13 things about New London, Connecticut native Cassie Ventura

Casandra Elizabeth “Cassie” Ventura was born in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States. Her father is Filipino and her mother is of African-American, Mexican and West Indian descent.

Ventura attended The Williams School in New London. She also went to Broadway Dance Center in New York City, New York, USA.

BIOGRAPHY

Ventura is an American singer, actor, dancer and model. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2000, she started modeling professionally.
2. She played Harem in the 2003 film “Barbarian”.
3. In 2004, she graduated from high school and moved from New London to New York City.
4. In 2006, Bad Boy Records, NextSelection Lifestyle Group and Atlantic Records released her debut studio album “Cassie” in 2006, her song “Is It You” in 2007 and her song “Official Girl” featuring Lil Wayne in 2008.
5. From 2007 to 2018, she was in a relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs and during their relationship, according to her, he hired male escorts for sexual encounters including Jonathan Oddi.
6. She played Sophie in the 2008 film “Step Up 2: The Streets”.
7. In 2009, Bad Boy Records, NextSelection Lifestyle Group and Atlantic Records released her songs “Must Be Love” featuring Combs and “Let’s Get Crazy” featuring Akon.
8. She was featured in the music video of Wiz Khalifa‘s 2011 song “Roll Up”.
9. In 2012, Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records released her song “King of Hearts” and Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Republic Records released her and Nicki Minaj‘s song “The Boys”.
10. In 2013, Bad Boy Records released her debut mixtape “RockaByeBaby”.
11. In 2018, she played Haven Quinn in the Fox series “Empire”.
12. In 2019, her independent label Ventura Music released her songs “Excuses”, “Hungover”, “Don’t Let Go”, “Speaking Of”, “Rollercoaster” featuring Ro James, “Teach Me” and “Simple Things”.
13. On August 26, 2024, she turned 38.

TIMELINE

Ventura is 5’7″ tall. She has two daughters.

2016

• On March 5, 2016, Combs grabbed her in a hotel hallway in Los Angeles, California, USA, punched her, threw her to the ground, kicked her and stomped on her.
• She played Eva in Bille Woodruff‘s film “The Perfect Match”, which was released in the U.S. on March 11, 2016.
• She played Melea Martin in Woodruff’s film “Honey 3: Dare to Dance”, which was released in the U.S. on September 6, 2016.

2017

• Bad Boy Records released her songs “Love a Loser” featuring G-Eazy on August 4, 2017 and “Don’t Play It Safe” on December 22, 2017.

2019

• In September 2019, she and Alex Fine got married.
• In December 2019, she gave birth to her first daughter.

2020

• She played Elise in Peter Berg’s film “Spenser Confidential”, which was released in the U.S. on March 6, 2020.

2021

• On February 5, 2021, Soulstic Music released Black Coffee‘s album “Subconsciously” with 12 songs including “Time” featuring her.
• In March 2021, she gave birth to her second daughter.
• On April 8, 2021, Rio Miguel released her song “Hide”.
• On June 20, 2021, BlueHill Records and RDC Media released her song “Trixha”.

2022

• She played Jai Turner in Greg Carter‘s film “Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding”, which aired on VH1 on November 30, 2022.

2023

• On November 16, 2023, she filed a lawsuit in Manhattan, New York City against Combs, accusing him of subjecting her to a decade-long cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking.
• On November 17, 2023, she and Combs announced they had reached an agreement without disclosing the terms of their out-of-court settlement.

2024

• In May 2024, CNN obtained and published a video of Combs assaulting her on March 5, 2016. He took to Instagram to issue a video apology.

2025

• On February 19, 2025, she and Fine announced that they are expecting their third child together.
• On May 12, 2025, she started testifying against Combs during his sex trafficking trial in New York City.
• On May 14, 2025, a picture of Oddi was shown to her during her testimony in court in New York City and she identified him.