Diddy’s ex Cassie and multiple other women who have sued him for sexual assault in recent months are reportedly cooperating with federal investigators as an alleged sex trafficking investigation involving the hip hop mogul intensifies.
Cassie, who sued Diddy in November for allegedly sexually assaulting her and supplying her with drugs for years, has been working with investigators for “several weeks,” sources with direct knowledge said. TMZ On Wednesday.
The timing means the 37-year-old singer may even have been working with the feds in the lead-up to the dual Homeland Security raids on the 54-year-old rapper-turned-executive’s Los Angeles and Miami mansions.
In a statement after the raids, Diddy’s lawyer, Aaron Dyer, called them an “unprecedented ambush” and a “witch hunt” against the businessman.
So far he has not been arrested in connection with the raids nor has he been charged with any crime.
Diddy’s ex Cassie, who sued him in November for allegedly sexually assaulting her and supplying her with drugs for years, has been working with investigators for “several weeks,” sources with direct knowledge told TMZ on Wednesday; both photographed in 2018
The timing means the singer, 37, may have even been working with the feds in the run-up to the dual Homeland Security raids on the 54-year-old rapper-turned-executive’s Los Angeles and Miami mansions; Homeland Security seen outside his home in Los Angeles on March 25
Sources with knowledge of the investigation said Cassie may have helped authorities establish the probable cause necessary for a judge to approve search warrants at the two mansions.
Although the content of Cassie’s conversations with investigators is unknown, she has presumably been discussing the allegations contained in her lawsuit, which Diddy settled in after just one day.
In addition to accusing the record label head of rape, sexual assault and physical abuse, she also claimed that he had forced her to have sex with prostitutes while he watched her and masturbated.
The rapper allegedly photographed and filmed some of these encounters, and Cassie claimed she was forced to watch recordings of herself having sex with other men while under the influence of heavy drugs.
Elsewhere in her lawsuit, the singer alleged that Diddy at one point forced her to hold his gun in her purse, and claimed that in 2012 he blew up rapper Kid Cudi’s car in retaliation for a brief relationship he and Cassie had when she was on outings with him, which Diddy allegedly told Cassie he planned to do beforehand.
Cudi agreed with Cassie’s claims about car bomb, says New York Times that ‘All this is true’.
Diddy and Cassie were together for about 10 years, although they were on and off at various times before the relationship ended permanently in 2018.
Diddy has vehemently denied all of Cassie’s claims, as well as the claims of successive women who sued him for similar crimes in the following months.
However, at least some of those women are also talking to researchers.
The additional accusers may have strengthened authorities’ case, as many of the women’s accusations had strong similarities to Cassie’s initial set of accusations.
However, it is currently unknown which of the other accusers are cooperating.
Diddy’s former producer, Rodney Jones, also filed a lawsuit against him, alleging that he witnessed sex trafficking and was groped and threatened while working for the mogul, but it is not known if he has been speaking to federal investigators.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation said Cassie may have helped authorities establish the probable cause necessary to get a judge to approve search warrants at the two mansions; photographed together in 2017
Other women who later sued Diddy for sexual assault and other allegations are also allegedly cooperating with investigators; photographed in 2014
A source told Us Weekly on Wednesday that Cassie “finally feels like she’s not alone” following the raids and new accusations from other women; photographed in January 2018 in New York.
Following the raids on Diddy’s homes and a series of new accusations from other people, Cassie “finally feels like she’s not alone,” a source said. Us weekly On Wednesday.
“Cassie has been silent for almost two decades and is relieved to have been able to defend herself and for more to come to light,” the source said. “It took her a long time to work up the courage to speak out, but this has been years in the making.”
They added that she had “seen the worst of Diddy” and alleged that he had “put her through the most traumatic abuse.”
“She can’t talk about the things she saw during their relationship, but it was very dark,” the source added.