Cassie and Diddy have already settled the lawsuit just 24 hours later

So now we all know he's 100% straight.

The check's in the mail!

R2 that’s exactly what it is. They both said they have decided to resolve this amicably. Aka he paid her what she wanted so she could go away and STFU

Frankly pretty smart and savvy on his part. Get out of the cycle asap

He probably wrote her a nice big check, like Michael Jackson did with those boys

Wait.

Does this mean we weren't raped?

Or?

I'm guessing he gave her $30 million, which was what she asked for. The public sentiment towards him has shifted, even before this. I'm sure he was panicked, the last couple of days, and wanted to stop the bleeding.

30 million?

He’s very rich. $30 million is nothing to him. Better to just give it to her and she goes away than spend a bunch and make it a circus in court.

I hadn't been following this closely. So there were no criminal charges, and they settle that quick? Wow. She must have had a lot info about him, or Puffy saw that her speaking up was going to lead to other people coming forward.

He wouldn't want to make it that sweet or everyone he ever slightly crossed would come out of the woodwork for a piece.

Oh he's a billionaire

Puffy Weinstein

I think it was more than $30 million. She already said she turned down an eight figure offer from him. She went scorched earth on him and probably has a lot of documented shit on him. Plus Kid Cudi backing her on the blown up car story had to have been pretty devastating. Another rapper Yung Joc told a story on a show last year about Diddy making Cassie shaving part of her head.

The court of public opinion would’ve ripped him to shreds and he is trying to nip it in the bud.

Is he seriously a billionaire?! He hasn’t had a hit in decades and I never hear about him. He must have other business ventures and is a producer or whatever. I hear his name and immediately think “has been”. He is also really unlikeable.

Sizemeat verificata?

He still likes the penis, correct?

Total closeted Faggot!!

Countdown to her “accidental” fall from a hotel window…

Cassie’s attorneys used the “why would this be a cash grab when Diddy already offered her eight figures not to go public?” excuse. Because she can and did get more. Diddy is terrified of even the hint of prison, however remote that is. It’s his Achilles heel.

Will this lead to a reckoning?

Hmmmm

Well that's anti-climactic.

R15 must be living under a rock. Diddy barely made music himself. Bad Boy Records is his. He made a lot off of others. He’s a businessman, and a smart one.

He should've just paid her what she wanted in first place.

He will never live down the tea she spilled about him forcing her to hire male whores while he cucked in the corner!

I remember reading the Kid Cudi rumours on CDAN years ago but I assumed they were about Jay Z.

Funny how quickly she settled. It was All about a cash grab after all.

Curious what they're saying at Lipstick Alley, but too lazy to look.

Duh r26. She needed that money. She doesn’t have a career and her husband is a personal trainer. She got accustomed to that very rich lifestyle.

He would have paid anything to avoid a trial. Can you imagine how embarrassing discovery would be? For the entire hip-hop industry?

Aside from getting roughed up and dodging a few glass vases, how many of yall would go along with having a fabulous celebrity lifestyle, hiring hung male prostitutes on command, and being allowed to have side boyfriends, for a 30 million dollar payday? Like this post if you would.

Can she still write a book, or was non-disclosure part of the deal?

Now I’m starting to wander about Tupac. Remember Hit ‘Em Up?

The rumor is that he originally offered 10 million but she wanted 30 million. It is also rumored that she got at least 50 million.

R33 where are these rumors?

R26, if it was a "cash grab" why did he agree to pay her off instead of fighting the charges in court?

He's guilty and everyone knows it

The question remains, diddy?

Absolutely nowhere, besides in the minds of those who want to pretend that this was ever about anything other than her needing money. They need to pretend that she only settled so quickly because he paid her some astronomical amount she couldn’t refuse.

You really don’t think he paid her an astronomical amount of money r37? His attorneys initial public response was weak. Diddy wanted to bury this ASAP.

Biggy smalls and junior mafia some mark ass bitches

He should have just paid her before she filed her lawsuit w/all of its allegations. He's probably very sorry he didn't pay her off earlier.

One petty thing I never liked about him was his mouth-breather facial expression all the time. Close your mouth, buddy!

In honor of this victory, let’s enjoy her hit song

R34 from dey cousin S’harmisha’s hairstylist’s brother’s girlfriend’s uncle’s wife K’disha. She been knowin all that tea, b’leeve that, cuz.

R38 no, I do not. I’m. If he was going to do that, he could’ve paid her the day before any of this came out. The story is out there now. The damage was done, so why pay more? I wouldn’t be surprised if he paid her less than his original offer. She got what she wanted, she damaged his reputation and got paid without having to go to court. I believe her story I just don’t think he’s the type to be shaken by something like this. He probably has 5 other women right now in the exact same situation that Cassie was in. He can’t have them thinking they have the power now. Anything more shocking Cassie had to reveal would probably run the risk of incriminating herself as well. We don’t know exactly how this has gone down. I doubt it’s as cut and dry as the statements are making it seem.

