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Cassie Ventura Declares Living Abroad After $20 M Diddy Settlement

6/3/2026

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Singer Cassie Ventura filed a May 1, 2026 declaration stating she lives abroad and will not return to United States.
She left California after receiving a $20 million settlement from Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Ventura said attending New York proceedings is easier because lawyers are based there.
The filing responds to a California lawsuit by escort Clayton Howard, who alleges he performed “freak-offs” for Ventura and Combs and fathered a pregnancy that ended in abortion.

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Singer Cassie Ventura filed a May 1, 2026 declaration stating she lives abroad and will not return to United States.
She left California after receiving a $20 million settlement from Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Ventura said attending New York proceedings is easier because lawyers are based there.
The filing responds to a California lawsuit by escort Clayton Howard, who alleges he performed “freak-offs” for Ventura and Combs and fathered a pregnancy that ended in abortion.