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Surveillance footage has surfaced exhibiting Diddy assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, also referred to as Cassie, in 2016.
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Extra Particulars On The 2016 Footage Of Diddy & Casandra Ventura
In keeping with CNN, the outlet obtained the unique footage, which was revealed in an article on Friday, Might 17. The footage is reportedly dated March 5, 2016, and exhibits the previous couple on the “now-closed” InterContinental Resort in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles.
Within the video, Ventura is seen after reportedly exiting a resort 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 instances 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 choosing up a resort telephone. Diddy then reappears and shoves Ventura right into a nook beneath the digital camera.
Because the clip continues, Diddy is later seen sitting at a desk and throwing an object in Ventura’s course.
In keeping with the outlet, Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, has launched a press release concerning the footage.
“The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory conduct of Mr. Combs. Phrases can not categorical the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to deliver this to mild,” Wigdor said.
CNN stories that the outlet has contacted Combs and InterContinental Motels for a touch upon the surfaced footage. TMZ has since reported {that a} rep for InterContinental Motels & Resorts has launched a press release.
“This resort is not underneath IHG administration, and we would not have any entry to prior incident data or footage.”
Moreover, “legislation enforcement sources” have shared that cops haven’t been capable of monitor down data of the incident. Subsequently, it might haven’t been reported on the time. LAPD has reportedly knowledgeable the outlet that it’s unlikely cops will pursue prices in opposition to Diddy as a result of statute of limitations.
Right now, Ventura has but to publicly react to the footage, along with a consultant for Combs.
Extra Particulars On Cassie Ventura’s Preliminary Lawsuit & Subsequent Settlement With Diddy
As The Shade Room beforehand reported, Ventura filed a lawsuit in opposition to Diddy, accusing him of assault, trafficking, and abuse in November. CNN stories that Ventura cited the above incident within the swimsuit.
Ventura reportedly said that on the time of the incident, Diddy was “extraordinarily intoxicated” and punched her within the face, “giving her a black eye.”
Afterward, Ventura left their resort room, which prompted Diddy to comply with her.
“He grabbed at her, after which took glass vases within the hallway and threw them at her, inflicting glass to crash round them as she ran to the elevator to flee,” the lawsuit reportedly states.
From there, Ventura allegedly took a cab to her condominium. Nonetheless, she later returned to the resort.
“Upon realizing that her operating away would trigger Mr. Combs to be even angrier along with her, and utterly caught in his vicious cycle of abuse, Ms. Ventura returned to the resort with the intention of apologizing for operating away from her abuser,” the swimsuit reportedly states. “When she returned, resort safety workers urged her to get again right into a cab and go to her condominium, suggesting that they’d seen the safety footage exhibiting Mr. Combs beating Ms. Ventura and throwing glass at her within the resort hallway.”
In keeping with the swimsuit, Diddy reportedly paid the resort $50,000 for footage of the incident.
Elsewhere within the November swimsuit, Ventura detailed quite a few situations the place Combs beat and bruised her. Moreover, the singer alleged that Combs even raped her and compelled her to have nonconsensual relations with male intercourse staff.
Within the weeks after her lawsuit, Ventura and Combs settled privately.
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