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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ariana Baio and Kelly Rissman

Cassie Ventura gives emotionally packed testimony on how Diddy raped her and settled civil suit for $20m

An emotionally packed day of testimony from Diddy's ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, ended with shocking revelations - how she claimed the abuse from the music mogul lasted for years, how she tried to harm herself and how the superstar raped her when they broke up in 2018.

"I can't carry this anymore. I can't carry the shame, the guilt, the way I was guided to treat people like they were disposable," Ventura told a New York federal courtroom Wednesday. "What's right is right. What's wrong is wrong. I'm here to do the right thing."

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