N.Y.C. Mayor Eric Adams May Revoke Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Key to the City After Cassie Assault Video 

• NYC Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Decide Whether to Revoke Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Key to the City
• Combs received the key from Adams in September 2023
• The potential impeachment comes after a 2016 video surfaced showing Combs physically assaulting his former singer Cassie

The fallout from the released video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs physically assaulting his ex, singer Cassie, continues, as it could cost him an earlier hometown honor.

During a Monday, May 20 interview with PIX11, New York City Mayor Eric Adams addressed surveillance footage from 2016 that shows Combs, now 54, grabbing, punching, pushing and kicking Casandra ‘Cassie’ Ventura, now 37. , at the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Los Angeles.

Asked if he was considering rescinding the key to the city honor he awarded Combs in 2023, Adams said, “I think we were all deeply disturbed by watching the gruesome video of the young lady he assaulted.” The mayor said “the board and the team” had “never pulled a wrench before, but now we’re sitting down to see what the next steps are.”

As for next steps, Adams added, “We’re taking everything into consideration and the team will get back to me with a final decision.”

Mayer Eric Adams; Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.

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In September 2023, Adams presented Combs with a key to New York City for “his contributions to music, business and philanthropy,” according to Revolt. The opportunity came the same day Combs was fired Love album – Off the Gridhis latest studio album in 17 years.

“The bad boy of fun takes the key to the city from the bad boy of politics!” Adams said during the ceremony in Times Square, according to the Associated Press. Combs then thanked the mayor before shouting, “Diddy finally has the key to the city!”

In a brief speech, the producer added: “To Mayor Adams and the City of New York: I promise to continue to give to this city that created me, Thank you for recognizing my journey and my mission to uplift and empower. Let’s continue to make history together.”

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in Atlanta in August 2023.

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Before the brutal video surfaced of Combs’ attack on Ventura, he filed a 35-page civil lawsuit against him in November, alleging he raped her and sold her for sex during a 10-year “cycle of abuse” and “violence.”

“After years of silence and darkness, I’m finally ready to tell my story and speak up for myself and for other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships,” Ventura said in a statement at the time. “With the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act quickly approaching, it became clear that this was an opportunity for me to speak out about the trauma I experienced and will continue to recover from for the rest of my life.”

Ventura’s lawsuit against Combs was settled the day after she filed it. The two then announced that they had settled the lawsuits to “mutual satisfaction.”

Since then, Combs has faced several other sexual assault lawsuits and allegations of violence, the latest coming from Love album producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones, who claimed the entertainer sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him while working on the 2023 project.

Diddy has denied all sexual assault allegations made in the lawsuits, but on Sunday apologized for the violent video released on Friday.

“It’s so hard to think about the darkest moments in your life,” Combs said in the recording. “Sometimes you have to do it. I was screwed. I mean, I hit rock bottom, but I’m not apologizing. My behavior in that video is inexcusable.”

He continued: “I take full responsibility for my actions in that video.”

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in Atlanta in June 2021.

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In March, federal agents raided Combs’ properties in Los Angeles and Miami “as part of an ongoing investigation,” Homeland Security confirmed to PEOPLE. The investigation has not yet resulted in any criminal charges.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, they are “unable” to charge Combs with the 2016 attack at the Ventura Hotel because the surveillance video was captured “outside the time frame in which the assault can be prosecuted.”

“As of today, law enforcement has not presented a case related to the assault depicted in the video against Mr. Combs,” the office said in a statement on social media. “But we encourage anyone who has been a victim or witness to a crime to report it to the police or contact our Office of Victim Services support.”

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