New York City Mayor Eric Adams, when asked whether he would revoke the key to the city awarded to Sean “Diddy” Combs following the abuse allegations, said his administration was “keeping everything under analysis.”
Combs was handed the keys on September 15, 2023, the same day he released his first studio album in 17 years. Fox New York reported. He later apologized after a video went viral showing him punching then-girlfriend Kathy Ventura during an argument at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
“It’s very hard to look back on the darkest times in your life. Sometimes you have to. I was at my worst. I mean, I hit rock bottom. But I don’t make excuses. I don’t forgive my actions in that video. “No,” he said in a self-recorded message last week.
In an interview Monday with WPIX-TV, Adams said she was “very upset” after seeing the video.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs (left) receives the key to the city from Mayor Eric Adams in Times Square in New York City on September 15, 2023. Adams is considering revoking the award after a video of him allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 went viral. (Raymond Hall/GC Images)
“The committee and team have never revoked keys, but we are now waiting to see what the next steps will be,” he said. “We are analyzing everything and the team will get back to me with a final decision.”
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A still image from Los Angeles surveillance video that appears to show Sean “Diddy” Combs attacking then-girlfriend Kathy Ventura in 2016. (Obtained exclusively by CNN)
According to the city’s website, “Keys of the City” are awarded to a variety of people who have “achieved the highest level of service to the public and public interest.”
Other honorees include the 1969 New York “Miracle” Mets, who won the award in 2019, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, and the New York City Police Department. Luis Alvarez received a posthumous award for his advocacy for 9/11 survivors and first responders.
Kathy Ventura and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attend a screening of ‘The Perfect Match’ on March 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC image)
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The video, obtained exclusively by CNN, shows Combs running down a hallway wearing only socks and a towel around her waist. When he arrives at the elevator, he is seen throwing a woman, presumably Ventura, to the ground. He appeared to kick his girlfriend twice before pulling her out of view of the camera.
of Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office issued a statement confirming that Combs cannot be prosecuted based on these allegations due to the statute of limitations.
Fox News Digital’s Caroline Thayer and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.
