The clip, released by CNN, shows Casandra “Cassie” Ventura leaving a hotel room and walking towards an elevator as Combs chases her while wearing a towel around his waist. It then shows Combs grabbing the singer by the neck and throwing her to the ground. As Ventura lies on the floor, Combs begins kicking her as he takes her handbag and suitcase.
The video appears to show Combs becoming even more violent with the singer, dragging her towards his room before letting go and walking away. A few seconds later, he is seen taking an object off a table and throwing it in her direction. He then walks away as an elevator door opens and someone seemingly leaves the scene.
Cassie Ventura and Sean "Diddy" Combs attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum in 2018. Photo / Getty Images
“Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”
A representative for Combs did not immediately respond to People’srequest for comment.
In the lawsuit, which Ventura filed in November last year, the singer detailed what seems to be the exact incident that has now been shown via surveillance footage.
She wrote that the altercation took place “in or around March 2016”, and “Mr Combs became extremely intoxicated and punched Ms Ventura in the face, giving her a black eye”.
“After he fell asleep, Ms Ventura tried to leave the hotel room, but as she exited, Mr Combs awoke and began screaming at Ms Ventura,” the lawsuit alleges. “He 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.”
According to the lawsuit, Ventura eventually was able to get to the elevator and took a taxi to her home.
Footage has surfaced of Sean “Diddy” Combs physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie at a hotel in 2016. pic.twitter.com/KpzO3aQrkg
“Upon realising 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 apologising for running away from her abuser,” the complaint reads.
“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.”
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of "disturbing and predatory behaviour" after footage of an alleged attack on his former partner Cassie has come to light. Photo / AP
The lawsuit also claims Diddy paid the hotel US$50,000 ($81,520) for the hallway security footage of the incident.
“This hotel is no longer under IHG management, and we do not have any access to prior incident records or footage,” IHG said in a statement obtained by People.
The altercation is one of many mentioned in Cassie’s lawsuit, which brought to light years of alleged physical abuse at the hands of the Coming Home rapper between 2007 and 2018.
However, Combs and Ventura reached a settlement one day after she accused him of rape, sex trafficking, and domestic violence.
Cassie (left) and Sean "Diddy" Combs reached a settlement one day after she accused him of rape, sex trafficking, and domestic violence. Photo / AP
Both announced at the time that they had resolved the allegations in the lawsuit to their “mutual satisfaction”.
“I have decided to resolve this matter amicably on terms that I have some level of control,” Ventura shared in a statement. “I want to thank my family, fans and lawyers for their unwavering support.”
Her lawyer Wigdor said: “I am very proud of Ms Ventura for having the strength to go public with her lawsuit. She ought to be commended for doing so.”
Combs shared: “We have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love.”
