Overview
- Former escort Clayton Howard filed a federal suit accusing Cassie and Sean “Diddy” Combs of using him in recorded “freak-off” sessions, trafficking him, and leaving him with an STD while seeking $20 million in damages.
- Cassie’s lawyers asked Judge Anne Hwang to set a schedule for a protective-order hearing and to skip required meet-and-confer talks because they say direct contact would produce more harassment.
- The legal filing quotes lines from Howard’s social-media video, including “B####, I’m going to burn you out with fire” and “you can win stupid prizes,” which Cassie’s team describes as true threats.
- Howard has publicly denied being a supportive witness to Cassie, says he did not consent to the sessions being filmed, and has posted videos rebutting Cassie’s motion to dismiss and repeating his core allegations.
- No judge has ruled on Cassie’s motion to dismiss or the request for a protective order, and the case continues to lean on testimony from Diddy’s 2025 criminal trial while Cassie’s reported residence abroad and social-media circulation complicate enforcement and discovery.