Four months after 2016 surveillance video of Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting ex Cassie Ventura was released, prosecutors read alleged texts between the two during his second attempt at requesting bail.

In a lawsuit filed on 16 November 2023, Cassie Ventura accused Sean Combs of rape, physical abuse and sex trafficking, detailing the repeated assaults she says she was subjected to during their relationship, which lasted more than a decade. She also alleges he raped her after she tried to leave him.

As allegations of sexual assault, physical violence and human trafficking mounted over the last months -- allegations Combs has largely and vehemently denied -- his business empir