Two days after CNN revealed video footage displaying him hanging, kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Sean Combs posted a video on social media on Sunday calling his conduct “inexcusable.”
The footage that surfaced on Friday confirmed Mr. Combs, the hip-hop mogul generally known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, generally known as Cassie, in 2016.
Final 12 months Ms. Ventura filed after which rapidly settled a lawsuit in opposition to Mr. Combs accusing him of years of bodily and sexual abuse. The footage proven Friday, which appeared to come back from safety cameras, was in keeping with a number of the allegations in her lawsuit, which accused Mr. Combs of assaulting her at an InterContinental Resort in Los Angeles in 2016 as she tried to depart.
“It’s so troublesome to replicate on the darkest occasions in your life, however typically you bought to do this,” Mr. Combs stated in his apology video, which he posted to Instagram. “I hit all-time low — however I make no excuses. My conduct on that video is inexcusable. I take full accountability for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I used to be disgusted then once I did it. I’m disgusted now.”
A lawyer for Mr. Combs had beforehand denied the allegations in Ms. Ventura’s lawsuit. In a press release following the swimsuit, which was filed in November, the lawyer stated that Combs “vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations.” The subsequent day, Mr. Combs stated, “We have now determined to resolve this matter amicably.”
After Ms. Ventura settled her lawsuit, Mr. Combs was sued by three girls who accused him of rape, and a male music producer who accused him of undesirable sexual contact. Mr. Combs has vehemently denied the accusations within the civil fits, calling them “sickening allegations” from folks in search of “a fast payday.”
Mr. Combs’s authorized troubles escalated in March, when federal brokers raided his houses in Los Angeles and Miami Seaside and stopped him at a Miami-area airport, confiscating his digital gadgets. Officers have stated that the inquiry is not less than partly a human trafficking investigation.
Mr. Combs’s attorneys have been combating the lawsuits in court docket and have known as the raids a “gross overuse of military-level power.”
However in Sunday’s video, Mr. Combs struck a tone of contrition in response to video proof of his assaulting Ms. Ventura.
“I went and I sought out skilled assist,” he stated. “I received into going to remedy, going to rehab. I needed to ask God for his mercy and beauty. I’m so sorry. However I’m dedicated to be a greater man every day. I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m actually sorry.”
