Singer Cassie revealed the previously unknown figure that she settled with Sean “Diddy” Combs for in her bombshell 2023 lawsuit that spurred criminal charges against the fallen movie mogul.
During testimony Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court the R&B singer and star witness against the Bad Boy Records founder told jurors she ultimately settled with him for $20 million.
“Who paid you $20 million,” prosecutor Emily Johnson asked Cassie just before finishing up her direct examination.
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“Sean and his companies,” Cassie answered.
Her civil case laid out similar claims to those she has testified two over the past two days in at his criminal sex-trafficking and racketeering trial.
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Cassie — whose full name is Casandra Ventura — brought the lawsuit on Nov. 16, 2023 and settled with the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper within a day.
Ventura’s disturbing allegations ultimately prompted the feds to launch a probe into Combs.
Combs has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers have said his alleged victims actually took part in so-called “freak-off” sex marathons with male escorts willingingly.
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