Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura briefly dated Scott 'Kid Cudi' Mescudi starting in 2011Casandra “Cassie” Ventura says she briefly dated rapper Kid Cudi — but had to break it off out of fear of her on-again,

Casandra Ventura said the mogul pleaded with her in text messages and followed her to her apartment after striking and dragging her in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel.

Ms. Ventura said she wore a masquerade-style mask and provocative clothing from a “sex store,” and that she and the man took Ecstasy and drank alcohol before they had sex and Mr. Combs watched.