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Eye-watering sum Diddy paid Cassie within 24 hours of her filing abuse lawsuit against him finally revealed

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Updated 11:20 15 May 2025 GMT+1Published 07:30 15 May 2025 GMT+1

Eye-watering sum Diddy paid Cassie within 24 hours of her filing abuse lawsuit against him finally revealed

Casandra Ventura filed a lawsuit against the rapper in November 2023 but it was settled just a day later

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

Featured Image Credit: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic via Getty Images

Topics: Diddy, Cassie Ventura, US News, World News, Money

Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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Warning: This article contains allegations of sex trafficking, abuse and assault which some readers may find distressing.

Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura has revealed on the stand how much Sean 'Diddy' Combs paid her to settle her 2023 lawsuit against him and why she took the money.

After being indicted by a grand jury and arrested in September last year, Sean Combs is currently on trial after being charged with racketeering conspiracy, two charges of sex trafficking and two charges of transportation to engage in prostitution - the rapper having denied all charges.

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The 55-year-old's trial began on May 12 and has seen multiple people called to the stand, including R&B singer and dancer Cassie - real name Casandra Ventura - a former partner of Combs.

Ventura came forward in November 2023, filing a sexual abuse lawsuit in Federal District Court in Manhattan alleging Combs 'frequently beat' and also raped her in 2018 - which Combs 'vehemently denied' at the time.

And around 24 hours later, it was revealed Ventura and Combs had reached a settlement.

The lawsuit alleged Combs is a 'serial domestic abuser, who would regularly beat and kick Ms Ventura, leaving black eyes, bruises, and blood,' 'pl[ying] the vulnerable Ms Ventura with drugs and alcohol, causing her to fall into dangerous addictions that controlled her life' - first beginning when he signed her to his record label.

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Ventura said in a statement at the time she was 'finally ready' to tell her 'story' and 'speak up about the trauma [she had] experienced and that [she] will be recovering from for the rest of [her] life'.

Combs' lawyer slammed the allegations as 'baseless and outrageous' and accused Ventura of trying to extort the rapper, claiming Ventura had 'persistent[ly]' been 'demanding' $30 million 'under the threat of writing a damaging book about their relationship, which was unequivocally rejected as blatant blackmail,' Combs' lawyer, Ben Brafman, told UNILAD.

Ventura's lawyer, Doug Wigdor, responded claiming Combs offered the singer 'eight figures to silence her and prevent the filing of this lawsuit' and Ventura allegedly 'rejected his efforts and decided to give a voice to all woman who suffer in silence'.

However, on her second day on the stand amid Combs' sex trafficking trial on May 14, Ventura revealed she ultimately accepted a settlement payment from Combs of a staggering $20 million, alongside dismissing the legal action - and she also reflected why.

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Ventura filed a lawsuit but settled a day later (Laura Thompson / New York Daily News via Getty Images)
Ventura filed a lawsuit but settled a day later (Laura Thompson / New York Daily News via Getty Images)

Ventura confirmed she had been in talks to write a book about her experiences at the time she filed the lawsuit.

She said on the stand, as quoted by The Washington Post: "I wanted to be compensated for the time and the pain and the many, many years of having to try to fix my life."

And why she's taking the stand in court now? "To do the right thing."

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Reflecting on her part in the alleged freak-off parties Combs held which saw her - and reportedly others - abused, she resolved: "I can’t carry the shame, the guilt. I was guided to treat people like they were disposable."

UNILAD has contacted representatives of Sean Combs for comment.

If you want friendly, confidential advice about drugs, you can call American Addiction Centers on (888) 830-7624 24 hours, seven days a week, or contact them through their website.

If you've been affected by any of the issues in this article, you can contact The National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800.656.HOPE (4673) available 24/7. Or you can chat online via online.rainn.org Español: rainn.org/es.

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