Fitness company Peloton has signalled its intention to pause music and entertainment programs featuring rapper and record executive Sean “Diddy” Combs. The move comes following disturbing footage surfaced of the star being physically violent in recently released camera footage from a Los Angeles hotel.
Combs is seen physically assaulting and kicking his then-girlfriend Cassie, whose real name is Casandra Ventura, as she was approaching the elevator. CNN published footage on May 17 but the original date of the video footage is from March 5, 2016.
According to the company’s Facebook page: “We take this issue very seriously and can confirm Peloton has paused the use of Sean Combs’ music, as well as removed the Bad Boy Entertainment Artist Series, on our platform. This means our instructors are no longer using his music in any newly produced classes. Again, thank you for sharing your concerns and thank you for being a member of our Peloton community.”
No charges will be filed in connection with the assault, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. In a statement on Friday, District Attorney George Gascón wrote that while the office found the images “extremely disturbing and difficult to watch,” because the incident happened in 2016, it is beyond the timeline in which assault can be prosecuted.