Howard College is chopping ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary diploma that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship program in his identify, after a just lately launched 2016 video that appeared to point out him attacking the R&B singer Cassie.
“Mr Combs’ behaviour as captured in a just lately launched video is so basically incompatible with Howard College’s core values and beliefs that he’s deemed now not worthy to carry the establishment’s highest honour,” an announcement from the college’s Board of Trustees stated.
The assertion stated the board voted unanimously on Friday (Jun 7) to simply accept the return of the honorary diploma Combs acquired in 2014. “This acceptance revokes all honours and privileges related to the diploma. Accordingly, the Board has directed that his identify be faraway from all paperwork itemizing honorary diploma recipients of Howard College,” it stated.
The board additionally directed college directors to chop monetary ties to Combs, together with returning a US$1 million contribution, ending the scholarship programme and dissolving a 2023 pledge settlement with the Sean Combs Basis.
An e-mail searching for remark was despatched to a Combs spokesperson by The Related Press on Saturday.
Combs admitted final month that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a resort hallway in 2016 after CNN launched video of the assault. In a video assertion posted on social media, he stated he was “actually sorry” and his actions had been “inexcusable”.
“I take full duty for my actions in that video. I used to be disgusted then once I did it. I’m disgusted now,” Combs stated.
A lawsuit filed final 12 months by Cassie, whose authorized identify is Cassandra Ventura, set off a wave of comparable circumstances and public allegations in opposition to Combs. That lawsuit was settled.
