Sean Combs, also known as Diddy, has been accused of rape and physical abuse by his former girlfriend, the singer Cassie. The New York Times reports that on Thursday, Cassie (real name Cassandra Ventura) filed a suit in Manhattan’s Federal District Court alleging that Combs began abusing her not long after they met in 2005, when she was 19 and he was 37. She also claims that in 2018, Combs forced himself into her home and raped her.

“After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships,” Ventura said in a statement to the Times.

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