{"id":82232,"date":"2024-05-19T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/thesauce\/?p=82232"},"modified":"2024-05-19T22:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T19:18:59","slug":"diddy-forced-to-apologize-following-viral-assault-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/thesauce\/diddy-forced-to-apologize-following-viral-assault-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy Forced To Apologize Following Viral Assault Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs is \u201ctruly sorry\u201d for beating his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scandal-plagued rapper, 54, was seen in footage released by CNN on 17 May launching a brutal attack on the 37-year-old singer at a Los Angeles hotel, and spoke out in an Instagram video on Sunday (19.05.24) to say the \u201cinexcusable\u201d assault came when he was \u201cf***** up\u201d and had hit \u201crock bottom\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He started the video by saying it was \u201cso difficult\u201d to reflect on the \u201cdarkest times of your life\u201d, but added: \u201cSometimes you have to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diddy \u2013 who has changed his name to Sean Love Combs \u2013 added about the attack: \u201cI was f****** up. I mean I hit rock bottom but I make no excuses. My behaviour on that video is inexcusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I\u2019m disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it and I\u2019m disgusted now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revealing how he sought help after the 2016 assault: \u201cI went and I sought out professional help and had to go to therapy, had to go to rehab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHad to ask God for his mercy and grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so sorry. I\u2019m committed to being a better man each and every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diddy was hit with allegations including physical abuse by singer Cassie in a November 2023 lawsuit, which he settled out of court a day after it was lodged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2016 footage was taken from a surveillance camera in a hallway at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Century City, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It shows Combs holding a towel around his waist as he chases after Cassie before he strikes her, hurls her to the floor and kicks her as she lies motionless on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then grabs her bags and continues to assault Cassie before dragging her across the elevator bank into the hallway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second camera angle of the assault shows the singer slowly standing up and gathering her bags after the attack ends \u2013 with Combs sitting on a chair directly in front of her as she picks up a phone in the hallway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combs is then seen grabbing what seems to be a vase and throwing it at the singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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