{"id":4435,"date":"2026-06-02T23:25:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/cassie-ventura-flees-us-with-no-intention-to-return-after-20-million-payday-from-diddy-legal-drama\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:25:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:25:59","slug":"cassie-ventura-flees-us-with-no-intention-to-return-after-20-million-payday-from-diddy-legal-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/cassie-ventura-flees-us-with-no-intention-to-return-after-20-million-payday-from-diddy-legal-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassie Ventura flees US with no intention to return after $20 million payday from Diddy legal drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129532667.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cassie Ventura has left the US and has no intentions of returning to the country, according to new court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLong Way 2 Go\u201d hitmaker filed an official declaration dated May 1 as part of her ongoing lawsuit against male sex worker Clayton Howard, where she states: \u201cI reside outside of the United States. I do not intend to move back to the United States,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/02\/cassie-no-longer-in-the-states-after-diddy-payout\/\">reports TMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cassie Ventura (pictured here walking in New York City on December 2022) revealed in court docs dated May 1 that she fled the US, with no intention of returning. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The move comes a year after Ventura testified against her ex Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs in his federal racketeering case. She\u2019s pictured above with Combs in 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Roc Nation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It remains unclear as to where Ventura has settled down or when she made the move, but the timing comes nearly a year after the singer testified in her ex Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs\u2019 racketeering and sex trafficking case. <\/p>\n<p>As part of the federal criminal trial \u2014 which took place in New York \u2014 she also submitted a statement saying she is a \u201ccitizen of the United States\u201d and is \u201cnot a resident of the state of California.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>While giving her testimony against Combs, Ventura told the jury of the alleged years of abuse she suffered during her relationship with him, which lasted from 2007 until 2018.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>During her testimony (shown above is a courtroom sketch of Ventura during Combs\u2019 trial), Ventura told the jury of the years of physical and emotional abuse she suffered during her relationship with Combs. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ventura also revealed that she received a $20 million settlement from Combs and his companies after she filed a bombshell lawsuit against him in 2023. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also revealed that she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/05\/14\/celebrity-news\/cassie-ventura-reveals-staggering-settlement-from-sean-diddy-combs\/\">received $20 million in settlement money<\/a> from \u201cSean and his companies\u201d after she filed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/11\/17\/entertainment\/cassie-and-sean-diddy-combs-settle-lawsuit-after-she-accuses-him-of-rape-abuse\/\">bombshell lawsuit against him<\/a>\u00a0in 2023, accusing him of raping her, physically abusing her and forcing her to have sex with male prostitutes.<\/p>\n<p>Combs was ultimately found guilty of two counts of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/02\/celebrity-news\/diddy-verdict-what-to-know-about-his-possible-sentence-for-prostitution-conviction-mann-act-violation\/\">transportation to engage in prostitution<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 and acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering.<\/p>\n<p>After the verdict was announced, Ventura\u2019s attorney Doug Widor <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/02\/celebrity-news\/sean-diddy-combs-verdict-reached-rapper-found-guilty-on-prostitution-charges-acquitted-for-sex-trafficking\/\">released a statement<\/a> on her behalf commending his client for her \u201ccourage.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Combs (pictured here looking somber in a selfie) was found guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution \u2014 and acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering.  <span class=\"credit\">Diddy\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Combs (pictured here tearing up while holding his hands by his mouth) was sentenced to four years behind bars.  <span class=\"credit\">Obtained by the NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis entire criminal process started when our client Cassie Ventura had the courage to file her civil complaint in November 2023,\u201d Widor said in his remarks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough the jury did not find Combs guilty of sex trafficking Cassie beyond a reasonable doubt, she paved the way for a jury to find him guilty of transportation to engage in prostitution,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ventura (seen above with Combs walking together in Los Angeles in March 2018) filed court documents revealing her expat status as part of her ongoing lawsuit against Clayton Howard. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Howard, a male sex worker prosecutors said was hired by Combs, is suing both Combs and Ventura (both pictured above at the \u201cCan\u2019t Stop Won\u2019t Stop\u201d premiere in June 2017) and claims the singer gave him a sexually transmitted disease.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He claims in his suit that Ventura gave him a sexually transmitted disease, and that she got an abortion without telling him after he got her pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>He also accuses Ventura of manipulating him into taking ecstasy and having unprotected sex. He also claims she forced him to masturbate for extended periods of time, often leading to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Howard alleged that he sustained physical and psychological injuries from the alleged trauma plus lost wages and benefits, medical expenses, pain and suffering, emotional distress and mental anguish, plus loss of enjoyment of life.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/celebrity-news\/cassie-ventura-flees-us-with-no-intention-to-return-after-20-million-payday-from-diddy-legal-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cassie Ventura has left the US and has no intentions of returning to the country,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129532667.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}