Sean "Diddy" Combs formally requested that the judge overseeing his criminal prosecution exclude a 2016 surveillance video from his upcoming trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering.
The video, recorded at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles, shows Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend, Casandra "Cassie" Ventura, by grabbing, shoving, kicking, dragging, and throwing glass vases at her. The footage, first aired by CNN in May 2024, has been cited by prosecutors as key evidence supporting allegations of Combs' violent behavior and sex trafficking.
Combs' defense team, led by attorney Alexandra Shapiro, claims the video is "wholly inaccurate" and inadmissible, alleging that CNN "altered, manipulated, sped-up, and edited" the footage to misrepresent the events.
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Specifically, they assert that the video's timestamp was covered, the sequence of events was rearranged, and the playback speed was increased to exaggerate the actions depicted. They further allege that CNN purchased the footage, copied it in unknown ways, presented it out of order, and destroyed the original copy, rendering it unreliable. The defense has requested a hearing with a forensic video analyst to testify that the video does not accurately reflect the events.
CNN has denied these claims, stating it never altered the video and did not destroy the original footage, which was retained by the source. The network emphasized that it aired the story months before Combs' arrest in September 2024.
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