Two days after CNN revealed video footage exhibiting him placing, kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Sean Combs posted a video on social media on Sunday calling his habits “inexcusable.”
The footage that surfaced on Friday confirmed Mr. Combs, the hip-hop mogul often known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, often known as Cassie, in 2016.
Final yr Ms. Ventura filed after which rapidly settled a lawsuit towards 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 line with among 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 mirror on the darkest occasions in your life, however generally you bought to try this,” Mr. Combs mentioned in his apology video, which he posted to Instagram. “I hit all-time low — however I make no excuses. My habits on that video is inexcusable. I take full duty for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I used to be disgusted then after I did it. I’m disgusted now.”
A lawyer for Mr. Combs had beforehand denied the allegations in Ms. Ventura’s lawsuit. In an announcement following the swimsuit, which was filed in November, the lawyer mentioned that Combs “vehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations.” The subsequent day, Mr. Combs mentioned, “We now have 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 mentioned that the inquiry is not less than partially a human trafficking investigation.
Mr. Combs’s legal professionals 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 mentioned. “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 really sorry.”
