Hotel video appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs hitting ex Cassie in 2016

Security video obtained by CNN appears to show music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking his ex-girlfriend Cassie during a 2016 hotel robbery, which she detailed in a since-settled lawsuit alleging the rapper had her for years physically and sexually abused.

CNN reported that the video was from an incident in March 2016. It shows multiple perspectives.

Cassie, 37, whose name is Casandra Ventura, alleged in a federal lawsuit in November that Combs raped and physically abused her, including hitting, punching, kicking and kicking her over the course of their relationship. The lawsuit was settled the day after it was filed.

Representatives for Combs, 54, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday. He had previously denied the allegations, calling them despicable. Shortly after the settlement with Cassie, a lawyer for Combs said the agreement was “in no way an admission of wrongdoing.”

In the lawsuit, Cassie claimed that Combs had lured her into the relationship since they worked together when she was an aspiring artist on Combs' label. She said in the lawsuit that the abuse lasted more than a decade and accused Combs of controlling all aspects of her life.

Since Cassie's lawsuit, Combs has been accused of sexual and physical abuse, gang rape and “serious illegal activity” in a series of lawsuits filed by others.

He is the subject of a federal criminal investigation and officials searched his property this spring.

Combs has denied all allegations and vowed to clear his name.

According to CNN, the video, taken in a hotel hallway, shows Combs in a towel and without a shirt. He goes behind a woman near an elevator, grabs her and throws her to the ground. The man, identified by CNN as Combs, then appears to kick her twice. He then begins to drag the woman by her hoodie as she lies on the ground.

According to the video, the woman picks up the phone while Combs is out of view of the camera. Combs then comes into the video and appears to push the woman, who is no longer in view of the camera.

Moments later, Combs, sitting in a chair, appears to pick up an object and throw it. The video material does not contain any sound.

NBC News has not independently verified the video.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said Saturday it was aware of the “disturbing and difficult to watch” video.

“Unfortunately, if the conduct depicted had occurred in 2016, we would not be able to file charges because the conduct would have occurred outside the time frame in which a crime of assault can be prosecuted,” it said in a statement. “To date, law enforcement has not filed a case against Mr. Combs related to the attack depicted in the video.”

Douglas Wigdor, an attorney for Cassie, said Friday that the video “only further confirmed Mr. Combs' disturbing and predatory behavior.” Words cannot express the courage and strength Ms. Ventura has shown in bringing this to light.”

In her lawsuit, Cassie described an alleged attack that she said occurred at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016, in which she suffered a “black eye” after Combs was drunk and punched her in the face.

She said Combs then fell asleep but continued to be physically violent when he woke up and Cassie tried to leave the hotel room, the lawsuit says.

“He followed her into the hotel hallway and shouted at her. “He grabbed her, then picked up glass vases in the hallway and threw them at her, shattering glass around her as she ran toward the elevator to escape,” the lawsuit says.

She left the hotel but returned with a plan to “apologize for running away from her tormentor,” the lawsuit says.

Hotel staff told her to get back in a taxi and go to her apartment, “suggesting that they had seen the security footage showing Mr. Combs hitting Ms. Ventura in the hotel hallway and throwing glass at her,” they said it in the statement of claim.

In her lawsuit, Cassie claimed that Combs paid the hotel $50,000 to obtain footage of the hallway incident.

On Friday, IHG Hotels & Resorts said the hotel affected by the alleged incident was no longer under IHG's management.

“IHG did not produce this footage, received no money for this footage, or has access to it,” it said in a statement.

A source familiar with the criminal investigation into Combs told NBC in March that three women and a man had been questioned by federal agents in Manhattan in connection with allegations of sex trafficking, sexual assault and the solicitation and distribution of illegal narcotics and firearms.

Since last fall, the rapper has faced five lawsuits in New York accusing him of sexual assault, sex trafficking and other criminal activity.

He has settled the lawsuit with Cassie, but the other lawsuits are still pending.

Lawyers for Combs have filed papers in court seeking dismissal of a lawsuit against Jane Doe and partial dismissal of another woman's lawsuit.

In March, federal agents searched the rapper's homes in Los Angeles and Miami. Three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News that firearms were found in his apartments, but no further details were disclosed.

Aaron Dyer, one of Combs' attorneys, issued a statement after the raids, saying that Combs “was never arrested but has spoken to and cooperated with authorities.” He described the raid as an ambush and said there had been a rush to judgment based on “unfounded allegations in civil lawsuits.”

“No criminal or civil liability has been established in any of these allegations,” Dyer said. “Mr. Combs is innocent and will continue to fight every day to clear his name.”

On Thursday, a man arrested on drug charges while federal agents were searching Combs' properties agreed to a plea deal.

Brendan Paul was with Combs when federal agents searched the rapper's plane and was arrested at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport in March on suspicion of possession of suspected cocaine and suspected marijuana candy, according to a police report.

“Brendan accepted the prosecutor's offer to allow him to participate in the diversion program, upon completion of which the case against him will be dismissed in its entirety,” his attorney, Brian Bieber, said Thursday.

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