Diddy paid $100K for video of hotel beating, security guard testifies

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Former guard says Diddy paid $100K in cash to suppress video of 2016 assault on Cassie.

The footage, now public, is central evidence in Diddy’s ongoing sex trafficking trial.

Combs faces multiple federal charges, including racketeering and trafficking; he denies all allegations.

NEW YORK - Just moments after brutally assaulting his longtime girlfriend, Cassie, in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, Sean "Diddy" Combs sought out the security guard and seemed to understand the devastating fallout that would follow if the attack was ever seen by the public, according to new testimony.

The case continues to shed light on their allegedly dark and abusive relationship that lasted over a decade. Combs’ sex trafficking trial in Manhattan is expected to last about two months.

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