Mayor Adams Considers Revoking Diddy’s Key to New York City

NNew York City Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that his administration is considering revoking Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ key to the city after shocking security video footage showed the music mogul assaulting his ex-girlfriend .

The mayor told PIX11 News that he and his team were “taking everything under review” and would make the final decision later. Adams awarded Combs the key to New York City in September 2023.

“I think we were all deeply disturbed watching that frightening video of the young girl being assaulted by him,” Adams told PIX11 News. “The committee and staff have never rescinded a bracket before, but now we are sitting down to see what the next steps will be.”

On May 17, CNN aired security footage showing Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking R&B singer Cassie in the hallway of a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. Combs can also be seen in the video pushing and dragging Cassie and throwing a vase in her direction.

Two days after CNN aired the video, Combs admitted to assaulting Cassie, born Cassandra Ventura, in a video statement shared via her Instagram account.

“It’s so hard to reflect on the darkest moments in your life, but sometimes you have to. I was fucked. I hit rock bottom, but I don’t make excuses,” Combs said in the video. “My behavior in that video is inexcusable. I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I’m disgusted. I was disgusted when I did it and I’m disgusted now.”

He added that he “sought professional help” and underwent therapy and rehabilitation.

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Ventura filed suit in Manhattan Federal District Court in November 2023, alleging that Combs physically and sexually abused her for years during their relationship. The two parties reached a settlement the day after Ventura filed the lawsuit.

On March 25, Homeland Security raided Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami. No criminal charges were filed against Combs in connection with those raids, and Homeland Security Investigations has released little information about the case, but a federal official said the inquiry was at least in part a human trafficking investigation, the new York Times reported.

When Adams gave Combs the key to the city in September, he praised the music mogul for his philanthropic contributions to the city and called him “the embodiment of New York City attitude.”