Sean 'Diddy' Combs accuses CNN of altering, destroying video of rapper assaulting ex Cassie Ventura

CNN denied altering and destroying hotel surveillance video showing Sean "Diddy" Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. The rapper's legal team made the claims in court.

"The defense has confirmed, through a forensic video analysis of the CNN footage that the government provided to this Court and of the footage provided by CNN in response to the defense subpoena, that all CNN video footage was substantially altered in significant respects," Combs' legal team wrote in a letter filed in court Thursday and obtained by Fox News Digital. "This includes covering the time stamp and then changing the video sequence. It also includes speeding up the video to make it falsely appear that the actions in the video are taking place faster than they are. As a result, the CNN videos do not fairly and accurately depict the events in question." "CNN never altered the video and did not destroy the original copy of the footage, which was retained by the source. CNN aired the story about the video several months before Combs was arrested."

"Finally, the defense has confirmed that CNN purchased the only known copy of the Hotel’s surveillance footage, uploaded that footage into a free editing software, altered the video; and then destroyed the original footage even though it knew about and repeatedly reported about the federal investigation."