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Two days after CNN published video footage showing him striking, kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Sean Combs posted a video on social media on Sunday calling his behavior \u201cinexcusable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The footage<\/a> that surfaced on Friday showed Mr. Combs, the hip-hop mogul known as Puff Daddy and Diddy, kicking and dragging his former girlfriend, Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, in 2016.<\/p>\n Last year Ms. Ventura filed<\/a> and then quickly settled<\/a> a lawsuit against Mr. Combs accusing him of years of physical and sexual abuse. The footage shown Friday, which appeared to come from security cameras, was consistent with some of the allegations in her lawsuit, which accused Mr. Combs of assaulting her at an InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles in 2016 as she tried to leave.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s so difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, but sometimes you got to do that,\u201d Mr. Combs said in his apology video, which he posted<\/a> to Instagram. \u201cI hit rock bottom \u2014 but I make no excuses. My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I\u2019m disgusted. I was disgusted then when I did it. I\u2019m disgusted now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n A lawyer for Mr. Combs had previously denied the allegations in Ms. Ventura\u2019s lawsuit. In a statement following the suit, which was filed in November, the lawyer said that Combs \u201cvehemently denies these offensive and outrageous allegations.\u201d The next day, Mr. Combs said, \u201cWe have decided to resolve this matter amicably.\u201d<\/p>\n After Ms. Ventura settled her lawsuit, Mr. Combs was sued by three women who accused him of rape, and a male music producer who accused him of unwanted sexual contact. Mr. Combs has vehemently denied the accusations in the civil suits, calling them \u201csickening allegations\u201d<\/a> from people looking for \u201ca quick payday.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Combs\u2019s legal troubles escalated in March, when federal agents raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami Beach and stopped him at a Miami-area airport, confiscating his electronic devices. Officials have said that the inquiry is at least in part a human trafficking investigation.<\/p>\n Mr. Combs\u2019s lawyers have been fighting the lawsuits in court and have called the raids a \u201cgross overuse of military-level force.\u201d<\/p>\n But in Sunday\u2019s video, Mr. Combs struck a tone of contrition in response to video evidence of his assaulting Ms. Ventura.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI went and I sought out professional help,\u201d he said. \u201cI got into going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to ask God for his mercy and grace. I\u2019m so sorry. But I\u2019m committed to be a better man each and every day. I\u2019m not asking for forgiveness. I\u2019m truly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n