Exclusive: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seen physically assaulting Cassie Ventura in 2016 surveillance video

A 2016 observation video gotten only by CNN appears Sean “Diddy” Combs snatch, push, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura amid an quarrel that matches charges in a now-settled government claim recorded by Ventura in November.

The film, compiled from numerous camera points dated Walk 5, 2016, shows up to appear the rapper, maker and commerce big shot amid an occurrence that, concurring to Ventura’s complaint, happened at the now-closed Interconversion Lodging in Century City, Los Angeles. CNN confirmed the area based on freely accessible photographs of the previous hotel’s interior.

In the video, Ventura exits a inn room and strolls to a bank of lifts. Combs, holding a towel around his midriff, runs down a lobby after Ventura. He gets her by the back of the neck and tosses her to the floor. Still holding his towel closed with one hand, he at that point turns to kick her, the video shows.

As Ventura is on the ground, Combs recovers a satchel and bag from the floor close the lifts. He turns around and kicks Ventura once more as she lies still on the floor. Around four seconds come to pass between the two kicks, agreeing to the video. He at that point briefly drags Ventura by her sweatshirt toward a room some time recently strolling away.

Ventura is at that point seen gradually standing up. She accumulates things from the floor and moves to choose up a phone on the corridor divider close the lifts. Combs, still in a towel and socks, returns. A reflect straightforwardly over from the security camera appears Combs showing up to push Ventura.

Seconds afterward, he sits down on a chair, snatches an protest off a table and compellingly tosses it toward Ventura. Combs is seen strolling absent, at that point turns toward Ventura once once more when an lift entryway opens and somebody shows up to exit.

Ventura, who come to an undisclosed settlement with Combs, declined to comment on the video gotten by CNN.

Ventura’s lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, said: “The gut-wrenching video has as it were assist affirmed the exasperating and ruthless behavior of Mr. Combs. Words cannot express the strength and backbone that Ms. Ventura has appeared in coming forward to bring this to light.”

CNN has come to out to agents for Combs for comment. Combs has already denied Ventura’s allegations.

The Los Angeles District Locale Attorney’s Office issued a explanation Friday on the 2016 reconnaissance video.

“We are mindful of the video that has been circulating online supposedly delineating Sean Combs ambushing a youthful lady in Los Angeles. We discover the pictures greatly aggravating and troublesome to watch,” the articulation posted on Instagram reads.

“If the conduct delineated happened in 2016, shockingly we would be incapable to charge as the conduct would have happened past the timeline where a wrongdoing of ambush can be arraigned. As of nowadays, law requirement has not displayed a case related to the assault delineated in the video against Mr. Combs, but we energize anybody who has been a casualty or witness to a wrongdoing to report it to law authorization or reach out to our office for back from our Bureau of Casualties Services,” the locale attorney’s office said.

The Los Angeles Police Division is “aware of the video” but does not have an open examination including Combs, the office told CNN in a articulation early Saturday. The LAPD did not react to CNN’s address on whether a report was ever recorded with respect to the assault.

When reached by CNN, a agent for Interconversion Inns said on Friday, “This inn is no longer beneath IHG administration, and we do not have any get to to earlier occurrence records or footage.”

Ventura’s lawsuit

Combs and Ventura, a demonstrate and artist known for melodies like “Me & U,” were in an off-and-on relationship from 2007 – 2018. The two were captured together at the Los Angeles debut of the film “A Culminate Match” on Walk 7, 2016.

According to Ventura’s complaint, which cited the quarrel as happening “around Walk 2016,” Combs got to be “extremely inebriated and punched Ms. Ventura in the confront, giving her a dark eye.”

After Combs fell snoozing, Ventura endeavored to take off the inn room, but he woke up and “followed her into the passage of the lodging whereas shouting at her,” the complaint said.

“He snatched at her, and at that point took glass vases in the passage and tossed them at her, causing glass to crash around them as she ran to the lift to escape,” the complaint alleged.

After Ventura got in the lift, her complaint states that she took a cab to her apartment.

“Upon realizing that her running absent would cause Mr. Combs to be indeed angrier with her, and totally stuck in his horrendous cycle of mishandle, Ms. Ventura returned to the inn with the purposeful of apologizing for running absent from her abuser,” the complaint claims. “When she returned, lodging security staff encouraged her to get back into a cab and go to her loft, recommending that they had seen the security film appearing Mr. Combs beating Ms. Ventura and tossing glass at her in the lodging hallway.”

The complaint affirms Combs paid the Interconversion Century City $50,000 for the corridor security film, one of a number of charges made in the November claim in which Ventura claimed she was assaulted in 2018 and subjected to a long time of rehashed physical and other manhandle by Combs.

Ventura, who was formally marked to Combs’ name, claimed in her suit that he “exerted his control and influence” over her all through the course of their proficient and sentimental relationship. Agreeing to the complaint, she was 19 when they met and Combs was 37, and their trade relationship kept going until 2019. It nitty gritty claims that Combs was physically rough toward Ventura and constrained her to lock in in different sex acts with other men amid that time.

Ben Brafman, an lawyer for Combs, said in a articulation to CNN on the day it was recorded, “Mr. Combs fervently denies these hostile and over the top allegations.”

The suit was settled the taking after day.

“A choice to settle a claim, particularly in 2023, is in no way an confirmation of wrongdoing,” Brafman told CNN in a articulation at the time. “Mr. Combs‘ choice to settle the claim does not in any way weaken his flat-out refusal of the claims. He is upbeat they got to a common settlement and wishes Ms. Ventura the best.”

Details of the settlement were not disclosed.

Ongoing lawful issues

Since November, Combs has confronted five other respectful claims denouncing him of a extend of sexual wrongdoing and other unlawful action. He has denied the affirmations, and the cases stay active.

Authorities looked Combs’ homes in California and Florida in Walk as portion of a government examination carried out by a Division of Country Security group that handles human trafficking wrongdoings, agreeing to a senior government law requirement official briefed on the examination. The examination stems from numerous of the same sexual ambush affirmations put forward in the respectful claims, agreeing to a moment law requirement source recognizable with the searches.

Aaron Dyer, an lawyer for Combs, issued a explanation at the time, calling the looks a “gross abuse of military-level force.”

“This uncommon trap – combined with an progressed, facilitated media nearness – leads to a untimely surge to judgment of Mr. Combs and is nothing more than a witch chase based on meritless allegations made in gracious lawsuits,” he said. “There has been no finding of criminal or gracious risk with any of these affirmations. Mr. Combs is blameless and will proceed to battle each single day to clear his name.”

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