Diddy, Cassie Hit With Shock Lawsuit, As Escort Claims He Was 'Drugged,' 'Traumatized' And Given An STD

By Favour Adegoke on July 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM EDT

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One of Sean "Diddy" Combs' alleged male escorts in his "freak-offs" has sued the rapper and his ex, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura.

The escort, Clayton Howard, made a number of wild claims in the suit, including accusations that Cassie gave him an STD and aborted his child without his consent.

Howard also alleged that he was "drugged, manipulated, and traumatized" by Diddy and Cassie. He is now seeking compensation for "psychological injury" and several other forms of trauma he experienced while working for the duo.

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The Male Escort Made Several Wild Claims In His Lawsuit Against Cassie And Diddy

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Although Diddy walked away with a minimal sentence during his recent sex crimes trial, his legal battles seem far from over.

The rapper is still embroiled in several civil suits and has now been hit with another, this time from a male escort named Clayton Howard.

In the suit, which also names Cassie, Diddy's former girlfriend, Howard accused the singer of giving him an STD, which he seemingly believes was contracted during the "freak-offs" he had with the duo, per TMZ.

He also made the wild claim that Cassie got pregnant by him during one of these encounters but did not inform him and instead chose to abort the child.

According to Howard, she continued to have sex with him, often unprotected and drug-induced, and also compelled him, on multiple occasions, to m-sturbate for hours on end.

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These sessions, he claimed, would often result in tears, peeling skin, and scabbing on his p-nis afterward.

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The Escort Claims Cassie And Diddy Used Him 'To Satisfy Their Sexual Fetishes'

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Although Howard did not testify in Diddy's sex crimes trial, he was listed as one of several individuals the rapper allegedly hired for his "freak-offs."

Howard reportedly began participating in these sessions with Diddy and Cassie in 2009. The encounters are said to have continued for more than five years, although the circumstances under which his involvement ended remain unclear.

During the time his relationship with the former couple lasted, he claimed they trafficked him for the purposes of commercial sex, which he described as "entertainment to satisfy their sexual fetishes and personal ambitions."

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Clayton Howard Says He Suffered Multiple Damages At The Hands Of The Former Couple

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The escort, Howard, further alleged in his lawsuit that he was drugged, manipulated, and traumatized by Cassie and Diddy, whom he described as being involved in a toxic and abusive relationship, as supported by reports from Diddy's trial.

Now, it appears that Howard is seeking compensation for the trauma he endured while involved with the former couple.

This includes claims for physical and psychological injury, lost wages and benefits, medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress and mental anguish, as well as loss of enjoyment of life.

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Diddy Is Facing A Number Of Civil Suits

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One of the civil suits filed against Diddy came from a Jane Doe who claimed that she was gang-raped and sex trafficked by Combs when she was just 17, per Vulture.

Another was filed by Liza Gardner, in which she accused the rapper and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall of having sex with her against her will when she was only 16.

A Joi Dickerson-Neal also sued Diddy for sexual assault and for recording the assault. She claimed she was drugged by the rapper after agreeing to go on a date with him while she was a student at Syracuse University in 1991.

Meanwhile, model and designer Crystal McKinney accused the rapper of forcing her to perform oral sex on him with the promise that he would help her career.

An April Lampos also filed a suit against Diddy, with claims including battery, sexual assault, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and committing a crime of violence motivated by gender.

Altogether, Diddy has been hit with 66 lawsuits since he was first indicted last September.

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Diddy Wants To Fight Each Civil Suit To Win 'Full Vindication'

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Following the verdict in Diddy's sex crimes trial, his lawyer, Erica Wolff, claimed the jury's decision is proof that the rapper is innocent of the claims in his numerous civil suits.

The outcome helped prove "what we have been saying about the civil cases since day one: they are all fabricated attempts to extort windfall payments from an innocent man," said the attorney, per New York Times.

"Mr. Combs never sexually assaulted or trafficked anyone," she added. "From the beginning, we have vigorously defended against the civil plaintiffs' made-up claims with full confidence that Mr. Combs would prevail in the criminal case, and he did."

Wolf also informed the press that Diddy "will not back down" and intends to fight all the civil cases to win his "full vindication."

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