这位音乐大亨的辩护律师周四表示，肖恩“吹牛老爹”库姆斯涉嫌攻击前女友兼门徒凯茜·温图拉的视频被“编辑过”，并声称该视频没有准确描述2016年3月在洛杉矶洲际酒店发生的事情。
联邦检察官指出，该视频是康姆斯性交易卡西的证据，是她被迫与男妓发生性行为的一部分。检察官还表示，该视频是库姆斯如果被保释可能对女性构成危险的证据。
辩方辩称，检察官使用视频的“操纵版本”来“发明”叙事。辩方坚持认为，该视频并没有描述一个“反常的举动”，而是展示了一场家庭纠纷，其中库姆斯跑到酒店的大厅去找回他的衣服和手机。
辩护律师亚历山德拉·夏皮罗(Alexandra Shapiro)在一份新的法庭文件中写道:“与政府耸人听闻的CNN剪辑相比，该事件更完整的镜头与政府的陈述相矛盾。”。
“政府提交给法庭的视频省略了证实辩方陈述的镜头，在重要方面改变了事件的顺序，并且没有准确地描述事件，”夏皮罗的文件继续写道。
辩方提出周五将一名法医视频分析师带到法庭，届时法官将听取辩论并做出关于保释库姆斯的决定。
法官已经说过他不会考虑库姆斯手写的监狱笔记这是检察官在一次突击搜查中获得的，并希望在辩护律师提出关于律师-客户特权的问题后，在反对批准库姆斯保释的辩论中使用。
检察官似乎并未被吓倒，他们表示，这段视频和其他证据足以证明库姆斯应该继续接受审前拘留。
在镜头中，库姆斯被显示在酒店走廊上追逐文图拉，抓住她的后颈，将她推倒在地，并在她躺在地上时踢她。然后他抓住她的运动衫，把她拖到地板上。
梳理道歉美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)在5月份公布了这段视频，称他“跌到了谷底”
在视频发布后发布的Instagram视频中，库姆斯还表示，他对自己的行为“负全部责任”，称他的行为“不可原谅”。
“当我这么做的时候，我很反感。我现在很反感。我去寻求专业帮助。我开始接受治疗，去康复中心。我不得不祈求上帝的仁慈和恩典，”他在社交媒体帖子中说。“我很抱歉。但是我承诺每天都要成为一个更好的人。我不是在请求原谅。我真的很抱歉。”
文图拉在2023年11月解决了对库姆斯的诉讼。它指控他进行性交易和性侵犯。根据法庭文件，文图拉声称，在他们的关系中，库姆斯“经常对她拳打脚踢”。
Sean Combs' lawyers say video of alleged assault on girlfriend was 'manipulated'
Widely seen video of Sean "Diddy" Combs allegedly attacking then-girlfriend and protégé Cassie Ventura was “edited,” the music mogul’s defense attorneys said Thursday, claiming that it does not accurately depict what occurred March 2016 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angeles.
Federal prosecutors pointed to the video as evidence of Combs sex trafficking Cassie as part of a “freak off” in which she was forced to engage in sex acts with male prostitutes. Prosecutors also said the video was evidence of the danger Combs could pose to women if released on bail.
The defense argued that prosecutors “invented” the narrative using a "manipulated version” of the video. The defense insisted that the video did not depict a “freak off,” but rather showed a domestic dispute in which Combs ran down the hall of the hotel to recover his clothes and cellphone.
“The more complete footage of the incident -- in contrast to the government’s sensationalized CNN cut -- contradicts the government’s representations,” defense attorney Alexandra Shapiro wrote in a new court filing.
“[T]he video the government submitted to the Court omits footage corroborating the defense account, changes the sequence of events in material respects, and does not accurately depict the events," Shapiro's filing continued.
The defense offered to bring a forensic video analyst to court Friday, at which time the judge will hear arguments and make a decision about releasing Combs on bail.
The judge has already said he would not considerCombs’ handwritten jailhouse notes, which prosecutors obtained in a raid and had hoped to use in their argument against granting Combs bail, after the defense raised questions about attorney-client privilege.
Seemingly undeterred, prosecutors have said the video and other evidence is strong enough to warrant Combs’ continued pretrial detention.
In the footage, Combs was shown chasing Ventura down the hotel hallway, grabbing her by the back of the neck, shoving her to the ground and kicking her as she lay on the ground. He then appeared to grab her by her sweatshirt and drag her across the floor.
Combsapologizedafter CNN published the video in May, saying he "hit rock bottom."
In an Instagram reel posted after the video's release, Combs also said he takes "full responsibility" for his actions, calling his behavior "inexcusable."
"I was disgusted then, when I did it. I'm disgusted now. I went and I sought out professional help. I got into going to therapy, going to rehab. I had to ask God for his mercy and grace," he said in the social media post. "I'm so sorry. But I'm committed to be a better man each and every day. I'm not asking for forgiveness. I'm truly sorry."
Ventura settled a lawsuit against Combs In November 2023. It accused him of sex trafficking and sexual assault. According to court filings, Ventura alleged that Combs "often punched, beat, kicked and stomped" on her during their relationship.
