Cassie Reveals $10M InterContinental Settlement Over Diddy Assault

Cassie Ventura ended her testimony in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday, capping 4 days of detailing what she alleged to be coercive, humiliating intercourse by dropping a brand new revelation.

The R&B singer — the prosecution’s star witness — revealed on the stand throughout Combs’ legal sex-trafficking trial that she is about to obtain a multimillion-dollar settlement from the InterContinental Lodge in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles.

“I believe it was $10 million,” Ventura advised a federal jury in Manhattan of the cash she says she’s receiving from the resort.

The InterContinental is the place safety digicam footage captured Combs beating Ventura in a hallway in 2016, after what Ventura and federal prosecutors stated was one among Combs’ drug-fueled intercourse marathons, which he referred to as “freak offs.”

Underneath questioning by protection lawyer Anna Estevao, Ventura advised the eight-man, four-woman jury that she didn’t know the precise financial determine, however described the settlement as a executed deal.

“And have you ever reached the top of settlement discussions with the InterContinental?” Estevao requested Ventura to which she replied, “I’ve.”

Representatives for the resort declined to remark.

Exterior of courtroom, Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas Wigdor, wouldn’t affirm the settlement quantity, solely saying, “The report is the report.”

At Combs’ trial, which kicked off earlier this week, the jury was proven the 2016 footage of Combs attacking Ventura within the resort hallway.

Prosecutor Emily Johnson stated in her opening statements that on the time, the hip-hop mogul paid a safety guard on the resort $100,000 in a brown paper envelope in trade for the footage.

Combs apologized for his actions within the video after CNN printed the footage final yr.

The resort settlement is the second settlement Ventura revealed throughout her testimony. She additionally advised jurors that Combs paid her $20 million to settle her civil lawsuit in opposition to him in 2023.

Within the lawsuit, Ventura accused Combs of of rape, bodily abuse, and controlling her throughout their greater than decadelong relationship. She additionally detailed Combs’ InterContinental Lodge assault within the go well with and stated within the courtroom papers that Combs paid the resort $50,000 for the footage of it.

Whereas underneath questioning by Johnson on Friday, Ventura stated she would give the $20 million again if it meant by no means having joined Combs’ freak offs.

“If I hadn’t executed freak offs, I’d have had company and autonomy,” she stated. “I would not have needed to work so laborious to get it again.”