Sean “Diddy” Combs
Surveillance video shows abuse of his ex-girlfriend
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing multiple sexual abuse and sexual assault lawsuits.
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Surveillance video shows rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs brutally pulling his ex-girlfriend to the ground and kicking her.
The rapper and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs (54) has been facing serious accusations from several people for six months now. The allegations range from sexual abuse and rape to human trafficking for sexual exploitation. Now a shocking surveillance video appears CNN has obtained evidence of Combs physically attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, 37, in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016.
Shocking video shows acts of violence
The video is dated March 5, 2016. It shows a man wearing only a towel, believed to be Combs. He runs after a woman, supposedly the singer Ventura, in the hotel hallway, violently pulls her to the ground and kicks her twice. The woman is then dragged across the floor by the man, later he pushes her into a corner and throws an object at her.
Cassie Ventura’s attorney comments on video
The singer presumably seen in the clip has not commented to CNN. However, her attorney, Douglas H. Wigdor, stated, “The harrowing video has only further confirmed Mr. Combs’ disturbing and criminal behavior. Words cannot express the courage and bravery Ms. Ventura demonstrated in coming forward to report this.” to bring light.”
Representatives for Combs have not yet commented on the video when contacted by US media. In the past, the musician denied all allegations against him.
Multiple lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs
Ventura filed a lawsuit against Combs last November alleging rape and years of repeated physical and other abuse. The events seen in the video are consistent with her allegations. The lawsuit also states that Combs paid the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles $50,000 to obtain the video of the incident.
Combs and Ventura settled the singer’s lawsuit out of court just hours after it was filed. However, her lawyer Wigdor has filed further lawsuits against the music star.
In the days and weeks following Ventura’s lawsuit, numerous other serious allegations of abuse against Combs became public. More women accused him of sexual abuse and sexual assault and filed a lawsuit. Music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones is also suing the star. He is said to have been coerced by Combs into recruiting numerous prostitutes and having sex with them in front of the star for his pleasure. He was also regularly groped by Combs in intimate places. Jones told US media that he had “hundreds of hours of video material” that would document the musician’s “serious illegal activities.”
At the end of March 2024, US authorities searched the rapper’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami. It involved allegations of “trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation”.