Newly printed surveillance footage reveals Diddy attacking Cassie
Resort surveillance footage of Diddy attacking his former accomplice Cassie in 2016 has surfaced following his ongoing sexual assault allegations.
Diddy – actual identify Sean Combs – is at the moment dealing with a collection of ongoing investigations relating to alleged intercourse trafficking, sexual assault and harassment. The rapper’s properties in Miami and Los Angeles have been raided in March, seemingly in reference to the accusations.
Again in November, the rap mogul’s ex-girlfriend Cassie – actual identify Cassandra Ventura – filed a lawsuit in federal courtroom towards Diddy, accusing him of rape and bodily abuse (per The New York Times). Ventura and Combs have been in a romantic relationship between 2007 (when she was 21 years previous) and 2018.
A couple of weeks after, Diddy took to his official X/Twitter account to disclaim the entire allegations towards him.
Cassie and Diddy settled their abuse lawsuit sooner or later after it was formally filed. Based on a launch despatched by legal professional Douglas Wigdor, who represented Ventura, each have settled their lawsuit to their “mutual satisfaction”.
In the present day (Could 17), CNN obtained and printed resort surveillance video from March 2016 that seems to indicate the rapper bodily assaulting Cassie within the hallway of the InterContinental Resort in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles.
The footage aligns with the allegations Cassie made in her lawsuit towards the rapper. Based on the lawsuit (per CNN), she alleged that ‘I’ll Be Lacking You’ singer “turned extraordinarily intoxicated and punched [her] within the face” on the resort.
She claimed that she tried to depart the resort room whereas the rapper was asleep however “as she exited, Mr. Combs awoke and commenced screaming at [her]. He adopted her into the hallway of the resort whereas yelling at her. He grabbed at her, after which took glass vases within the hallway and threw them at her, inflicting glass to crash round them as she ran to the elevator to flee.”
The grievance additionally alleges Diddy paid the InterContinental Century Metropolis $50,000 for the hallway safety footage from that night.
“The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory habits of Mr. Combs. Phrases can not categorical the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to carry this to mild,” learn an announcement shared by Cassie’s legal professional, Douglas H. Wigdor (per Pitchfork).
Every week after Cassie filed her lawsuit towards Diddy in November, two new allegations by two completely different girls additionally got here out with one claiming that Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her and the opposite alleging that Combs and singer-songwriter Aaron Corridor took turns raping the plaintiff and her pal in 1990 or 1991 – with Diddy allegedly turning violent days later.
Producer Rodney ‘Lil Rod’ Jones sued Combs in February for sexually assaulting him, having events the place intercourse staff and underage women have been current, and coercing him to sleep with prostitutes. Diddy replied, saying Jones’ claims have been “pure fiction”. He denies any wrongdoing.
In different information, Ashton Kutcher shared that there’s “so much I can’t inform” about Diddy‘s notorious events in a resurfaced interview. Additionally, an previous clip of Usher commenting on his experiences at Diddy‘s house as a 13-year-old went viral, saying “There have been very curious issues happening and I didn’t essentially perceive it”.
In the meantime, Diddy re-shared the seven-minute-long music video for his 1998 monitor ‘Victory’, during which he’s operating away from Los Angeles police.
For assist, recommendation or extra info relating to sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Crisis charity website. Within the US, go to RAINN.