Diddy is well known to be a creep. We've called him out, just like we called out Spacey and co

[quote]So now we all know he's 100% straight.

Any man who hires male prostitutes, handpicks them himself, to fuck his girlfriend while he watches and records it is not 100% for sure.

[quote]If he was going to do that, he could’ve paid her the day before any of this came out. The story is out there now. The damage was done, so why pay more? I wouldn’t be surprised if he paid her less than his original offer.

R43 she called his bluff and went public with the lawsuit. I am sure there are a lot of damning things about herself he thought she wouldn't go public with. I guess he wasn't aware of how over having a music career she was - considering that was the carrot he always hung over her head if she left. And once he saw the tip of the iceberg of what she was willing to talk about publicly, I am sure there is a shitload of DAMNING stuff about him that she wouldn't give a fuck about talking about now - including gay stuff. I am SURE he paid her more than 30 million. She could have gotten that and more in a trial. It must have been double for her to shut up so quickly.

Besides all this relationship drama, he was well known for being horrible to the artists he managed and produced for.

I am also thinking he was doing a little damage control as he knew this was coming. He's been working overtime in the last year to extend the olive branch to his former artists by reassigning his publishing rights to them. Faith Evans, Mase, 112, and many others.

How do I despise this man.

His new album is a massive flop.

He was the blueprint for that absolute horridness who came after him - Kayne West.

There's no way of knowing how much she ends up with. Assuming it is $30 mil, before the money gets distributed the Feds will take 37% and there could be state tax. Do her lawyers get 50% of the gross ($30 mil), or 50% of the net (what remains after tax)? Not revealed is whether it is a lump sum or a payment spread out over - say - 10 years or more. Lot of details had to ironed out in the last 24 hours and of course everyone involved had to sign NDAs.

[quote] The story is out there now. The damage was done, so why pay more? I wouldn’t be surprised if he paid her less than his original offer.

Things could've gotten worse for Diddy. The longer the court case dragged on, the more he would have been in the news in this negative light.

Aside from paying her off before she filed her lawsuit, this (paying her off before trial) was the best thing he could have done, PR-wise.

Diddy is alleged to have horrific breath...must be from all of that underage boy ass he eats.

Jaguar Wright, who has been speaking out about Diddy and tons of other shady stars for years gives the internet a big I TOLD YOU SO

[QUOTE]The damage was done, so why pay more?

Well, if she was still holding other, more damaging dirt ouut there as r45 points out, would be one reason. The other would be the discovery phase of the trial. His phone and email records, travel records, etc. would be subpoenaed and he'd have to give depositions under oath. No way he's going to give that to opposing counsel.

Who are the people Combs is rumored to have killed? I stopped keeping up with popular music ages ago, so I didn't know he has such a terrible, violent reputation. J Lo incident aside, he appears to be the most vanilla hip hop artist among casual, white observers.

BTW, word on the curb is that Cassie got 9! figures.

R55 show us a link

That’s why it’s called “word on the curb” r56. That’s another way of saying gossip that’s not in fine print yet. But we’ll wait and see the next couple of days.

If he was willing to shill out 9 figures then he definitely has stuff to hide

She could have told The Rest of The Story! Like that the hustlers would fuck him after he watched a while.

That may very well be what she left out, r59. Having her lawyers talk to his before filing was the first shot, then the details in the filing -- a more serious shot across the bow. This is why upthread I banged on about Diddy doing anything within his power to avoid the discovery phase . She'd be able to reveal more details and information about these encounters during her depositions as she's questioned about the nature and details -- what went on before and after, who said what to whom, etc. Such detail isn't necessary in the lawsuit filing because she's not suing him because he got plowed by male prosties.

This whole thing reminds of Paul Manafort and his poor drug-addled wife. Even the hustlers were black.

^ Wait, what's this about Paul Manafort's wife?

We discussed this as Manafort was being prosecuted. We discussed it here during the time. I'm probably not using correct search terms b/c there were more details. Look at r8.

R62, thanks. I just re-watched the American Greed episode about Paul Manafort. Dude spent more money on clothes than a vain starlet.

I know there was more discussion about this here, even with an independent thread (of course! We are DL, all over a scintilla of BBC). IIRC, there were quotes from Manafort's daughters' texts describing the whole sordid, awful, abusive scene. I may have used wrong search terms here and on Google and I'll try again, but it was pretty clear their mother was a benzo mess getting plowed without consent. Yes, Paul Manafort repeatedly set his wife up to be raped and their daughters were blithely having a text conversation about their mother's potential STD infections thanks to dad.

If I don't find the references, it *might* be because the right-wing funders with bottomless pockets got the internet scrubbed for him after Trump's pardon.

For you, R64.

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