Diddy apologises after video shows attack on ex-girlfriend
American rapper Sean Combs, known as Diddy, has apologised for attacking his ex-girlfriend Cassandra Venture. The attack came to light when US media CNN released CCTV footage from a hotel in California that showed him kicking and pushing her in a hotel hallway in 2016.
Diddy took to Instagram to apologise for his “inexcusable” actions. Speaking in a video posted to his page he said he took full responsibility for the attack.
“I was disgusted when I did it. I’m disgusted now,” he said in his statement.
“I went and I sought out professional help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I’m so sorry.”
He added that he was “committed to being a better man each and every day”.
But lawyers for Cassie told CBS News that Diddy’s statement was “more about himself than the many people he has hurt”.
“When Cassie and multiple other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday,”
Lawyer Meredith Firetog
“When Cassie and multiple other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday,” lawyer Meredith Firetog said.
“That he was only compelled to ‘apologise’ once his repeated denials were proven false shows his pathetic desperation and no one will be swayed by his disingenuous words.”
Despite the video, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said on Friday that the alleged assault captured in the video might be too old to prosecute.
The pair had started a relationship after meeting when she was 19 and he was 37.
Last November, Cassie Ventura settled a lawsuit against Diddy- in which she accused him of rape and sexual trafficking over a decade – for an undisclosed sum.
Since then, several other women have filed lawsuits accusing the rapper of sexual and physical abuse.
His homes in Los Angeles and Miami, Florida, were raided last month as part of a federal investigation into human trafficking.
