In 2016, a video was released of Sean “Diddy” Combs hitting his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura

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From Olivia Land

Sean “Diddy” Combs was seen pushing, kicking and dragging his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura as part of a harrowing 2016 surveillance investigation made public Friday.

The video, obtained by CNN and dated March 5, 2016, shows the rapper and producer running after the singer down a hallway at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.

Combs – who has a towel wrapped around his waist – then grabs her by the neck and throws her to the ground.

While holding his towel with one hand, he continued to kick her, the video showed.

He grabbed a purse and suitcase from the floor near an elevator bank before turning around and kicking Ventura again while she was still on the carpet.

Combs briefly tugged at his then-girlfriend's sweatshirt before walking away.

Ventura slowly stood up and appeared to pick up a phone on the hallway wall before Combs came back, still in his towel, and pushed her.

A few seconds later, he sat down in a chair, picked up an object from a table and threw it at Ventura, according to the footage.

He was seen walking away, only to turn back to Ventura just in time for someone to exit the elevator.

“The heartbreaking video has only further confirmed Mr. Combs' disturbing and predatory behavior,” Douglas H. Wigdor, a Ventura attorney, responded in response to the video — which appeared to be consistent with allegations in Ventura's now-settled lawsuit against Combs .

“Words cannot express the courage and fortitude Ms. Ventura showed when she came to light,” Wigdor added.

Ventura — who dated Combs on and off between 2007 and 2018 — sued the Bad Boy Records founder in November 2023, alleging he was physically violent and sexually abusive.

In the filing, Ventura alleged that Combs paid InterContinental $50,000 for security footage of a physical altercation in March 2016.

The lawsuit was settled the following day with an undisclosed settlement.