Kim Porter’s father, Jake Porter, is expressing his disgust over the just lately surfaced video of Sean “Diddy” Combs, bodily assaulting singer Cassie Ventura in 2016.
Jake — whose late daughter was Diddy’ ex-partner for a number of years — spoke with Rolling Stone on Friday, and excoriated the embattled music mogul’s actions, as seen within the tape.
“You possibly can say I used to be disgusted with the video,” Jake advised the outlet. “I would not deal with my enemy like that. It was despicable.”
CNN launched a video in Might displaying Diddy bodily assaulting his now-ex in 2016 within the hallway of the InterContinental Lodge in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles. Within the video, Cassie is seen exiting a resort room and strolling to a financial institution of elevators. Diddy, holding a towel round his waist, runs after the singer and grabs her by the again of the neck, throwing her to the ground. He then turns to kick her as she lays on the bottom.
Diddy retrieves Cassie’s dropped purse and weekend bag from the ground close to the elevators earlier than turning to kick her once more. He then begins to tug Cassie by the neck of her sweatshirt towards a room earlier than strolling away.
“I could not consider it,” Jake stated of the violence seen within the video. “I used to be in Vietnam, and I wouldn’t try this to my enemy.”
He went on to say that, whereas he by no means noticed Diddy act abusively or violently towards Kim throughout their relationship, seeing the video “made me surprise.”
“I did not know he might stoop that low,” Jake acknowledged. “I think about it stunned lots of people. I would not even do a canine like that. My coronary heart goes out to Cassie.”
Jake additionally shared his ideas on Diddy’s on-and-off romance along with his daughter, telling the outlet that he felt Diddy was “a really jealous particular person,” and it impacted their relationship.
“They each liked one another. Kim’s love was legit. Puffy’s love, I don’t know what he calls love, you already know what I imply? I actually do not suppose he has any concept what love is,” Jake stated.
Kim and Diddy dated on and off for 13 years from 1994 to 2007. They shared three youngsters collectively — twin daughters Jessie James and D’Lila, each 17, and son Christian, 26. She additionally had a son, Quincy, from a earlier relationship.
Kim died from lobar pneumonia on Nov. 15, 2018, at age 47.
The surprising footage of Diddy attacking Cassie corresponds to an incident highlighted within the singer’s explosive 35-page lawsuit, filed final 12 months, wherein she made graphic and disturbing allegations towards Diddy, together with a declare that he raped her in 2018.
Cassie and Diddy went public with their relationship in 2012, although they have been romantically linked way back to 2007. In 2008, they collaborated on his tune, “Swagga Like Puff,” and in 2009, they labored collectively on her tune, “Should Be Love.” They cut up for good in October 2018.
Cassie claimed the “Lacking You” rapper started a sample of management and abuse inside a couple of years of signing her to his Dangerous Boy Data label. She claimed Diddy’s management over her included him introducing her “to a life-style of extreme alcohol and substance abuse and required her to acquire illicit prescriptions to fulfill his personal addictions.”
The singer additionally claimed Diddy would usually punch, beat, kick, and stomp on her, leading to bruises, burst lips, black eyes and bleeding.
A day after she filed her lawsuit towards Diddy, the 2 reached a settlement.
Shortly after the video surfaced final month, Diddy launched a video apologizing for his actions.
“My habits on that video is inexcusable. I take full accountability for my actions in that video,” Diddy stated within the clip. “I used to be disgusted then after I did it. I am disgusted now. I went and I sought out skilled assist. I received into going to remedy, going to rehab.”
Cassie’s authorized workforce responded to the video in a press release to ET on Sunday.
“Combs’ most up-to-date assertion is extra about himself than the many individuals he has harm,” Meredith Firetog, associate at Wigdor LLP, stated. “When Cassie and a number of different ladies got here ahead, he denied the whole lot and recommended that his victims have been on the lookout for a payday. That he was solely compelled to ‘apologize’ as soon as his repeated denials have been confirmed false exhibits his pathetic desperation, and nobody can be swayed by his disingenuous phrases.”
When you or somebody you already know is experiencing home violence, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential.
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