Clayton Howard says the docuseries undermines his own sex trafficking lawsuit against Diddy and Cassie Ventura.
An ex-sex worker for Sean “Diddy” Combs sued Netflix and rapper-producer 50 Cent for at least $20 million on Wednesday over their “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” docuseries, claiming it intentionally distorted his allegations against Cassie Ventura.
Clayton Howard claimed the incendiary docuseries detailing the incarcerated music mogul’s alleged sex trafficking schemes concealed his own testimony against Ventura, Combs’ ex-girlfriend, who he said was an accomplice and “primary trafficker” in his eight-year relationship with Combs. The lawsuit cites defamation and fraud.
Howard was interviewed for the docuseries as one of the sex workers Combs brought in for his infamous “freak offs” with Ventura over an eight-year period beginning in 2009. In documents obtained by TheWrap, Howard said the final ut of “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” did not accurately reflect the account he gave when approached for the series. He said his primary objection was what he described as the portrayal of Cassie Ventura as a victim rather than an accomplice.
“Defendants deliberately edited, distorted and misrepresented plaintiff’s account to portray Cassie Ventura — plaintiff’s primary trafficker — as a victim, while omitting and suppressing plaintiff’s testimony that he was sex trafficked by Ventura, thereby inflicting severe harm upon plaintiff’s reputation,” the suit reads.
