In an interesting twist ahead of Diddy’s upcoming trial, CNN allegedly destroyed the only copy of the 2016 video that saw the mogul assault Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel.
The tape produced the viral video that hit the net in 2024. The assault occurred in March 2016, but court documents state that the tape has been destroyed. CNN purchased the video of the incident at the Intercontinental Hotel.
The docs read, “CNN purchased the only known copy of the Hotel’s surveillance footage, uploaded that footage into a free editing software, altered the video and then destroyed the original footage, even though it knew about and repeatedly reported about the federal investigation.”
According to TMZ, Diddy’s defense team claims CNN altered and edited the footage by “covering the time stamp and then changing the video sequence. It also includes speeding up the video to make it falsely appear that the actions in the video are taking place faster than they are. As a result, the CNN videos do not fairly and accurately depict the events in question.”
The defense will look to exclude the video from Diddy’s trial.