Howard College revokes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ honorary diploma after video of assault on Cassie

Howard College is slicing ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs, rescinding an honorary diploma that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship program in his title, after a lately launched 2016 video that appeared to indicate him attacking the R&B singer Cassie.

“Mr. Combs’ conduct as captured in a lately launched video is so basically incompatible with Howard College’s core values and beliefs that he’s deemed not worthy to carry the establishment’s highest honor,” a press release from the college’s Board of Trustees mentioned.

The assertion mentioned the board voted unanimously Friday to just accept the return of the honorary diploma Combs acquired in 2014. “This acceptance revokes all honors and privileges related to the diploma. Accordingly, the Board has directed that his title be faraway from all paperwork itemizing honorary diploma recipients of Howard College,” it mentioned.

The board additionally directed college directors to chop monetary ties to Combs, together with returning a $1 million contribution, ending the scholarship program and dissolving a 2023 pledge settlement with the Sean Combs Basis.

An e mail looking for remark was despatched to a Combs spokesperson by The Related Press on Saturday.

Combs admitted final month that he beat his ex-girlfriend Cassie in a lodge hallway in 2016 after CNN launched video of the assault. In a video assertion posted on social media, he mentioned he was “really sorry” and his actions had been “inexcusable.”

“I take full duty for my actions in that video. I used to be disgusted then after I did it. I am disgusted now,” Combs mentioned.

A lawsuit filed final 12 months by Cassie, whose authorized title is Cassandra Ventura, set off a wave of comparable circumstances and public allegations towards Combs. That lawsuit was settled.

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