Clayton Howard, a former escort who participated in freak-offs with Diddy for nearly a decade, says he impregnated Cassie Ventura during a sex session arranged by the Hip-Hop mogul, an encounter he says ended in heartbreak and regret.
The alleged incident occurred sometime during Howard’s tenure with Combs, which spanned the 2010s into the early 2020s, according to his new book Cassie: Victim or Co-conspirator: The Story Of Dave.
“She still had unprotected sex with me, and that was the strange part for me. I didn’t want to have unprotected sex with her; I wanted to put a condom on. But she insisted on it. She told me she was on birth control now, so we didn’t have anything to worry about,” Howard said.
In an interview with RadarOnline.com, Howard, who used the alias “Dave” while working for Combs, said he was incarcerated when Ventura informed him of the pregnancy and her decision to terminate it.
“She told me that she had been pregnant and was sure it was my child. She started to cry and said she was sorry. She claimed that she hadn’t wanted to do it. I had no choice but to forgive her.”
The former escort said he wasn’t consulted about the abortion and believes the situation—not Ventura—was to blame.
“I don’t blame Cassie for ultimately deciding to abort our child. I know it must have been a difficult decision for her. I blame the situation for what happened. The situation led us to create a life due to our carelessness, and that carelessness resulted in the death of an innocent child.”
The claims surfaced just weeks after Howard and Ventura took the witness stand in Combs’ federal racketeering trial.
Howard testified that Diddy would often watch him having sex with Cassie while the disgraced mogul had clothes around his face. And the possibility of pregnancy was something Diddy allegedly planned for.
According to text messages, the mogul had to have Cialis, Plan B and of course, baby oil on his hotel nightstand during “freak offs” and “Wild Knight Nights.”
Ventura testified while visibly pregnant. During four days of testimony, Ventura described years of alleged abuse and coercion by Combs.
Her advanced pregnancy became a focal point in the courtroom, with prosecutors accusing the defense of dragging out cross-examination to potentially trigger labor and cause a mistrial.
Ventura was often seen rubbing her stomach while her husband, Alex Fine, sat nearby, offering quiet support.
She gave birth to her third child on May 28, 2025, shortly after concluding her testimony in the New York courtroom.