A security video aired by CNN on Friday as shown Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking singer Cassie whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
This video is coming after months-long series of public allegations and revelations of physical and sexual violence from the hip-hop mogul.
In the video Combs, was seen wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking Cassie 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 footage, compiled from multiple camera angles dated March 5, 2016, appears to show the rapper, producer and business mogul during an incident that, according to Ventura’s complaint, occurred at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
The R and B singer had alleged in a federal lawsuit in November that Combs raped and physically abused her, including punching, beating, kicking and stomping her over the course of their relationship. The lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed.
In the suit, Cassie alleged Combs lured her into the relationship from the time they began working together while she was a rising artist at Combs’ label. She said in the suit that the abuse lasted more than a decade and accused Combs of controlling all aspects of her life.
Since Cassie’s lawsuit, Combs has been accused in a series of lawsuits from others of sexual and physical abuse, gang rape and “serious illegal activity.”
Combs has denied all the allegations and has vowed to clear his name.
Since last fall, the rapper has been hit with five lawsuits in New York accusing him of sexual assault, sexual trafficking and engaging in other criminal activity.
He has settled the suit with Cassie, but the other suits are pending.
