Diddy’s former longtime partner Cassie Ventura has remained silent after he was indicted over multiple shocking charges.
The 38-year-old R&B singer (stage name Cassie) was with the Bad Boy mogul – born Sean Combs – for over a decade from 2007 to 2018.
Now Diddy has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, according to a federal indictment unsealed in New York on Tuesday.
Combs had been arrested late on Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Cassie, said in a statement on Tuesday that ‘neither Ms Ventura nor I have any comment’.
Diddy’s former longtime partner Cassie Ventura has remained silent after he was indicted over multiple shocking charges; the former couple are seen in New York back in May 2015
DailyMail.com has also reached out to Cassie’s representatives for comment and have yet to hear back.
Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse.
He has denied many of those allegations, and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said outside the court that Combs would plead not guilty and that he would ‘fight like hell’ to try to get his client released from custody.
Of Combs, Agnifilo said, ‘His spirits are good. He’s confident.’
Combs, 54, was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.
In November, Ventura filed a lawsuit saying he had beaten and raped her for years.
She accused Combs of coercing her and others into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.
The suit was settled in one day but months later, CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs punching and kicking Cassie and throwing her on the floor.
The 38-year-old R&B singer (stage name Cassie) was with the Bad Boy mogul – born Sean Combs – for over a decade from 2007 to 2018; the former couple are seen in March 2016
After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, ‘I was disgusted when I did it.’
However, Combs and his attorneys denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.
‘We appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,’ he added.
A woman said Combs raped her two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs subjected her to ‘terrifying sexual encounters,’ starting when she was a college student in 1994.
The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie and Ms Lampros did.
Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.
In 2001, he was acquitted of charges related to a Manhattan nightclub shooting two years earlier that injured three people. His then-protege, Shyne, was convicted of assault and other charges and served around eight years in prison.
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