A resurfaced video shows a young Sean Combs introducing aspiring singer Cassie Ventura to his employees at a Bad Boy Records meeting in New York.
In the video, Combs introduces 19-year-old aspiring singer Cassie and her boyfriend, Ryan Leslie, who was her music producer at the time.
Sitting on either side of Combs in the meeting were music execs Kevin Liles (left) and Harve Pierre (right). Pierre was named in a sexual assault lawsuit filed against Combs by a “Jane Doe” in December 2023.
After introducing Cassie and Leslie to his label execs, Combs went on to explain how he heard Cassie’s new song over in Europe.
Cassie and Ryan were in Europe promoting their new records. Cassie had a song out called “Me & U,” which was produced by Ryan.
“I started hearing this record that was haunting me in the clubs,” Combs said. “And it was, um… it was Cassie’s record. And, um… I would hear it everywhere I was at. So I kept asking who, what record is that, and Gwen told me that it was Ryan’s act – it was Cassie.”
Combs and Ryan had worked together on other music projects for 2 years before Ryan introduced Combs to Cassie.
Combs eventually signed Cassie to a 10-year record deal. But she only released one album before Combs coerced her to leave Ryan and they began dating.
Together, Cassie and Combs would explore their darkest sexual fantasies, including orgies, voyeurism, fetishes, bondage, sadism, prostitution, and more.
Cassie eagerly recruited male escorts and had sex with them while Combs watched and pleasured himself.
Cassie sued Combs for rape and physical assault in November 2023. He quickly settled the lawsuit the next day with a $20 million payout.
Cassie, now 38 and eight months pregnant with her third child, is currently testifying as a key witness in Combs’ sex trafficking trial in Manhattan.
She was granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony.
Watch the video below.
