected of him.
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Again, we know Dave Chappelle
is a comedian, and
there's not truth in all comedy, but
I couldn't help but think about.
Where are these demands that
Diddy require of people,
Rayyvana, to do things
that are beyond the music,
beyond their talent because he deserves
to be, in his mind, treated like the God.
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>> Speaker 3: Yeah, and
he has a reputation of being
a pretty ruthless business person.
But also, when I say ruthless,
I don't just mean in business acumen, but
in his demands,
in what he requests from individuals.
And when it comes to women,
particularly in this industry,
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so often they are forced
to contend with a man who
controls the future of
their career forcing them.
And I think that's what was
heavily implied in that statement,
forcing them to engage in sexual acts,
right?
And some people might try to diminish
that as a form of sexual abuse, but
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it absolutely is.
And we saw know in the cases with Harvey
Weinstein, we could acknowledge it there.
I think it's important to acknowledge
that it happens not just in the film,
in TV industries, but
in the music industry as well.
And just to point out the age differences,
when this so called relationship started,
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Cassie was 19 and
Diddy was 37, I believe, or 38.
It wasn't even just like a massive
power differential within
the industry, but
she was just becoming an adult and
he was a well established,
almost in his 40s year old man.
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And it's the same thing with the women
in these other allegations as well.
The age discrepancies are an important,
play an important role because
it shows what a predator he is.
He is intentionally seeking
out these young women,
trying to create a career
in the music industry,
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in hip hop, and positions himself
somewhat as a mentor to them.
And then completely controls their
careers in his hands and tries to or
does successfully force them to
engage in sexual acts with him or
with other people as we read in
Cassie's allegations against him.
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>> We should also know
if this is also true,
there has to be a case
that is not expired.
And that case is that if it's true what
the allegations said, that he also,
this is a minor,
she wasn't 21 when they met,
and he was giving her drugs and
alcohol, allegedly.
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So that was something that
needs to be dubbed into.
There's more you all, yes, there's more.
O'Day also claimed in an interview this
year that Diddy had offered to return
rights to Danity Kane's music if she
signed a nondisclosure agreement
agreeing to never publicly disparage
the rapper or his Bad Boy label.
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O'Day, who said she personally encouraged
every member not to take the deal,
reposted an Instagram Story today
suggesting that the NDA were meant to keep
Diddy artists quiet.
And we see this, and this is another act
from extremely powerful people, not just
in the music industry, but all over, about
how you keep nefarious behavior silent and
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also how you silence victims as well.
People misusing the NDA thing.
I feel like NDAs should go away in
this context simply because people
are harboring or
holding all this trauma associated with
already something that is lopsided.
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Talking about the power of someone
as big as Diddy when he was 37.
This is after, we have to admit, this is
after he's already found Notorious B.I.G,
he's already found Bad Boys,
already an established label.
So that exploitive attitude and
possibility already exists even before
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there's a relationship with
this 19 year old child.
And I know people push back on me
calling a 19 year old child, but
you can't buy alcohol at that age in
some states, you can't buy cigarettes.
And we all know that science tells us
that the brain is still developing.
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Again, I need to say this is alleged
in the claim to offer drugs, alcohol to
someone at the age and then have sex with
them or force yourself in their lifestyle.
Their 21st birthday, you pop up and
the first time have sex
with them is disgusting.
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Again, we should say that Diddy's
camp says none of this is true, but
this is what this woman is telling
the world happened to her.
And again, I just say there's a pattern
of abusive behavior that exists,
we saw him beat his son's football coach
because he didn't like the way his son
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was being played in a football game.
He beat this man in front
of all those people.
So we do know that happened.
We also know that the punishment for
that behavior was light or non-existent.
And that goes back to what's possible when
you have all the resources in the world.
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Rayyvana?
>> Speaker 3: Yeah, and so often these
people are not held accountable for
their actions,
which is why it's so important and
very brave of her to be
filing this lawsuit.
Like I mentioned earlier,
she knows the negative attention
it's gonna bring on her.
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The hate from all the fanboys and
the new fanboys who just hate women
who are gonna be attacking her for it.
I'm sorry, I'm looking at the chat for
the show right now, and
I saw someone say that women lie,
so how should we believe her?
And it's despicable, this is,
even among a progressive audience,
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someone is willing to say
something as vile as that.
It is really difficult for women to
come forward, and I commend her bravery.
And I commend the bravery of the other
women who have discussed the way that
they were mistreated by Diddy.
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And I commend everyone who's not just
women, but men as well, who are brave
enough to come forward and name their
abusers, particularly in court filings,
because it's gonna be a very
vulnerable process for her, right?
