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Los Angeles D.A. 'Unable' to Charge Diddy for Cassie Assault Video Due to Timing of When It Occurred

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office released a statement on Friday, May 17, noting that it cannot prosecute Sean 'Diddy' Combs over the 'extremely disturbing' video that surfaced depicting him assaulting his ex, Cassie Ventura, 'if the conduct depicted occurred in 2016.'

In the clip, Ventura could be seen leaving a hotel room and walking toward an elevator before Combs chased after her in a towel, grabbed her neck and tossed her to the ground, before kicking her. Combs and Ventura reached a settlement one day after she accused him of rape, sex trafficking and domestic violence in the suit, which included several allegations of repeated physical abuse during their time together, from 2007 to 2018. Speaking with PEOPLE this week, Tracy Walder, a former CIA and FBI special agent, shared that Combs "never expected the video to get out," and cited it as the reason why the rapper "settled so quickly with his ex-girlfriend Casandra Ventura in November 2023."

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