Diddy questioned Justin Bieber about why he had stopped calling and they had not been hanging out as often as they used to, and Bieber stammered.
The two stated they came to a decision on Friday, although they withheld specifics.
Ms. Ventura and Mr. Combs jointly released a statement in which they stated that they “decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control over.”
“I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”
“We have decided to resolve this matter amicably,” Mr. Combs wrote. My best wishes are with Cassie and her family. Love.
On Thursday, Ms. Ventura submitted the lawsuit, which she said she was trapped for a decade by Mr Combs, her-ex-boyfriend, in a cycle of abuse and violence.
The rapper and record executive – who also goes by the stage name Puff Daddy – denied the allegations, and accused the singer of trying to extort him.
His lawyer said the claims were “offensive and outrageous”.
The two met around 2005 when she was 19 and he was 37. Combs signed Ventura to his Bad Boy Records label with a 10-album deal.
They dated for more than a decade. She alleges that over the course of their relationship, Combs assaulted her multiple times – viciously beating and raping her – and controlled every aspect of her life, the New York Times first reported on Thursday. She faced “a cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking” until their relationship ended in 2018, according to the lawsuit.
A representative for Combs denied the claims, calling the allegations “offensive and outrageous” after Ventura demanded $30m from the mogul.
A lawyer for Ventura told the New York Times that she was offered “eight figures to silence her and prevent the filing of this lawsuit”, which she rejected.
The lawsuit alleged the now 54-year-old Combs was allegedly prone to “uncontrollable rage” and forced Ventura to regularly “engage in sex acts with male sex workers” that he photographed and filmed. She was given drugs before and during, allowing her to “disassociate during these horrific encounters”, according to the suit. Ventura was a victim of sex trafficking as she was required to engage in forced sexual acts in multiple cities, the lawsuit states.
Ms Ventura had alleged that the rap producer raped and beat her over 10 years starting when she was 19 and he was 37.
“After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story,” she said in a statement on Thursday.
The lawsuit included multiple graphic descriptions of the violent abuse that she says began after she met the rapper in 2005.
According to the complaint, Mr Combs signed her to his record label, Bad Boy, and “plied the vulnerable Ms Ventura with drugs and alcohol, causing her to fall into dangerous addictions that controlled her life”
