Within the surveillance video from 2016, which was launched by CNN on Friday, the rapper seems to seize R&B vocalist Casandra Ventura as she waits by an elevator in a California lodge. Clad solely in a towel, he throws her to the ground, kicking her repeatedly earlier than dragging her towards a hallway, the video reveals.
A consultant for Combs couldn’t be instantly reached for additional remark.
Ventura, who performs beneath the stage identify Cassie, sued Combs in 2023, accusing him of serial bodily abuse, sexual slavery and rape throughout a 10-year skilled and romantic relationship through which he managed her by way of intimidation, medicine and alcohol. The events settled the matter the next day for undisclosed phrases. Representatives for Combs stated on the time the settlement was “on no account an admission of wrongdoing”.
Ventura’s lawsuit was certainly one of a minimum of 4 civil complaints that lately levelled sexual assault allegations towards Combs.
Lawyer Meredith Firetog, who represented Ventura, stated Combs’ apology on Sunday doesn’t vindicate him.
“Combs’ most up-to-date assertion is extra about himself than the many individuals he has damage. When Cassie and a number of different girls got here ahead, he denied all the things and advised that his victims had been on the lookout for a payday. That he was solely compelled to ‘apologise’ as soon as his repeated denials had been confirmed false reveals his pathetic desperation, and nobody can be swayed by his disingenuous phrases,” Firetog stated in a press release.
The US Division of Homeland Safety stated in March it had opened an investigation into the hip-hop star and searched his properties within the Miami space and in Los Angeles; it supplied no particulars of the character of the investigation.
Native tv photos of the search confirmed an armoured automobile and officers carrying rifles outdoors Combs’ Los Angeles dwelling. Authorities detained some folks on the property with their palms sure by zip ties.
