Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been slammed by his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s legal team over his apology for beating the singer. The rapper-turned business mogul 54, said on Sunday (19.05.
24) he was “truly sorry” for the incident, two days after a video was released by CNN showing him launching a brutal attack on 37-year-old Cassie at a now-closed Los Angeles hotel – but hours later her lawyers said it was a self-obsessed display. Combs didn’t mention Cassie directly by name in his apology video, which was released on Instagram, and used it to say it was hard for him to talk about “dark” times, before telling his followers he went into therapy and rehab and sought God’s help after he battered Cassie. Meredith Firetog, a partner at Wigdor LLP, the legal firm representing Cassie, told Page Six in a statement: “Combs’ most recent statement is more about himself than the many people he has hurt.
” Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. Referring to the wave of other accusations of abuse Combs is currently facing, she added: “When Cassie and multiple other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday. “That he was only compelled to ‘apologise’ once his repeated denials were proven false shows his pathetic desperation, and no one will be swayed by his disingenuous words.
” Cassie had detailed the 2016 assault caught on tape in a bombshell 2023 lawsuit s.