Last year Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs offered a public apology after CNN shared video of him brutally assaulting his then girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a hotel hallway back in 2016 [click here if you missed that].
A judge has ruled that the tape can be shown to the jury at Diddy's trial...
The Diddy jury will be able to view the video of the disgraced rap mogul beating up ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, the judge in the case has ruled in a hearing today.
The damning evidence is a big blow for Diddy, even as his lawyers have claimed that the security video of him violently assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie in a Ventura Los Angeles hotel hallway was 'edited' and 'manipulated.'
It was also revealed today that Diddy plans to argue he was a ‘swinger’ and did nothing wrong during his six parties, his lawyer said.
Marc Agnifilo said that the disgraced hip hop mogul will claim that he was part of a ‘lifestyle’, a reference to the term swingers use to describe having group six.
While Diddy thought his behavior - which prosecutors have called drug-fuelled and abusive 'Freak Offs' - was ‘appropriate’ others may not have done so, Agnifilo said.
The comments came after a judge ruled that the jury will get to see the damning video of Diddy beating up his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura.
Judge Arun Subramanian told Manhattan’s federal court that the footage was admissible because prosecutors planned to provide two witnesses who will say it accurately depicts events.
The video shows Diddy beating Ventura at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles in 2016 and was one of the key factors in his downfall.
It was aired by CNN in May 2024 and days later the disgraced hip hop mogul apologized publicly, posting on Instagram that he took ‘full responsibility’.
Diddy was arrested four months later and his lawyers have repeatedly attacked the video’s credibility, at one point demanding a hearing to ascertain whether it can be used during the trial.
Diddy, 55, whose real name is Sean Combs, is due to go on trial on May 5th, for six trafficking.
He denies the allegations.
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