An ex-federal prosecutor is weighing in on Diddy’s assault video — and she says while this isn’t necessarily a smoking gun in the investigation he’s facing, it certainly doesn’t help him.
We talked to Katie Cherkasky — who’s had years of experience with these sorts of legal matters — on “TMZ Live” Friday … where she declared that the now-viral video, in which Diddy can be seen beating Cassie — should make him and his camp worried.
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Katie says the tape gives credibility to Cassie on multiple fronts — both in the public eye, but also with the feds who are drilling down into major allegations against Diddy right now.
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She says the feds aren’t going to prosecute him over the crimes depicted in the video — namely, assault — but she does say this could potentially serve as a roadmap to other evidence they might be fishing for as the probe continues that might help their case.
Mind you … Cassie claimed in her lawsuit that one of Diddy’s alleged “freak offs” occurred at this same hotel around the same time this incident happened … so you gotta imagine investigators are eager to dig for more surveillance video that might confirm that accusation.
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Of course, as Katie notes here … prosecutors still have to uncover independent evidence to support the other allegations against him — which is what they’re focused on. Still, she thinks the footage certainly hurts him, as it appears to partially contradict his denial.
TMZ broke the story … Cassie is cooperating with the feds amid their sex trafficking investigation into Diddy — which included raids on his Los Angeles and Miami homes.
Diddy maintained his innocence in a social media post last December — and even on the Cassie front at the time, he was strongly denying all of her allegations … including this story about him beating her at the hotel. Now, it would seem she was telling the truth about that.
Not long after her explosive lawsuit against Diddy … both parties settled in record time. Diddy has yet to address the new surveillance video — his team has been radio silent Friday.