Security video aired by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016, the latest in a months-long series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence from the hip-hop mogul.
The video aired on Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking the R&B singer who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the time. The footage also shows Combs shoving and dragging Cassie, and throwing a vase in her direction.
The security camera video, dated March 5, 2016, closely resembles the description of an incident at an InterContinental Hotel in the Century City area of Los Angeles described in a November lawsuit filed by Cassie, whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura, that alleged years of sexual abuse and other violence by Combs.
The lawsuit alleges that Combs paid the hotel USD 50,000 for the security video.
CNN did not say how it obtained the video but noted that it verified the location comparing it to publicly available images of the InterContinental Hotel.
Cassie’s lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed but spurred intense scrutiny of Combs, with several more lawsuits filed in the following months, along with a federal criminal sex-trafficking investigation that led authorities to raid Combs’ mansions in LA and Miami.
Diddy has previously denied the allegations in the lawsuits, and his lawyers have said he will fight to prove his innocence.
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said it was aware of the “disturbing” video but it had not been presented with a case. (PTI)
Video appears to show Sean Diddy Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016
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