celeb megathread Breaking: Diddy settles Cassie’s lawsuit, terms undisclosed

[Dolce Vita]

happy she probably got a huge cheque in order for her to be happy to settle but i still feel an ick knowing that man probably feels like he can use money to silence his victims. i hope this doesn’t deter anyone else from coming out 

[imabadkid]

Are people really criticizing her? Coming forward to speak up about trauma and abuse is NEVER easy… but ultimately Cassie has to make the decision she feels is best for her and if that means settling out of court then everyone needs to respect that. 

also, Cassie is incredibly brave and she’s now opened up the floodgates for other women (and men… allegedly) to speak up about the abuse and trauma they’ve faced by him.

[Raiden]

She cashed out — and thereby proved what this was all about.

[uusagii]

Well, this is disappointing

[getBusy]

Can’t blame any woman for choosing to skip YEARS of waiting, suffering until the court dates arrives, being written about in the press, etc. 

 

At least she was able to point the finger at him even if it was for a very short 24 hrs. And now there’s a paper trail of what she accused him of. It’s a small win for everyone. 

[Raiden]

 

LawTube was right — this was a metoo scam of the purest kind (she wanted noting but $

[okgo]

12 minutes ago, Raiden said:

She cashed out — and thereby proved what this was all about.

 

Just now, Raiden said:

 

LawTube was right — this was a metoo scam of the purest kind (she wanted noting but $

you're disgusting and should be banned.

 

[Katy V.!]

Yall spent years watching Kesha suffer against someone that was 1/100 as powerful as Diddy and yall just wanted that for Cassie too? The misogyny in this forum never stops surprising me.

 

The way Republicans would've had a "conspiracy" feast with this, though. But they're too racist and sexist to even find out about this

[glitch]

19 minutes ago, Raiden said:

She cashed out — and thereby proved what this was all about.

If there was nothing in it he could've easily gotten the case thrown out of court. It's clear there was at least some evidence against him. The fact that he settled says more about him than it does about her 

[glitch]

3 hours ago, Blue. said:

Ok, I’m trying to remain sympathetic but her settling after a day it is not it. If all the awful stuff is true, then he needs to be held accountable or you are enabling him to continue doing with other people besides yourself.

On the other hand, why is it solely the victim's responsibility to bring their abuser to justice? By the sounds of things this man subjected her to years of abuse, maybe she just wants to move on with her life. If another victim wants to come forward and take him to court, then that's their decision.

 

I applaud anyone who actually takes the steps to hold their abuser accountable, but equally I don't blame anyone who does absolutely nothing. It's no easy feat to have to stand it court and recount to a room full of strangers what happened to you, not less have it splashed across the press and social media, with every person passing their opinion on the veracity of your claims.

[Raiden]

4 minutes ago, glitch said:

If there was nothing in it he could've easily gotten the case thrown out of court. It's clear there was at least some evidence against him. The fact that he settled says more about him than it does about her 

This is of course nonsense within the context of the US justice system. Settling has no relation to guilt or innocence in America — people who get sued settle the vast majority of the time because they want to avoid bankruptcy. Legal costs are usurious.

[BeenTheShit]

I still hope there is some sort of documentary about all this and others come forward.  This story needs to be told. 

[okgo]

54 minutes ago, Raiden said:

This is of course nonsense within the context of the US justice system. Settling has no relation to guilt or innocence in America — people who get sued settle the vast majority of the time because they want to avoid bankruptcy. Legal costs are usurious.

since you consistently seem to have the WORST takes around here - do you have to make an effort because you want attention or does it come naturally?

 

and do you realize your post goes against your previous claims this was a "scam" and "she wanted nothing but $"? are legal costs not "usurious" for her? are you not familiar with Diddy and this case at all or what?? she's not the powerful well-connected billionaire here. I know you're not trying to say she's the one trying to bankrupt him with a $30m lawsuit with THOSE kind of horrific allegations. if anything that should be enough proof this was NOT just about the money but she WANTED that lawsuit public (or she would've taken the 8 figure settlement he had already offered before.) 

 

 

 

[Davidoff]

2 hours ago, Dolce Vita said:

happy she probably got a huge cheque in order for her to be happy to settle but i still feel an ick knowing that man probably feels like he can use money to silence his victims. i hope this doesn’t deter anyone else from coming out 

But those “victims” are allowing him to use his money to silence them. I dont want to victim shame her but her settling with him makes it seem like money is all she was after. Where’s her integrity

[hétérosexuelle]

Put some of this money into a SICKENING album, queen

 

she never missed whenever she made a song, 10’s across the board

 

[okgo]

1 hour ago, Davidoff said:

But those “victims” are allowing him to use his money to silence them. I dont want to victim shame her but her settling with him makes it seem like money is all she was after. Where’s her integrity

where's HIS integrity weirdo? she wasn't silenced, we knew her story and now have confirmation straight from her. why are you seemingly more worried about the integrity of the victim instead of the abuse she suffered?? following your "logic" wouldn't the more pertinent question be why didn't the powerful billionaire want to defend his "integrity" in court?? WORMS

 

people like you would be the FIRST to drag her the second some less innocent info about her character came out like y'all do with every victim (who aren't saints and also happen to be flawed individuals as everyone else) which is why I am VERY relieved for her that isn't gonna happen to that extent anymore.

