“Intestine-wrenching” CCTV footage which seems to indicate Sean Combs attacking singer Cassie in a Los Angeles lodge “has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory behaviour” of the rapper, her lawyer has stated.
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The 54-year-old, whose properties in Los Angeles and Miami have been raided by Homeland Safety Investigations brokers in March, has confronted a sequence of public allegations of bodily and sexual violence.
Footage obtained by CNN seems to indicate Combs – also called P Diddy and Puff Daddy – sporting solely a white towel as he punches and kicks Cassie in a Los Angeles lodge hallway on 5 March 2016.
The R&B singer, whose authorized identify is Cassandra Ventura, was his protege and girlfriend on the time.
The footage additionally reveals Combs shoving and dragging her throughout the ground, in addition to throwing a vase in her path.
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Pics: CNN by way of AP
It carefully resembles the outline of an incident on the now-closed InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles described in a lawsuit filed by Cassie in November that alleged years of sexual abuse and different violence from Combs.
The case was settled the day after it was filed.
Sean Combs and Cassie in 2017. Pic: PA
A number of extra lawsuits have been filed within the following months, together with a federal prison sex-trafficking investigation that led authorities to raid Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.
Representatives for Combs didn’t instantly touch upon the video. He has beforehand denied the allegations within the lawsuits and his legal professionals have stated he denies any wrongdoing.
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Cassie’s lawyer stated: “The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory behaviour of Mr Combs.
“Phrases can’t specific the braveness and fortitude that Ms Ventura has proven in coming ahead to convey this to gentle.”
In line with NBC Information, Sky Information’ US accomplice, if Cassie have been to make a criticism the LAPD might examine, however costs would probably be declined by the district legal professional as a result of California regulation has a one-year statute of limitations for assault and the alleged incident occurred almost eight years in the past.
CNN didn’t say the way it obtained the video, however famous it verified the placement it was shot by evaluating the footage to publicly out there photos of the InterContinental Lodge.