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Companies Continue to Cut Ties with Sean 'Diddy' Combs’ Business Ventures as Allegations Mount

Eighteen companies have fled Sean "Diddy" Combs' Empower Global after sexual assault accusations.

As Sean Combs faces a growing list of sexual-abuse lawsuits and steps aside from his chairman role at Revolt, fallout is mounting in another corner of his empire, with more than a dozen companies distancing themselves from his recently launched e-commerce platform Empower Global. A total of 18 brands have confirmed to Rolling Stone that they have severed ties with the online marketplace for Black-owned businesses after R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and three other women accused the producer turned entrepreneur of sexual assault and physical violence. One company founder who’s sticking with the platform says many brands invested considerable time and capital “gearing up” for Empower Global’s launch because they believed in the “vision” of its prior CEO, Khadijah Robinson, who left in February.

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