Overview
- Clayton Howard says a nearly nine-minute TikTok he posted on June 7 used intemperate language but did not intend to threaten Cassie and he voluntarily deleted the video.
- Cassie’s lawyers told the court in a June 10 letter that the TikTok contained explicit threats and asked the judge to prohibit further public attacks by Howard.
- In a June 16 court declaration Howard rejected the claim that his words were meant to intimidate and described the 'burn you out with fire' remark as a figure of speech.
- Howard has pledged to limit public commentary about the dispute and confine future remarks to court filings while the judge decides whether to impose restrictions.
- The civil suit, which alleges years of sexual exploitation and names Diddy, Cassie and Bad Boy Records, remains pending and will turn in part on evidence from Diddy’s 2025 criminal trial.