Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: Video seems to indicate rap mogul beating girlfriend Cassie in 2016

When he catches as much as her, he grabs her and throws her on the ground, inflicting her to drop some baggage.

He kicks her whereas she is on the bottom, earlier than selecting up her luggage and kicking her a second time then making an attempt to pull her by her shirt.

The attacker is seen leaving for a second, earlier than returning and shoving Ms Ventura as she stands up. He then sits in a chair close to the lifts and throws an object.

A lawyer for R&B singer Ms Ventura, Douglas Wigdor, mentioned in an announcement: “The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory behaviour of Mr Combs.

“Phrases can not categorical the braveness and fortitude that Ms Ventura has proven in coming ahead to convey this to gentle.”

The Los Angeles District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned on Friday that the assault captured within the video is likely to be too outdated to prosecute.

“We discover the photographs extraordinarily disturbing and tough to observe,” it mentioned in an announcement.

“If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, sadly we’d be unable to cost because the conduct would have occurred past the timeline the place against the law of assault might be prosecuted.”

In a now-settled federal lawsuit final yr, Ms Ventura alleged that “round March 2016” Mr Combs “grew to become extraordinarily intoxicated and punched Ms Ventura within the face, giving her a black eye”.

“After he fell asleep, Ms Ventura tried to go away the lodge room, however as she exited, Mr Combs awoke and started screaming at Ms Ventura.

“He adopted her into the hallway of the lodge whereas yelling at her. He grabbed at her, after which took glass vases within the hallway and threw them at her, inflicting glass to crash round them as she ran to the elevator to flee,” the paperwork mentioned.

The lawsuit alleged that the rap mogul had bought the footage from the lodge for $50,000 (£39,000).

Her authorized motion towards Mr Combs, which accused him of rape and sexual trafficking over a decade, was settled for an undisclosed sum sooner or later after it was filed in November final yr.

Mr Combs’ lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, mentioned on the time that the settlement “is under no circumstances an admission of wrongdoing”.

“Mr Combs’ choice to settle the lawsuit doesn’t in any means undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He’s blissful they obtained to a mutual settlement and desires Ms Ventura the very best.”

Since then, a number of different ladies have filed lawsuits accusing the rapper of sexual misconduct.

His houses in Los Angeles and Miami, Florida, had been raided final month as a part of a federal investigation into human trafficking.

Ms Ventura formally was signed to Mr Combs’ document label, Dangerous Boy, and launched a number of hits within the 2000s, together with songs that featured Diddy.

Her most well-known tracks embrace Me & U, Lengthy Option to Go and Official Lady, that includes Lil Wayne.