How Diddy made himself the 'victim' in apology video where he does not mention ex

Release time：2024-05-21 23:45:58 Source：Culture Compass news portal

Sean 'Diddy' Combs made himself sound like a victim in the Instagram apology video he posted in the aftermath of CNN's airing of a clip showing him psychically abusing his former girlfriend, a body language expert contends. 

The video was aired by Friday six months after singer Cassie filed a lawsuit that set off a wave of similar cases and public allegations against one of the most influential music moguls of the past three decades. The case was settled out of court. 

Following that incident, Diddy said that he sought therapy and asked God for forgiveness. During his video, which was posted on Sunday, the Bad Boy founder never mentions Cassie by name or any of the other women who are alleging abuse.

Now body language expert Judi James told the Daily Mirror that Diddy framed himself as a victim in the video. 

When Diddy said: 'It's difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life,' James said that he was implying 'that his behavior was the kind of thing we've all been guilty of at some point in our lives.' 

A body language expert claims that Diddy made himself sound a like a victim in his apology video that was uploaded after CNN aired its exclusive 

Diddy regularly used 'you' rather than 'I' in order to imply 'that his behavior was the kind of thing we've all been guilty of at some point in our lives'

Diddy later states: 'I was at rock bottom,' James says this was an 'attempt to vie for sympathy.' As was his statement: 'I had to go therapy.' 

Diddy said both: 'I'm so sorry' and 'I'm truly sorry.' James noted: 'It's difficult to guess who he is apologizing to and for what. Is it his fans? Because there is no mention of his ex-girlfriend here.' 

James also pointed out that Diddy's right cheek winced, a 'micro gesture,' when he called his actions 'inexcusable.'  

Dr. Lillian Glass who has served as an expert witness in both and State Court cases and is qualified in the area of Vocal and Behavioral Analysis told MailOnline that Diddy is being truthful when he says that he isn't asking for forgiveness. 

'At the end of the statement, he says, "I am not asking for forgiveness." He is showing his true self here because it is true. He isn’t asking for forgiveness, and he never says sorry once to this poor woman he abused,' Glass said. 

'He says sorry to the public but he is not sorry. He is a liar and there are countless examples throughout this video that show that. There was no genuine emotion. He was very monotone. Moonfaced - he had just one expression. He showed no remorse whatsoever.'

'When someone is remorseful there is a lot more inflection that goes into the voice. It is more up and down. There was none of that in his so-called apology. He looks away so many times throughout this statement.'

'In terms of the actual physiology of the human body, your body does not lie. The limbic system is deep in your brain and that controls your emotions. It cannot lie. He keeps shaking his head no and he looks up as he is trying to manufacture what he is trying to say.' 

'He looks down, up, to the side and everywhere but directly in the camera. This is showing a complete dissociation. There is something very disturbing about this man and very sinister. You are seeing the pathology of this man.'

Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura attend the premiere of 'The Perfect Match'  in Hollywood, California. Two days earlier Combs assaulted Ventura in a hotel hallway

Those views were shared by attorney Meredith Firetog, an attorney specializing in on gender discrimination and harassment with Wigdor LLP.

Firetog told The Wrap: 'Combs' most recent statement is more about himself than the many people he has hurt.'

'When Cassie and multiple other women came forward, he denied everything and suggested that his victims were looking for a payday,' the lawyer said. 

'That he was only compelled to 'apologize' once his repeated denials were proven false shows his pathetic desperation, and no one will be swayed by his disingenuous words.'

The CNN   video closely mirrors an assault described in singer Cassie's lawsuit, which said Combs had already punched her that night, and she was trying to leave the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles when he woke and came after her. 

 In the footage, a man who appears to be Diddy, wearing only a towel, punches Ventura, kicks her, and throws her on to the floor. 

The lawsuit alleges Combs paid $50,000 to take away the video at the time. Combs' representatives had no immediate comment.

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said it hadn't been presented with a case in the attack depicted in the video. 

And that even if law enforcement presented a case to prosecutors, the statute of limitations would apply, preventing them from charging Combs, the office said in a statement posted on social media.

Just a week ago, Combs' lawyers asked federal judge to dismiss the Dec. 6 lawsuit that alleged he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl from Michigan in a New York recording studio. 

Again, the objections are procedural — alleging the lawsuit was filed too late under the law — but the court document calls its claims 'false and hideous.'

After Cassie's lawsuit was settled, several more lawsuits were filed in the following months, along with a federal criminal sex-trafficking investigation that led authorities to raid Combs' mansions in Los Angeles and Miami. 

In December, Combs posted a statement on Instagram broadly denying the truth of all of them.

'Let me absolutely clear. I did not do any of the awful things being alleged,' that post said.

The security camera video, dated March 5, 2016, closely resembles the description of an incident at an InterContinental Hotel in the Century City area of Los Angeles described in Ventura' lawsuit. 

The suit alleges that Combs paid the hotel $50,000 for the security video immediately after the incident. Neither he or his representatives have addressed that specific allegation. CNN did not say how it obtained the footage.

The suit said Ventura had been trying to get away from a sleeping Combs, who had already punched her in the face before the video began.

Combs is not in danger of being criminally prosecuted for the beating. The statutes of limitations for the assault and battery charges he would be likely to face expired years ago.

The same is true of many of the allegations in the lawsuits, but the federal investigators following Combs are likely looking for potential crimes they can bring under the law.

Ventura signed to Diddy’s label in 2005. The two had an on-again-off-again romantic relationship for more than a decade starting in 2007.

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