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Cassie Accused of Evading Service in Clayton Howard’s Sex-Trafficking Lawsuit

Howard moves to serve her through other means after failed attempts to locate her.

Overview

  • Court filings dated Nov. 7 allege Cassie Ventura has concealed her whereabouts and has been impossible to serve in the civil case.
  • Howard says he hired a private investigator and multiple process servers who checked DMV and property records and visited Connecticut addresses without success.
  • Douglas Wigdor’s office reportedly refused to accept the papers, telling Howard they were not authorized to receive service for Ventura.
  • Howard asks the judge to permit alternative service or compel Wigdor to accept, citing the attorney’s public statements to outlets including ABC News, NBC, and E! News.
  • The June 29 suit accuses Ventura and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sex trafficking and related abuses and seeks $35 million, while Combs is serving a 50‑month federal sentence after his Oct. 3 conviction.