Amid his upcoming trial in Might, Diddy has now alleged that the video footage displaying him assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie that was obtained by CNN “was considerably altered in important respects” by the information community.
Based on USA At present, a joint letter from Diddy’s protection crew and prosecutors was despatched to a choose, the place it alleges that “a forensic video evaluation of the CNN footage” confirmed it was “considerably altered in important respects.”
The letter goes on to assert that CNN coated the time stamp and altered the video sequence, in addition to sped up the footage to “make it falsely seem that the actions within the video are happening quicker than they’re,” Deadline reported.
“Lastly, the protection has confirmed that CNN bought the one recognized copy of the Resort’s surveillance footage, uploaded that footage right into a free modifying software program, altered the video; after which destroyed the unique footage although it knew about and repeatedly reported concerning the federal investigation,” the letter alleges, based on Deadline.
CNN denied the claims within the letter, with a spokesperson telling the New York Put up, “CNN by no means altered the video and didn’t destroy the unique copy of the footage, which was retained by the supply. CNN aired the story concerning the video a number of months earlier than Combs was arrested.”
Final 12 months, CNN shared the video that confirmed Diddy assaulting Cassie Ventura at a resort in March 2016. Shortly after the video surfaced, Diddy issued an apology by means of Instagram.
The Put up reported that the letter was filed in Diddy’s legal sex-trafficking case in Manhattan federal court docket Thursday, and famous that the disgraced Dangerous Boy Data founder was as a result of seem in court docket Friday for a listening to within the case.
He stays behind bars as he awaits trial, and has been denied bail a number of instances.