„The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs,“ Cassie’s lawyer says in a statement.
Surveillance footage from March 2016 obtained by CNN appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, who performs as a singer under the name “Cassie,” in a Los Angeles hotel.
The clip shows a woman who is believed to be Ventura walking down a hotel hallway with bags in her hand toward the hotel elevator. A man who appears to be Combs runs after Ventura wearing nothing but a towel around his waist.
Once he reaches her, he grabs her by her neck and head and throws her to the ground. He then kicks her twice before dragging her back toward the hotel room.
In a statement shared with TheWrap, Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas. H. Wigdor, states, “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”
TheWrap has reached out to Combs’ team to request comment.
The footage could corroborate the allegations made against Combs in a lawsuit Ventura filed in 2023, accusing the musician and executive of years of abuse.
On Nov. 16, 2023, R&B singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura filed a lawsuit against Combs, whom she dated for more than 10 years after the two met in 2007 when she was 19 and he was 37.
