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Sean “Diddy” Combs apologizes for video of alleged 2016 attack

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Sean “Diddy” Combs


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Sean “Diddy” Combs apologized Sunday morning for a recently surfaced video from 2016 in which he allegedly attacked his ex-girlfriend.

“It’s so hard to reflect on the darkest times in life, but sometimes you have to,” Diddy said on Instagram. “I was shitty – I hit rock bottom – but I don’t make excuses. My behavior in this video is inexcusable.”

The video, first obtained by CNN and published Friday, shows the music mogul running out of a hotel room in a towel and chasing a woman who appears to be Ventura toward the elevator. He grabs her by the neck and throws her to the ground before turning around to kick her. Later in the film, he returns, kicks and shoves her again, and then throws an object at her from a nearby table.

“I take full responsibility for my actions in this video,” Combs said Sunday. “I was disgusted when I did it at the time. I’m disgusted now. I went and sought professional help. I went to therapy, to rehab. I had to ask God for His grace and grace. I am so sorry. But I am committed to being a better person every day. I don’t ask for forgiveness. I’m really sorry.”

On Friday, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that it was “aware of the video” and that it “found the images extremely disturbing and difficult to view,” but that “we would not be able to file charges.” that the conduct would entail.” have occurred beyond the period during which a crime of bodily harm can be prosecuted.”

Combs and Ventura were romantically linked for over a decade.

In a civil lawsuit filed in New York in November, she accused the rapper of repeatedly raping and physically abusing her for nearly a decade. In the lawsuit, which also names his label Bad Boy Records and Sony Music, Ventura said she was “trapped by Mr. Combs in a cycle of abuse, violence and sex trafficking”; The filing recalls several instances in which she claimed Combs “hit, punched, kicked and kicked” her.

Ventura and Combs settled the case shortly after filing their lawsuit.

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