Howard University trustees rescinded Sean “Diddy” Combs' honorary degree, citing video of him attacking Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel.
Howard University trustees on Friday voted to rescind an honorary degree granted to Sean 'Diddy' Combs, citing a recently surfaced video of the hip-hop mogul repeatedly attacking Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Trustees of the Washington, D.C., university also disbanded a scholarship in Combs' name and terminated a 2016 'gift agreement' in which Combs had contributed $1 million through his foundation, according to a university statement.
District Court for the Southern District of New York. In it, Ventura alleged that Combs “became extremely intoxicated and punched” her in the face, “giving her a black eye” during an attack in March 2016. In a video statement posted on Instagram days after the video's release, Combs said, “My behavior on that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video.” “I was disgusted then when I did it. I’m disgusted now,” he added.
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