Combs Allegation Texts Read in Court

In May 2024, CNN released a hotel surveillance video clip from 2016. Footage has emerged showing Combs attacking his then-girlfriend Cassiebe born Cassandra Ventura. (The attack matched an alleged incident detailed in a lawsuit against Combs filed on November 16, 2023; both parties announced they had reached a settlement the next day.)

“I was fake. I hit rock bottom,” Combs said in a video posted to Instagram in response to the images. “But I’m not making excuses. My behavior in that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video.” He added that he has since gone to therapy and rehab and is “determined to become a better man every day.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney at the September 18 hearing on Combs’ second bail request Emily Johnson According to NBC News, he said: Combs allegedly sent messages in the days following the attack It said, “Call me, the cops are here.” Another said: “I have six children. Call me, I’m surrounded.”

Johnson did not say Cassie’s name in court. He said Combs’ victim responded by text: “You’re sick, you think it’s okay to do what you’re doing.”

Bail request denied once again, this time by a US District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr.