Ex-Federal Prosecutor Says Diddy-Cassie Video Hurts Him in Investigation

An ex-federal prosecutor is weighing in on Diddy‘s assault video — and he or she says whereas this is not essentially a smoking gun within the investigation he is going through, it actually does not assist him.

We talked to Katie Cherkasky — who’s had years of expertise with these kinds of authorized issues — on “TMZ Dwell” Friday … the place she declared that the now-viral video, through which Diddy could be seen beating Cassie — ought to make him and his camp anxious.

Katie says the tape provides credibility to Cassie on a number of fronts — each within the public eye, but in addition with the feds who’re drilling down into main allegations in opposition to Diddy proper now.

She says the feds aren’t going to prosecute him over the crimes depicted within the video — specifically, assault — however she does say this might probably function a roadmap to different proof they is likely to be fishing for because the probe continues which may assist their case.

Thoughts you … Cassie claimed in her lawsuit that one among Diddy’s alleged “freak offs” occurred at this identical lodge across the identical time this incident occurred … so that you gotta think about investigators are desperate to dig for extra surveillance video which may affirm that accusation.

After all, as Katie notes right here … prosecutors nonetheless must uncover unbiased proof to assist the opposite allegations in opposition to him — which is what they’re centered on. Nonetheless, she thinks the footage actually hurts him, because it seems to partially contradict his denial.

TMZ broke the story … Cassie is cooperating with the feds amid their intercourse trafficking investigation into Diddy — which included raids on his Los Angeles and Miami properties.

Diddy maintained his innocence in a social media submit final December — and even on the Cassie entrance on the time, he was strongly denying all of her allegations … together with this story about him beating her on the lodge. Now, it could appear she was telling the reality about that.