New York might rescind Diddy’s key to town over a video displaying the Hip-Hop mogul brutally assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura. Mayor Eric Adams stated a revocation was into account in an interview with PIX11 Information on Monday (Could 20).
“I feel all of us have been deeply disturbed by watching that chilling video of the younger woman being assaulted by him,” Adams advised PIX11 Information. “The committee and the staff — we’ve by no means rescinded a key earlier than — however we at the moment are sitting right down to see what the subsequent steps ahead are going to be.”
Diddy obtained the important thing to town in September 2023, only a few months earlier than Cassie sued him for rape and years of abuse. Cassie’s lawsuit detailed an incident during which the Unhealthy Boy Data founder assaulted her at a Los Angeles lodge in 2016.
CNN launched surveillance footage from the lodge on Could 17. The video corroborated a few of Cassie’s allegations.
Diddy threw Cassie to the bottom after chasing her down in a lodge hallway. He kicked her twice whereas she was immobile on the ground earlier than making an attempt to tug her again to his room.
Later within the footage, Diddy tracked Cassie down once more and shoved her right into a nook. He additionally chucked what seemed to be a vase at her.
Diddy responded to the Cassie assault video by apologizing on Sunday (Could 19). He claimed to be “really sorry.”
“It’s so tough to mirror on the darkest occasions in your life, however generally you bought to try this,” he stated on Instagram. “I used to be f##### up. I hit all-time low. However I make no excuses. My habits on that video is inexcusable.
Cassie’s lawyer criticized Diddy’s apology, calling it “disingenuous.” The lawyer stated it reeked of “pathetic desperation.”
Diddy and Cassie settled her lawsuit out of courtroom in November 2023. Extra accusers sued Diddy after the settlement was reached. The feds raided his houses as a part of a intercourse trafficking investigation in March.