Surveillance footage has surfaced exhibiting Diddy assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, often known as Cassie, in 2016.
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More Details On The 2016 Footage Of Diddy & Casandra Ventura
According to CNN, the outlet obtained the unique footage, which was revealed in an article on Friday, May 17. The footage is reportedly dated March 5, 2016, and reveals the previous couple on the “now-closed” InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
In the video, Ventura is seen after reportedly exiting a lodge room. She then walks to a set of elevators, and Combs, holding a towel round his waist, runs after Ventura. When he reaches her, he’s seen grabbing the again of her neck and throwing her to the ground.
After turning round, Diddy kicks Ventura a number of occasions and retrieves her purse and different objects from the ground.
From there, Diddy is seen dragging Ventura by her sweatshirt, seemingly towards his room.
In a separate clip of the video, Ventura is seen strolling to and selecting up a lodge telephone. Diddy then reappears and shoves Ventura right into a nook beneath the digicam.
As the clip continues, Diddy is later seen sitting at a desk and throwing an object in Ventura’s course.
According to the outlet, Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, has launched an announcement in regards to the footage.
“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,” Wigdor said.
CNN studies that the outlet has contacted Combs and InterContinental Hotels for a touch upon the surfaced footage. At this time, a remark has but to be shared in response.
At this time, Ventura has but to publicly react to the footage.
More Details On Cassie Ventura’s Initial Lawsuit & Subsequent Settlement With Diddy
As The Shade Room beforehand reported, Ventura filed a lawsuit towards Diddy, accusing him of assault, trafficking, and abuse in November. CNN studies that Ventura cited the above incident within the swimsuit.
Ventura reportedly said that on the time of the incident, Diddy was “extremely intoxicated” and punched her within the face, “giving her a black eye.”
Afterward, Ventura left their lodge room, which prompted Diddy to observe her.
“He grabbed at her, and then took glass vases in the hallway and threw them at her, causing glass to crash around them as she ran to the elevator to escape,” the lawsuit reportedly states.
From there, Ventura allegedly took a cab to her condominium. However, she later returned to the lodge.
“Upon realizing that her running away would cause Mr. Combs to be even angrier with her, and completely stuck in his vicious cycle of abuse, Ms. Ventura returned to the hotel with the intention of apologizing for running away from her abuser,” the swimsuit reportedly states. “When she returned, hotel security staff urged her to get back into a cab and go to her apartment, suggesting that they had seen the security footage showing Mr. Combs beating Ms. Ventura and throwing glass at her in the hotel hallway.”
According to the swimsuit, Diddy reportedly paid the lodge $50,000 for footage of the incident.
Elsewhere within the November swimsuit, Ventura detailed quite a few cases the place Combs beat and bruised her. Additionally, the singer alleged that Combs even raped her and compelled her to have nonconsensual relations with male intercourse staff.
In the weeks after her lawsuit, Ventura and Combs settled privately.
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