Sean « Diddy » Combs apologized Sunday for a recently surfaced 2016 video of him brutally beating his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, saying his behavior was « inexcusable. »
Sean “Diddy” Combs apologized Sunday for a recently surfaced 2016 video of him brutally beating his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura saying his behavior was “inexcusable.”
For eight years — until the video was released — Combs vehemently denied Ventura’s allegations of abuse.
“It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that,” Diddy said in a video on Instagram. “I was f—ed up. I hit rock bottom — but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable.”
The rapper added: “I take full responsibility for my actions in that video, I’m disgusted.”
“I was disgusted then when I did it and I’m disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help, started going to therapy and rehab, had to ask god for his mercy and grace,” he said.
The horrifying caught-on-video attack, published Friday by CNN and dated March 5, 2016, shows the rapper and producer, wearing only a bathtowel, running after Ventura at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
Combs can be seen grabbing her by the back of the neck and throwing her to the floor. He later can be seen kicking her twice as she lies still on the carpet.
The 54-year-old rapper then dragged Ventura by her sweatshirt before walking away.
Footage then shows Ventura slowly starting to stand up after the attack before Combs, still in a towel, returns and shoves her.
