Video of Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs attacking ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura was played in court before being released in public as the rapper’s trial continues in lower Manhattan
Surveillance footage of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ hotel ‘attack’
The full video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ attack on ex-girlfriend in a Los Angeles hotel has been made public. The entire shocking footage was released to the public today (Wednesday, May 14) after the unedited video was shown in court in the rapper’s current court case.
Day three is now underway, and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces a number of charges, including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution. The Bad Boy Records founder, 55, was arrested in September and strongly denies all allegations made against him.
He has remained in prison since his arrest and has had a number of bail requests rejected. As Cassie Ventura takes to the stand for a second day in the trial at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse in lower Manhattan, the unedited surveillance videos have been submitted as evidence against the musician.
The video, which did not have sound, showed security footage from the hotel attack in 2016. Prosecutors initially showed it in full before they played it as the hotel’s assistant security director at the time, Israel Florez, described how the situation unfolded.
Further footage, which was filmed off a monitor using Florez’s phone, was then shown. However, when Combs’ lawyer showed it again, she tried to find an issue with Florez’s recollection of how things happened.
In the video footage, it’s noticeable that Ventura is walking down the hall. Combs is seen at one point grabbing her head from the back and slamming her to the ground. The rapper is also seen kicking her as she lay on the floor.
Florez, who is now a Los Angeles Police Department officer, testified in court on Tuesday. He is seen at the end of the clip and is said to have been trying to diffuse the situation.
He submitted an email that showed his report of the incident. He alleges Combs tried to offer him a bribe, claiming he said: “You take care of this, I got you, let’s go to my room.’
He claims he told Combs he knows who his is and shook his hand. The email read: “‘[I] said all I ask is for respect for the guest and myself, so do me the favor and lets return you to your room.”
Florez also claims the rapper saw Ventura coming down the hall and ‘raised his voice’ towards her. “I then told him that if he didn’t respect the guest, then he would be escorted out of property,” Florez added.
He said Combs tried to bribe him but he turned it down. During her own testimony on Tuesday, Ventura was in tears at one point. She wiped her eyes partway through her questioning.
Prosecutors said Combs coerced women into drugged-up group sexual encounters he called “freak offs,” “wild king nights” or “hotel nights.
The trial continues.
Source: Mirror
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