As federal investigators threaten to permanently disrupt his life in a sex trafficking investigation, iconic rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs faces a new crisis this weekend, once again of his own making.
Surveillance footage from 2016, obtained by CNN, appears to show the hip-hop mogul violently attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles by punching her in the head, throwing her to the floor, kicking her and dragging her.
The video supports Ventura's claim that an intoxicated Combs attacked her at the hotel.
Fox News' Michael Ruiz has the latest on the newly-released footage:
Although she likely signed a nondisclosure agreement as part of the settlement, evidence in the case could still be subpoenaed by prosecutors.
Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations raided Combs' mansions in Los Angeles and Miami earlier this year as part of an ongoing investigation.
“This video is very damaging to his case,” said Derrick Parker, the New York Police Department's former “hip-hop cop” who investigated Combs' role in a 1999 nightclub shooting. “This is gonna hurt him badly, because it adds credence to what Ms. Ventura has been alleging about the abuse from him.”
He said he expects the feds to speed up their case against Combs as a result.
“Everybody's gonna see this, and they're gonna see what a real dirtbag he is,” Parker continued. “The public itself is gonna see him in a different light. The government now is likely gonna accelerate his case.”
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