Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal drama just took a detour into full-blown conspiracy thriller territory. If you thought the saga couldn’t get any messier, Diddy’s defense team just hit us with a plot twist straight out of a Hollywood script—except this one involves CNN, some free video editing software, and what sounds like a very shady game of “Now You See It, Now You Don’t.”
According to Diddy’s defense squad (who are apparently moonlighting as investigative detectives), CNN got their hands on the one and only copy of the 2016 security footage showing him allegedly attacking ex-girlfriend Cassie in the hallway of the now-closed InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. And what did CNN allegedly do with this bombshell footage?
Oh, just uploaded it into some bargain-bin editing software, fiddled with the timestamps like they were remixing a track, sped it up to make it look worse, and then—wait for it—straight-up destroyed the original copy like it was an old mixtape nobody wanted to hear again.
If this accusation sounds like it was cooked up in a secret underground bunker with a corkboard full of red string, you’re not alone. The defense insists that CNN basically turned the footage into a TikTok fast-forward challenge and made it look way worse than it actually was. (Which, uh, was already pretty bad to begin with.)
Hotel’s Gone, Footage Gone—Poof!
Adding to the chaos, the InterContinental Hotel location where this all happened has conveniently closed down. Because of course it has. So in case anyone was hoping to get a fresh copy of the footage from hotel security, sorry—looks like that ship has sailed. (Probably right along with the hard drives.)
Diddy’s team is now gearing up to fight tooth and nail to get this edited video yeeted out of court. And honestly? They might have a shot. Courts usually don’t like edited evidence, especially if it looks like someone slapped it together using an outdated version of iMovie. So, according to TMZ, there’s an “extremely good chance” the jury will never lay eyes on this video.
But Wait, There’s More!
Just when you thought things couldn’t get wilder, NFL star Odell Beckham Jr. and comedian Druski have somehow found themselves named in a lawsuit alongside Diddy. Yes, you read that right. Diddy, an NFL wide receiver, and a guy whose job is literally to make people laugh are now legally linked in the same case. It’s giving “Mad Libs: Lawsuit Edition.”
At this point, who even needs reality TV? This entire legal rollercoaster is messier than a celebrity group chat during award season. Stay tuned—because at the rate this is going, we wouldn’t be surprised if Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster get dragged into this next.
A 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN shows Sean "Diddy" Combs violently grab, shove, drag and kick his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura during an altercation in a hotel in California. https://t.co/qgD40mRPtQ pic.twitter.com/1u7qJgn3mC
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 17, 2024