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by okgo

[TasteOfYourLips]

1 hour ago, Davidoff said:

But those “victims” are allowing him to use his money to silence them. I dont want to victim shame her but her settling with him makes it seem like money is all she was after. Where’s her integrity

Where's Diddy's diginity if he's supposedly innocent and yet he settled out of court, paid Cassie insane amount money instead of fighting in court for his reputation? He has money, power and the crimes took place a long time ago. What stops him from suing Cassie for defamation? 

[crf13]

12 hours ago, shelven said:

No shade but this would not be good legal advice  Like we can debate whether she should have moved forward with the lawsuit for larger justice/accountability reasons, but purely from the perspective of her own best interests (which is what her lawyer is supposed to look out for), taking a generous or even reasonable settlement offer this early is absolutely the better choice than dragging out YEARS of contentious litigation. Abuse claims of this nature are very difficult to win on, even with the lower burden of proof in a civil context, so she would have had to spend a ton of money (not to mention time and significant emotional stress) with nowhere close to a guarantee of success. 

 

Like it sucks that he can get out of this so easily just by paying her some money to go away, but unfortunately it's the way better option for her than fighting this to the very end.

Thank you!!! Most people on this site just wanted “a show” anyway. They’re not taking into account the fact that Cassie is a mother of two infants. Taking the safer option while also getting her story out there is a win for her, and a settlement doesn’t mean that prosecutors can’t still go after him. That’s on them. Not Cassie. 

[i spit on haters]

8 minutes ago, crf13 said:

Thank you!!! Most people on this site just wanted “a show” anyway. They’re not taking into account the fact that Cassie is a mother of two infants. Taking the safer option while also getting her story out there is a win for her, and a settlement doesn’t mean that prosecutors can’t still go after him. That’s on them. Not Cassie. 

I didn't want "a show" and @shelven didn't think I wanted one, either. And I actually agreed and 'liked' his post. I even changed my own mind after my original post prior to Shelven's reply because I then thought of how Amber's and Depp's public case went. And I stood in solidarity with Amber and wouldn't want Cassie to face the same derision. I still think he needs to be in prison as I'm sure you do. We all do. (Minus the idiot above with the Kelly Rowland avi who is a Depp supporter). Accepting the settlement publicly was the best option, for sure. 

[AMIT]

7 hours ago, TasteOfYourLips said:

Y'all do realize that Cassie filled a civil suit and was asking for compensation? This wasn't a criminal case and Diddy was always going to get away with it by paying money  And the trial probably wouldn't be public anyways, her court filling had enough details to get an opinion about Diddy, I think.

 

Also I hate this idea of SA victims being obligated to protect other potential victims by going into unfavourable court cases. The government is obligated to defend its citizens and they don't care since the victimblaming and slutshaming arguments are still attenuating circumstances in courts! 

Says who? The government/state themselves?  That is just propaganda, the goverment does not serve us, we serve them (and the ruling class that controls the government). This is why men like Diddy and so many others get away with so much **** in the first place. 

[QueenBeyoncé]

4 hours ago, Raiden said:

 

LawTube was right — this was a metoo scam of the purest kind (she wanted noting but $

What do you think a civil suit is? 

[LatinFreak]

Indeed. 

 

 

[Apolonio ₃₄]

I don’t want this story and his antics to fade. 

[karron0624]

4 hours ago, glitch said:

If there was nothing in it he could've easily gotten the case thrown out of court. It's clear there was at least some evidence against him. The fact that he settled says more about him than it does about her 

The quicker you settle, the quicker the public forgets, quicker he is able to make more money. Paying out 100 million doesnt mean anything if it will save you from losing a billion. If you think it says something about him, its because you already had a preconceived notion that he was guilty, when this is entirely a business decision. Also, as we have seen with metoo, court saying dismissed does not change people thinking youre guilty, and it would have dragged everything on longer versus paying her and making her sign an NDA.
 

OT: This is a meh case, and dont have enough information on either side to judge.

[Davidoff]

3 hours ago, okgo said:

where's HIS integrity weirdo? she wasn't silenced, we knew her story and now have confirmation straight from her. why are you seemingly more worried about the integrity of the victim instead of the abuse she suffered?? following your "logic" wouldn't the more pertinent question be why didn't the powerful billionaire want to defend his "integrity" in court?? WORMS

 

people like you would be the FIRST to drag her the second some less innocent info about her character came out like y'all do with every victim (who aren't saints and also happen to be flawed individuals as everyone else) which is why I am VERY relieved for her that isn't gonna happen to that extent anymore.