Sean “Diddy” Combs has apologised and “committed to be a better man” after security footage appeared to show him assaulting R&B singer Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel corridor in 2016. The video, obtained by US outlet CNN, appears to depict Combs wearing only a white towel chasing his former partner, real name Casandra Ventura, and kicking her on the ground. The footage also appears to show the US music mogul dragging Ventura, and throwing a vase in her direction.
In a video statement posted to Instagram, Combs said his behaviour was “inexcusable” and that he was “disgusted” by it. His apology continued: “It’s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that. “I was f***** up - I hit rock bottom - but I make no excuses.
“My behaviour on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. “I was disgusted then when I did it.
I’m disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab.
“I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I’m so sorry. But I’m committed to be a better man each and every day.
I’m not asking for forgiveness. I’m truly sorry.” The video has been dated March 5, 2016, and seems to match a description of an incident at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in a now-settled lawsuit originally filed by Ventura in November.
The court document said: “In or around March 2016, during an FO at the InterCon.