The View’s Ana Navarro has branded Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a ‘social leper’ and ‘criminal’ following the release of a shocking video showing him punching his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016. .
Whoopi Goldberg began Monday’s episode of the ABC show by mentioning the 54-year-old rapper’s apology video, which was posted to Instagram on May 19, in which she describes his behavior as “inexcusable.”
As the panel, including Sunny Hostin, discussed the fact that Diddy couldn’t be charged due to the statute of limitations, Ana, 52, didn’t hold back and fumed: “The LAPD may not be able to charge him, but we can.” shun him and he should be treated like the leper… the social and criminal leper that he is.
‘We saw him commit an assault and I don’t want to see him in any restaurant, I don’t want to see him at any awards ceremony. I’m not going to buy any brand it’s associated with, they’ve already dropped it. I think this guy should be dealt with and pay horrible social consequences, if the legal ones don’t catch him,” he continued.
The View host Ana Navarro has called Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a ‘social and criminal leper’.
Whoopi Goldberg started the discussion during Monday’s episode of The View.
In the Instagram video, Diddy said it was “hard to reflect on the darkest moments of your life.”
When Sunny, 55, asked if it was true that Diddy had paid the hotel in question $50,000 to “bury the video,” Ana quickly responded: “Well, that’s been part of the story, it’s alleged that he paid for that.” .
“And if that’s the case: shame on the hotel employees, shame on all the people around Sean Combs who have allowed, justified and turned a blind eye to all this type of behavior for decades, because these whispers have been around for decades ‘
Sunny wanted to add to Ana’s comments and said: ‘I heard a lot of blame towards Cassie and I focused on Cassie. Let’s remember that when they met in 2005, she was 17 years old and he was 37.
‘I have an 18 year old daughter. “I can’t believe she had the courage, all these years later, to break that cycle and get out of this,” Sunny added.
Alyssa Farah Griffin then spoke out and revealed that she too was in a violent relationship in the past, but was able to ‘walk away’.
‘I hope they throw the book at him, apologies were lacking. He didn’t name Cassie, there was no message for the young people. Part of this conversation I’ve seen since this video appeared is the question, “Why didn’t he leave?” the former White House aide said.
And I want to talk about that. I was once a victim of domestic abuse in a previous relationship, it happened once. I was one of the lucky ones where the power dynamic was in my favor and I could walk away, I could walk away and walk away from it (but) in the vast majority of cases that’s not the case.’
Alyssa, 34, continued: “They use financial abuse to keep you, they use emotional manipulation and, plus this is a billionaire, incredibly powerful, incredibly well-connected person, there’s a whole industry to make money off of him.” She had no hope of getting away from him.
His comments come after DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Diddy was “shocked” by the release of the hotel video and had met with his lawyers for crisis talks as he fears more could follow.
“His team is preparing for the release of more videos and is now aware that some of the people who were paid to get rid of them may have kept copies,” a source said.
Meanwhile, Diddy faces a series of allegations and lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault, rape and sex trafficking, including a lawsuit filed by Cassie that was settled out of court in November.
Diddy has denied the allegations against him and his representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment when contacted by DailyMail.com.
His alleged crisis talks with lawyers unfolded as his team fears there is more to come.
“His people are also concerned about footage that may have been recorded in recording studios,” the source continued.
They added that CNN may already be in talks with others who have damaging videos and alleged that “there are others that people have been keeping in the vault.”