Sean (Diddy) Combs accused of rape, abuse by singer

Sean (Diddy) Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that included beatings and rape.

Sean (Diddy) Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that included beatings and rape.

Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, alleged in the lawsuit filed against the producer and music mogul in New York federal court that Combs brought her into his "ostentatious, fast-paced and drug-fuelled lifestyle" not long after she met him and signed to his label when she was 19 and he was 37 in 2005.

Lawyer Ben Brafman said Combs "vehemently denies" the allegations.

Ventura, now 37 herself, said Combs, now 54, began the pattern of abuse soon after they met. The suit alleges he subjected her to beatings, gave her drugs, and forced her to have sex with other men while he masturbated and filmed them.