What Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Could Learn From Donald Trump

Ask a Man Who’s Been There

William Spivey
5 min readMay 17, 2024

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By Freelance photographer Richard Burdett (Website) — Own work by uploader, taken at eTalk Festival Party., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4744856 By Freelance photographer Richard Burdett (Website) — Own work by uploader, taken at eTalk Festival Party., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4744856

Dear Diddy.

We don’t know each other, though I have been to several of your shows. I was working and didn’t buy a ticket or anything, but I managed the sale of your merchandise along with the other artists you promoted.

I see CNN has released an exclusive video of you “allegedly” assaulting your then-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a hotel hallway. It “appears” that you grabbed Ventura, threw her to the ground, and kicked her twice before dragging her back to the room you shared with Ventura. A lawsuit previously filed by Ventura that you settled the day after it was filed appears to describe this exact scene and why Cassie was leaving the hotel in the first place. “Allegedly,” you were intoxicated and hit Ms. Ventura, giving her a black eye.

I just came from the gym, riding a stationary bike with access to eleven television screens. In the 45 minutes I spent on the bike, the video appeared on four networks, including CNN, Fox News, and ABC. They also referred to an…

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