Video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating then-girlfriend
Cassie Ventura in hotel hallway in 2016 released
Sean “Diddy” Combs was seen shoving, kicking and dragging his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in harrowing 2016 surveillance released Friday.
The video, obtained by CNN and dated March 5, 2016, shows the rapper and producer running after the singer down a hallway at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.
Combs — who has a towel wrapped around his waist — then grabs her by the back of the neck and throws her to the floor.
While holding his towel closed with one hand, he proceeds to kick her, the video shows.
He grabs a purse and suitcase from the floor near an elevator bank before turning around and kicking Ventura again while she lies still on the carpet.
Combs, 54, briefly drags his then-girlfriend by her sweatshirt before walking away.
Ventura slowly stands up and appears to pick up a house phone on the hallway wall before Combs, still in his towel, returns and shoves her.
A few seconds later, he sits in a chair, grabs an object from a table and throws it at Ventura, according to the footage.
He walks away, only to turn toward Ventura yet again — just in time for someone to exit the elevator.
“The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behavior of Mr. Combs,” Douglas H. Wigdor, a lawyer for Ventura, said in response to the video — which appeared to match the allegations in the latter’s now-settled lawsuit against Combs.
“Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light,” Wigdor added.
Ventura — who was off and on with Combs between 2007 and 2018 — sued the Bad Boy Records founder in November 2023, alleging that he subjected her to years of physical violence and sexual abuse.
In the filing, Ventura alleged that Combs paid the InterContinental $50,000 for the security footage from a physical altercation in March 2016, CNN noted.
During that incident, Ventura’s complaint claimed, Combs became “extremely intoxicated and punched Ms. Ventura in the face, giving her a black eye.”
When Combs fell asleep, Ventura tried to leave the hotel room — but he woke up and allegedly “followed her into the hallway of the hotel while yelling at her.”
“He grabbed at her, and then took glass vases in the hallway and threw them at her, causing glass to crash around them as she ran to the elevator to escape,” the lawsuit read.
Ventura was finally able to get away — but feared Combs’ wrath, the complaint continued.
“Upon realizing that her running away would cause Mr. Combs to be even angrier with her, and completely stuck in his vicious cycle of abuse, Ms. Ventura returned to the hotel with the intention of apologizing for running away from her abuser,” it stated.
“When she returned, hotel security staff urged her to get back into a cab and go to her apartment, suggesting that they had seen the security footage showing Mr. Combs beating Ms. Ventura and throwing glass at her in the hotel hallway.”
The lawsuit also claimed that Combs used his wealth and influence to control Ventura, whom he met when she was 19 and he was 37.
Ventura was signed with Combs’ label, and their business connections lasted through 2019.
The suit was resolved the day after filing with an undisclosed settlement. At the time, Combs’ attorney insisted that his client was innocent of “these offensive and outrageous allegations.”
Since November, however, Combs has been hit with five other lawsuits accusing him of rape, sexual misconduct and other crimes.
In April, authorities raided his California and Florida mansions as part of an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security team that deals with human trafficking.
The mother of one of Combs’ sons — 30-year-old Justin — shared dramatic footage of the raids and slammed the authorities for using “militarized force” when they dragged Justin and one of his brothers from the Holmby Hills property.
Earlier this month, Combs filed to toss one of the sexual misconduct lawsuits against him on the grounds that the anonymous claimant did not include key details about her alleged assault.
The alleged victim used a “trigger warning” on her claims to “focus attention on its salacious and depraved allegations,” the filing obtained by Page Six revealed.
On Monday, Combs took to social media to share a message that read “time tells truth.”
The music mogul captioned the post, “LOVE ️.”
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