Vocalist Casandra Ventura, who performs under the name Cassie, has arrived at a settlement only one day in the wake of getting a government claim New York against performer and business visionary Sean “Diddy” Brushes in which she blamed him for assault and actual maltreatment during their relationship, her lawyer affirmed in an explanation.
“I have chosen to determine this matter agreeably on conditions that I have some degree of control. I need to thank my family, fans and legal advisors for their enduring help.” Ventura said in the explanation.
“We have chosen to determine this matter genially,” Brushes said in his own proclamation. “I want Cassie and her family to enjoy all that life has to offer. Love.”
Be that as it may, in a subsequent explanation gave to CBS News Saturday, Ben Brafman, a lawyer for Brushes said: “To make sure we’re clear, a choice to settle a claim, particularly in 2023, is not the slightest bit a confirmation of bad behavior. Mr. Brushes’ choice to settle the claim in no manner subvert his absolute disavowal of the cases. He is cheerful they got to a common settlement and wishes Ms. Ventura the best.”
Terms of the settlement were not revealed.
The protest recorded Thursday portrayed the 54-year-old Brushes as a “horrendous, brutal, and controlling man,” who “stated full oversight over Ms. Ventura’s own and proficient life,” and itemized misuse he purportedly caused for her in the wake of meeting her in 2005 when the artist was 19 years of age, and marking her to his name.
The two dated on-and-off from around 2007 to 2018.
“After years peacefully and murkiness, I’m at long last prepared to recount my story, and to make some noise for myself and to serve different ladies who face brutality and maltreatment in their connections,” Ventura had said in an explanation to CBS News Thursday. “With the lapse of New York’s Grown-up Survivors Move quickly drawing nearer, obviously this was a chance to shout out about the injury I have encountered and that I will recuperate from until the end of my life.”
The suit evened out numerous charges against Brushes, including that he assaulted Ventura in her home after she attempted to leave him, that he “frequently punched, beat, kicked and trampled Ms. Ventura, bringing about wounds, burst lips, bruised eyes and dying,” and that in 2012 he exploded rapper Youngster Cudi’s vehicle in the wake of figuring out he was sincerely keen on Ventura.
In an explanation Thursday, Brafman kept the charges for benefit from getting Brushes, guaranteeing that that Ventura endeavored to coerce him for $30 million.
“Mr. Brushes energetically denies these hostile and ridiculous charges,” Brafman said in a proclamation to CBS News. “For the beyond a half year, Mr. Brushes has been exposed to Ms. Ventura’s determined interest of $30 million, under the danger of composing a harming book about their relationship, which was unequivocally dismissed as conspicuous shakedown.”
Because of Brafman’s case, a lawyer for Ventura countered that it was Brushes who offered her “eight-figures to quietness her and forestall the documenting of this claim.”
“It’s profitable for the two sides to arrive at a speedy settlement,” said Jessica Levinson, a CBS News legitimate supporter and Loyola Graduate school teacher. “For Sean Brushes, he doesn’t believe this should haul out, he doesn’t maintain that we should continue to discuss the claims against him.”
