Cassie
From Civil Lawsuit to Trial Testimony
… Her Essential Position within the Case In opposition to Diddy
Revealed
Cassie Ventura dated Diddy for greater than a decade … and, now she’ll possible ship a number of the most essential testimony at his federal trial, beginning later this month.
The singer-songwriter has performed a big position in Diddy’s life little question … and, we will recap her final couple years as they pertain to Diddy’s life — starting in late 2023 when she filed a civil lawsuit towards him.
Again in November of that 12 months, Cassie sued Diddy … accusing him of rape, human trafficking and different crimes. It was additionally the primary time anybody had made point out of the alleged “freak offs” prosecutors declare Diddy had — with Cassie claiming he coordinated sexual encounters between her and male prostitutes and pleasured himself whereas watching.
Diddy’s legal professionals initially known as this lawsuit a “shakedown” … however, only a day later, he agreed to settle for an undisclosed quantity.
On the time, the NYPD instructed us Diddy was not the topic of an investigation regardless of Cassie’s lawsuit. Quite a few different alleged victims got here ahead within the following months and filed comparable lawsuits towards the music mogul.
A couple of months after Cassie’s lawsuits, federal brokers raided Diddy’s houses in L.A., New York and Miami … and, we broke the information that Cassie was cooperating with the feds — which, given the timing, suggests Cassie might have helped them set up possible trigger for the raids.
A 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN exhibits Sean “Diddy” Combs violently seize, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura throughout an altercation in a resort in California. https://t.co/qgD40mRPtQ pic.twitter.com/1u7qJgn3mC
— CNN Breaking Information (@cnnbrk) Could 17, 2024
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Then, in Could of final 12 months, the now notorious tape of Diddy beating up Cassie in a resort hallway was printed by CNN. The video exhibits Cassie leaving a resort room and heading for the elevators when Diddy — carrying solely in a towel — follows her out and knocks her to the bottom.
The prosecution and the protection have fired off at each other over the tape … with Diddy’s crew introducing testimony by an knowledgeable witness claiming the variations of the video the prosecution aren’t an correct depiction of occasions for varied causes.
4 alleged victims will are scheduled to testify towards Diddy at his trial … with simply certainly one of them — Cassie — doing so sans pseudonym.
Jury choice for the trial begins tomorrow … with opening arguments scheduled for the next week. Keep tuned to TMZ for all of the updates on the trial.
