That was vicious and must have hurt terribly.

A man attacking, kicking and dragging a young woman in a hotel lobby like that. The man is said to be Sean Combs, aka rap mogul Diddy.

Could he really resort to this behaviour? Would he abuse his girlfriend this way?

This is why many parents don’t want their daughters going out with rappers and entertainers from the ghetto. Perhaps this was AI-generated, something fake to further diminish Diddy.

He has always denied physically abusing women and them being subject to his wrath. In recent times, women have made accusations of salacious behaviour directed at him and his homes have been raided by the authorities.

Now comes this tape of someone who looks remarkably like the rapper violently beating his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura.

The lovely Cassie Ventura, a singer and former paramour of Diddy has said that the man from New York who launched the career of Biggie Smalls was controlling, domineering and prone to violence.

If that is really Diddy here, this confirms it.

It has been reported that the tape was filmed at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City back in 2016.

A black man can be seen in slippers and a towel around his waist, kicking a young woman while she is on the ground then dragging her, presumably to his room.

In November of last year, Cassie looked to take legal action against her former boyfriend, accusing him of physical and sexual abuse. They settled out of court with Cassie walking away with millions.

Commenting on this latest revelation, Cassie’s lawyer Douglas H. Wigdor said: “The gut-wrenching video has only further confirmed the disturbing and predatory behaviour of Mr Combs. Words cannot express the courage and fortitude that Ms Ventura has shown in coming forward to bring this to light.”

Could Sean Combs be so brutal to a woman? Could he really commit these acts of barbarity? Can a father with daughters be capable of doing this to a woman? 

He must now come forward and explain this. Is that really him in that tape? R. Kelly maintained that it wasn’t him in that tape when accusations of abuse were levelled at him.

Now he is languishing in jail.

Could Diddy suffer a similar fate? Could he? Did he? 

If that is Diddy in that video, it will be nearly impossible to come away from this unscathed, particularly in the MeToo era.

Sponsors and businesses will flee from him like he had the plague. It could be an ignominious end for the founder of Bad Boy Entertainment.