'Surviving R.Kelly' EP begged Diddy to confess to alleged abuse

Before CNN get video of Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking Cassie Ventura, Surviving R. Kelly Executive producer Dream Hampton says she begged him to admit to his alleged confrontations. Talk with rolling stone, Hampton said she firmly believed the allegations Ventura made in his explosive lawsuit. In Hampton's opinion, she thought that because of her relationship with Diddy and the late Notorious B.I.G., he would “listen to her.”

“And I said, 'Puff, I'm not trying to take you down Olivia Pope at all, (but) I think you're done and it's time to retire,'” she said. begin. After getting no response, Hampton said she left a voice note for the disgraced hitmaker: “What you need to do, what we need… What we really needed, since Mike Tyson raped Desiree Washington is one of all you motherfuckers to just say, “I did this and I'm going to spend the rest of my life, including financial restitution, trying to make things right.” Before her film and television career, Hampton was a longtime writer for The source.

'It's time to step aside,' HAMPTON tells disgraced tycoon

Last year, Cassie sued Diddy and accused him of rape, physical abuse and human trafficking. Nearly a day later, the two men settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. The former couple was together for 11 years, from 2007 to 2019. One of Ventura's actions was corroborated after CNN obtained footage of an alleged altercation between them in March 2016. Surveillance video shows a shaken Cassie moving quickly down the hallway leading to the elevator.

However, it doesn't take long before Diddy – with a towel around his waist – runs down the hallway after Ventura and begins physically assaulting him. After the video was released, Diddy hopped on Instagram to apologize. More recently, rolling stone published his scathing expose of his dark past. The exhibit explores allegations of violence dating back to Combs' days at Howard University.