The assault within the surveillance video matches the outline of an alleged March 2016 incident that Cassie, beforehand often known as Cassie Ventura and who now additionally makes use of her married identify of Casandra Fine, had detailed in a sexual abuse, intercourse trafficking and battery lawsuit she had filed in opposition to Combs in November 2023 and settled sooner or later later. At the time, the producer’s lawyer advised E! News in an announcement that “Mr. Combs’ decision to settle the lawsuit does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims.”

Combs nonetheless faces 5 different civil lawsuits filed in New York since final fall, accusing him of sexual assault, sexual trafficking and different felony exercise. He has denied all of the allegations.

The Grammy winner additionally stays the topic of a federal investigation following raids on his properties in California and Florida in March. A supply acquainted with the investigation advised NBC News on the time that the inquiry got here amid a wave of lawsuits which were filed in opposition to him and that federal officers have already interviewed three folks in relation to allegations of intercourse trafficking, sexual assault, and the solicitation and distribution of unlawful narcotics and firearms.

One of Combs’ attorneys advised NBC News in an announcement after the raids that the rapper “was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities” and that his shopper is harmless and “will continue to fight every single day to clear his name.”

(E! and NBC News are a part of the NBCUniversal household.)

Read on to search out out extra about Combs’ authorized troubles…