A shocking video from 2016 has surfaced online of Sean ‘Diddy‘ Combs allegedly kicking, hitting, and dragging Cassie Ventura, his former girlfriend.
The hotel surveillance video, dated March 5, 2016, and obtained by CNN, captured multiple camera angles of the alleged assault.
In the footage, released on Friday, Cassie is seen in a black sweater with the hood up and duffle bag in hand calling an elevator in what the news platform reports is the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles.
The music mogul is then captured chasing the singer down the hallway in a towel. Diddy catches up with Cassie, striking and yanking her by the hair while throwing her to the ground.
The rapper also kicks Ventura twice while she stays on the ground, picking up her bag and dragging her back toward the hotel room.
The incident appeared to have corroborated several allegations made in a now-settled federal lawsuit filed by Cassie in November 2023.
In the lawsuit, the singer claimed she was trafficked, raped, and beaten by Combs on many occasions over 10 years.
The lawsuit labelled the musician a “serial domestic abuser, who would regularly beat and kick Ms Ventura, leaving black eyes, bruises, and blood”.
Diddy denied the allegations, calling them “offensive and outrageous”.
The rapper and Cassie’s relationship began in 2007. They made their public debut as a couple in 2012.
The pair, however, broke up after a heated argument in 2018.