Video appears to show Diddy assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie in 2016 hotel incident

In her go well with, Cassie detailed an alleged assault that she stated occurred at a Los Angeles resort in 2016 during which she suffered a “black eye” after Combs turned drunk and punched her within the face.

She stated that Combs then fell asleep however continued to be bodily violent when he wakened and Cassie tried to depart the resort room, the lawsuit acknowledged.

“He adopted her into the hallway of the resort 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 go well with acknowledged.

She left the resort however returned with plans of “apologizing for operating away from her abuser,” the lawsuit stated.

Lodge employees urged her to get again right into a cab and go to her condominium, “suggesting that that they had seen the safety footage exhibiting Mr. Combs beating Ms. Ventura and throwing glass at her within the resort hallway,” based on the go well with.

In her go well with, Cassie alleged that Combs paid the resort $50,000 to acquire footage of the hallway incident.

On Friday, IHG Inns & Resorts stated that the resort within the alleged incident is not underneath IHG administration.

“IHG didn’t produce this footage, didn’t obtain cash for this footage, and doesn’t have entry to it,” it stated in an announcement.

A supply conversant in the legal investigation involving Combs informed NBC in March that three girls and a person had been interviewed by federal officers in Manhattan in relation to allegations of intercourse trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of unlawful narcotics and firearms.

Since final fall, the rapper has been hit with 5 lawsuits in New York accusing him of sexual assault, sexual trafficking and interesting in different legal exercise.

He has settled the go well with with Cassie, however the different fits are pending. 

Legal professionals for Combs have filed paperwork in court docket looking for to dismiss a Jane Doe lawsuit and partially dismiss one other lady’s go well with.

In March, federal brokers searched the rapper’s houses in Los Angeles and Miami. Three sources conversant in the matter informed NBC Information that firearms have been discovered at his residences, however no further particulars have been supplied.

Dyer, one in every of Combs’ attorneys, issued an announcement following the raids and stated that Combs “was by no means detained however spoke to and cooperated with authorities.” He described the raid as an ambush, saying there’s been a rush to judgment primarily based on “meritless accusations made in civil lawsuits.”

“There was no discovering of legal or civil legal responsibility with any of those allegations,” Dyer stated. “Mr. Combs is harmless and can proceed to combat each single day to clear his identify.”

On Thursday, a person who was arrested on drug fees whereas federal brokers carried out the searches of Combs’ properties agreed to a plea deal.

Brendan Paul was with Combs as federal brokers searched the rapper’s aircraft and was arrested on the Miami-Opa Locka Government Airport on fees of possession of suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana sweet in March, based on a police report.

“Brendan accepted the prosecutor’s provide to allow his entry into the diversion program which, after completion, the case in opposition to him will likely be dismissed in its entirety,” his lawyer, Brian Bieber, stated Thursday.