Los Angeles DA says too late for charges in 2016 assault allegedly involving Diddy

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office says clip has expired to record charges connected a disturbing battle caught connected video allegedly involving euphony mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.

The video, recently made public, is believed to picture a 2016 incidental successful which Combs, wearing lone a towel, assaults his erstwhile woman Cassie Ventura astatine a Century City hotel.

DA George Gascón's bureau says if the incidental did so hap successful 2016, it would beryllium excessively precocious to record transgression charges.

"We are alert of the video that has been circulating online allegedly depicting Sean Combs assaulting a young pistillate successful Los Angeles," the DA's bureau said. "We find the images highly disturbing and hard to watch."

"If the behaviour depicted occurred successful 2016, unluckily we would beryllium incapable to complaint arsenic the behaviour would person occurred beyond the timeline wherever a transgression of battle tin beryllium prosecuted. As of today, instrumentality enforcement has not presented a lawsuit related to the onslaught depicted successful the video against Mr. Combs, but we promote anyone who has been a unfortunate oregon witnesser to a transgression to study it to instrumentality enforcement oregon scope retired to our bureau for enactment from our Bureau of Victims Services."

CNN, which archetypal obtained the video, said the footage was taken successful March 2016 astatine the then-InterContinental Hotel successful Century City.

It shows a woman, reportedly Ventura, waiting for a edifice elevator portion a antheral believed to beryllium Combs runs down the hallway portion wearing lone a towel. He punches her, throws her to the crushed and kicks her twice, past drags her backmost down the hallway.

The video appears to lucifer allegations successful a suit aboriginal filed by Ventura against Diddy. The suit, which contained different allegations of intersexual battle and carnal abuse, was settled soon aft it was filed.

Diddy has antecedently denied her allegations, suggesting she was looking for money. He has not publically responded to the caller merchandise of the video.

Earlier this year, national agents raided Diddy's homes successful Los Angeles and Miami arsenic portion of a national enactment trafficking investigation.