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He is an extremely wealthy man who can
hire the best attorneys in the country,
who are going to try to tear
her credibility to shreds.
And she has stepped forward and
said, I'm going to go through this so
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that hopefully no other women have to
suffer at the hands of this vile abuser.
And she deserves all the praise that
she can be given for her bravery.
Yeah, indeed.
And I think that, like you said,
that comment is extremely vile.
I just think we just got to be
honest with what we know and
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what we see out of people's behavior.
When someone show you who they are,
you should definitely pay attention.
Jaguar Wright had this
to say in an interview.
Uptown record started with five people,
Andre Harrell, Al B Sure,
Heavy D and Puffy or Diddy,
as we call him now and Kim Porter.
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Of course, Porter or
Diddy were the longest working employee,
she was there from the very beginning,
she was Andre's personal assistant.
Kim is dead, Heavy D is dead,
Andre Harrell is dead,
the only two left are Diddy or
Puffy and Al and Al is almost died.
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Talking about, AI B Sure.
And then he said, isn't that industry?
This was in Street Star's interview.
You want to know what they
all had in common, though?
The survivors and the late Uptown Records?
They were all writing tell-all books,
has Puffy ever been in a coma?
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Has anything ever happened to him?
He must be the luckiest mother effort,
because it seems like everybody that
worked at Uptown Records from
the very beginning are gone.
Just him.
Jaguar Wright.
Now, some people might say
this is conspiracy theories.
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This is all, linking together
things that are not connected.
I will say, though it is interesting that
everybody was in the process of writing
a tell all book about the beginning of
Uptown Records and also that form or
that era of hip hop, and
they all are now gone.
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This again, I'm not buying saying
that this is connected at all or
Diddy had anything to do
with the death of them.
That's not what I'm saying.
I'm saying it is a fact.
All those things are facts.
That these people were writing
books when they all passed away.
It is also a fact that Manny Mabel,
who wrote the second book about Malcolm X,
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died the day the book came out, too.
So I'm not linking Malcolm X
to the death of Manny Mabel,
because Malcolm X had been dead for
many of years.
But back to the story at hand, and
something that we shouldn't forget.
Someone is alleging that she was and
traumatized by this man for two decades.
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This man is one of
the richest men in the world.
To believe that it's not possible or to
automatically write her off is disgusting.
When we see horrible behavior time and
time again for this demographic,
men with billions of dollars,
behave ruthlessly over and over.
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Diddy actually got in a fight
with J Cole over J Cole,
refusing to let him bully Kendrick Lamar
over a lyric Kendrick Lamar put in a song.
Literally Kendrick Lamar called
himself the King of New York,
Diddy took offense to that.
And at a party was trying to
fight Kendrick Lamar, and him and
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J Cole ended up fighting.
So this idea that he wouldn't go or
be ruthless or
behave in a ruthless manner
is to be naive at best.
And then on the other end of that
is to be sexist, anti women,
and in this case, just anti women.
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And I think that is something
that we need to acknowledge.
Rayvon, I'll give you the last word on
this before we go to the next story.
>> Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll say to all of
the men out there who say things, well,
we just have to wait till they're
found guilty or in this case, liable.
They said that during Tory Lanez's trial,
he was found guilty.
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He's in jail now.
And they still didn't change their tune.
They're still calling
Meg Thee stallion a liar.
Despite that they said, we got to
wait till we hear what the jury says.
We got to wait till we
hear what the jury says.
The jury said he was guilty and
now there was corruption in the trial.
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There was corruption in the trial.
So I don't trust for
a second when I hear people use that
type of phrasing around these issues.
I think it's important to
see what comes out in trial.
I think that is, as someone who's
gone to law school, something that
we should value, but I think that so
many people who weaponize that do so
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just as a way of attacking
the credibility of a woman.
So we'll see again how this plays out, but
all support to her during what is going to
be a very vulnerable and difficult time.
>> Speaker 1: Yeah, this is a wonderful
point, and I thought I was done with
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my thoughts on this, but what would be
the case if white people told black,
we see black people all the time talking,
screaming about cops that
are killing black people, if the response
was and when the response is.
Because often it is when the response is,
well,
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let's just see what happens
when the case play out.
If, were they criminals?
Did they really attack the cop?
So we see this behavior all the time, and
our stance is completely different
than when women come forward, right?
It is never, well,
that black person is lying about this cop.
And when it is,
we are very pissed about that.
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So I just wanted to add that fact
because it is a lot of sexism in that.
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