内容摘要：Then, of course, is the financial incentive: Longer albums equate to more streams, and streams often account for far more of an album’s chart position than downloads and purchases.

Then, of course, is the financial incentive: Longer albums equate to more streams, and streams often account for far more of an album’s chart position than downloads and purchases.

In her 2023 civil lawsuit, Cassie alleges Combs trapped her in a “cycle of abuse, violence, and sex trafficking” for more than a decade, including raping her and forcing her to engage in sex acts with male sex workers. Combs settled the lawsuit the next day.AP correspondent Julie Walker takes a look at who Cassie Ventura is, the former girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, and what she has said about Combs’ actions during their relationship.

that showed Combs attacking Cassie in a hotel hallway in 2016.closely mirrored an assault described in her lawsuit, which said Combs had already punched her that night, and she was trying to leave the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles when he woke and came after her. In the footage, a man who appears to be Diddy, wearing only a towel, punches Cassie, kicks her, and throws her on to the floor. The lawsuit alleges Combs paid $50,000 to bury the video at the time.for the assault on Cassie in his

acknowledgment of wrongdoing since the stream of allegations began.Among other things, Cassie alleges Combs raped her when she tried to leave him and often punched, kicked and beat her, causing injuries including bruises, burst lips, black eyes and bleeding.

She also alleges that Combs was involved in blowing up rival

car when he learned that Cudi was romantically interested in her, and she alleges that Combs ran out of his home with guns when he learned that Suge Knight, a rival producer, was eating at a nearby diner.The Nazis branded gay men with pink triangles, deported and murdered thousands, erasing queer culture overnight. Just a few years after the war, Carrousel performers strode onto the global stage, a glittering frontline against lingering prejudice.

Remarkably, audiences at the Carrousel knew exactly who these performers were — women who, as Bambi puts it, “would bare all.”Elvis Presley, Ava Gardner, Édith Piaf, Maria Callas and Marlene Dietrich all flocked to the cabaret, drawn to the allure of performers labeled “travestis.” The stars sought out the Carrousel to flirt with postwar Paris’s wild side. It was an intoxicating contradiction: cross-dressing was criminalized, yet the venue was packed with celebrities.

The history of queer liberation shifted in this cabaret, one sequin at a time. The contrast was chilling: as Bambi arrived in Paris and found fame dancing naked for film stars, across the English Channel in early 1950s Britain the code-breaking geniuswas chemically castrated for being gay, leading to his suicide.