
Alleged Combs Texts Learn in Court docket
In Could 2024, CNN revealed a clip of lodge surveillance video from 2016 that appeared to show Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassie, born Cassandra Ventura. (The assault matched up with an alleged incident detailed within the lawsuit she filed in opposition to Combs on Nov. 16, 2023; each events introduced a settlement the subsequent day.)
“I used to be f–ked up. I hit all-time low,” Combs mentioned in a video posted to Instagram in response to the footage. “However I make no excuses. My habits on that video is inexcusable. I take full duty for my actions in that video.” He had gone to remedy and rehab since, he added, and was “dedicated to be a greater man each day.”
Throughout a Sept. 18 listening to on Combs’ second request for bail, Assistant U.S. Lawyer Emily Johnson mentioned, per NBC Information, that Combs allegedly sent a text in the days following the assault that learn, “Name me, the cops are right here.” One other learn, “I’ve six youngsters. Name, I’m surrounded.”
Johnson didn’t say Cassie’s identify in courtroom. She mentioned that Combs’ sufferer replied through textual content, “Sick you assume it’s OK to do what you’ve got completed.”
Bail was as soon as once more denied, this time by U.S. District Choose Andrew L. Carter Jr.