EXCLUSIVE: Cassie & Escort Clash Again Over Diddy’s Criminal Record

Cassie’s team turns Clayton Howard’s own court exhibit against him, saying it proves she’s a victim, not a co-defendant.

Cassie‘s lawyers just used Clayton Howard’s own court exhibit to blow a hole in his case against her. The two are fighting his $20 million lawsuit that accuses her and Sean “Diddy” Combs of trafficking him during years of so-called freak-offs. Ventura’s team filed new court papers this week opposing Howard’s request to bring more of Combs’ criminal trial record into the case.

Howard, a former escort who used the name “Dave,” sued Cassie and Combs for $20 million in July 2025, days after Combs’ racketeering trial ended.

He claims the pair trafficked him for nearly a decade, and that Cassie was an active participant rather than a fellow victim.

He accused her of infecting him with an STD and ending a pregnancy without ever telling him. Combs was convicted on two prostitution-related counts and is serving a 50-month sentence.

He’s representing himself and studying law while he fights the case.

Howard wanted the court’s permission to formally introduce testimony and records from Combs’ criminal trial, including the government’s sentencing memo, to support his case.

Ventura’s lawyers say that’s not allowed, since a complaint can’t be patched up with outside exhibits. They also argue that disputed characterizations inside a criminal record are not settled facts.

The fight comes as both Ventura and Combs still await a ruling on separate motions to dismiss Howard’s case entirely. Court records show the hearing on those motions, originally set for July 15, got pushed back a week to July 22.

It’s the latest twist in a case that already includes testimony about a GHB blackout during one of the alleged encounters.

The irony sits inside the very document Howard wants the judge to notice. The government’s sentencing memo against Combs lists Ventura herself as one of five victims tied to his conviction, filed right alongside Howard’s own name.

That detail undercuts the core of Howard’s case, which argues Cassie helped run the encounters rather than suffered through them. Ventura’s team also says the criminal jury never made any finding about her conduct, only about Combs, so collateral estoppel doesn’t apply here.

Ventura now lives outside the United States and has told the court under oath that she has no plans to come back.

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