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The Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace is talking out after the disturbing video of Diddy allegedly assaulting Cassie Ventura in a resort surfaced — particularly about why they can not prosecute the rapper presently.
As we beforehand reported, safety footage obtained by CNN this week confirmed Diddy, wrapped solely in a towel, chasing after his then-girlfriend down the hallway of the now-defunct InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles, grabbing the again of her head, after which slamming her to the bottom. The music mogul proceeded to kick her a number of occasions as she lay on the ground earlier than dragging her within the corridor. The horrific incident occurred in 2016 and backed the brutal assault Cassie described in her now-settled lawsuit towards Diddy.
What makes the scenario much more infuriating? The resort noticed what occurred to Cassie by way of the safety footage… after which accepted $50,000 from Diddy for the video! Yeah, they sided with the abuser and took the cash as an alternative of handing over the clip to the police. So sickening.
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However regardless of the newly launched footage of Diddy abusing the singer, no fees could be filed towards him! WHAT?!?! The Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace defined in a submit on Instagram Friday that their palms are tied for the reason that window to prosecute has lapsed because the assault occurred round March 2016. They wrote:
“We’re conscious of the video that has been circulating on-line allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a younger lady in Los Angeles. We discover the photographs extraordinarily disturbing and tough to look at. If the conduct depicted occurred in 2016, sadly we’d be unable to cost because the conduct would have occurred past the timeline the place against the law of assault could be prosecuted. As of at the moment, regulation enforcement has not offered a case associated to the assault depicted within the video towards Mr. Combs, however we encourage anybody who has been a sufferer or witness to against the law to report it to regulation enforcement or attain out to our workplace for help from our Bureau of Victims Companies.”
California’s statute of limitations for easy assault is one 12 months, whereas aggravated assault is three years. So primarily based on the timeline, the DA, sadly, can not cost Diddy with both. Terrible. See their submit (beneath):
Our coronary heart breaks for Cassie. She deserves justice for what occurred to her. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Tell us within the feedback.
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