Diddy: Cassie Assault Footage Is Not 'Accurate' Or 'Reliable,' Forensic Expert Claims

The footage of Diddy brutally beating Cassie in a hotel hallway is not “accurate” or “reliable” – so says a former New York City Police officer who spent years analyzing video footage.

TMZ reports that Diddy’s defense team has entered a sworn deposition from a man by the name of Conor McCourt for his upcoming trial, who has issues with both the surveillance footage that CNN published as well as an iPhone video that recorded the footage from a playback.

According to the docs, McCourt claims the CNN video appears sped up due to a process called transcoding, which alters frames. He also argues that the iPhone footage makes Diddy look larger, exaggerating his presence.

He also points to inconsistent timecodes across videos, suggesting it makes it so “a viewer does not know what happened during those numerous breaks in video.”

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He ultimately concludes that “none of the available video files are accurate and reliable copies of the original.”

Federal prosecutors have yet to respond.

McCourt’s deposition was submitted as part of Diddy’s formal request that the judge excludes the tape on Thursday (April 17).

His team revealed their plans to do so in a letter last month, where they claimed that “CNN purchased the only known copy of the Hotel’s surveillance footage, uploaded that footage into a free editing software, altered the video and then destroyed the original footage, even though it knew about and repeatedly reported about the federal investigation.”

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The altering, his team says, includes “covering the time stamp and then changing the video sequence. It also includes speeding up the video to make it falsely appear that the actions in the video are taking place faster than they are.”

They argue that it is not an accurate representation of what really happened, and revealed plans to file a motion to exclude the video from the trial. Should what they allege be true, Diddy’s motion may be granted as courts rarely allow edited video evidence.

However, in a statement to HipHopDX, representatives for CNN said: “CNN never altered the video and did not destroy the original copy of the footage, which was retained by the source. CNN aired the story about the video several months before Combs was arrested.”

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It’s to be noted that this specific incident is not part of the charges Diddy is facing, but prosecutors plan to use the footage to show how violent the mogul can allegedly get.

Jury selection in the trial is currently set to begin on May 5, followed by opening statements a week later on May 12.