Jake Porter Slams Sean "Diddy" Combs Over Violent Video with Cassie Ventura
Jake Porter, the father of the late Kim Porter, has publicly condemned Sean "Diddy" Combs after footage surfaced showing the music mogul attacking Casandra "Cassie" Ventura. The video, which captures a 2016 altercation where Combs is seen grabbing, shoving, and kicking Cassie, has sparked outrage and led to serious repercussions for the 54-year-old star. “You can say I was disgusted with the video, and I wouldn’t treat my enemy like that,” Jake Porter, 78, told Rolling Stone on Friday, June 7. "It was despicable. I couldn’t believe it. I was in Vietnam, and I wouldn’t do that to my enemy.” Jake Porter, whose daughter Kim dated Combs on and off from 1994 until 2007, said he never witnessed Combs physically abusing Kim but admitted the video made him question their relationship. “It made me wonder,” he remarked. Kim Porter, a former model who passed away from lobar pneumonia in 2018, shared three children with Combs: son Christian Combs, born in 1998, and twin daughters D'Lila Star Combs and Jessie James Combs, born in 2006. Despite their tumultuous relationship, Jake noted that Kim had genuine love for Combs, though she could not live with him. “I think he was a very jealous person,” Jake said. “They both loved each other. Kim’s love was legitimate. Puffy’s love, I don’t know what he calls love, you know what I mean? I really don’t think he has any idea what love is.” The recently released hotel surveillance footage of the attack has not only shocked Jake Porter but also led to public outcry. In response to the video's circulation, Combs issued an apology on Instagram, expressing his own disgust at his actions. However, the damage to his reputation has been significant. Earlier this month, Howard University rescinded the honorary degree it had awarded to Combs in 2014. In a statement on its website, the university announced that its Board of Trustees "voted unanimously today to accept the return by Mr. Sean Combs of the honorary degree conferred upon him in 2014." The decision, the statement continued, "revokes all honors and privileges associated with the degree." "Mr. Combs’ behavior as captured in a recently released video is so fundamentally incompatible with Howard University’s core values and beliefs that he is deemed no longer worthy to hold the institution’s highest honor," the statement added. "The University is unwavering in its opposition to all acts of interpersonal violence." Jake Porter shared that the video has changed his perspective on Combs entirely. “I didn’t know he could stoop that low,” he said. “I imagine it surprised a lot of people. I wouldn’t even do a dog like that. My heart goes out to Cassie.” As a father and grandfather, Jake Porter’s primary concern now lies with the well-being of his grandchildren. “My concern is the children,” he told Rolling Stone. The impact of such violent behavior, especially in the context of Combs' public persona and their shared history, weighs heavily on him. Want to listen to ALL of our podcasts AD-FREE? Subscribe through APPLE PODCASTS, and try it for three days free: https://tinyurl.com/ycw626tj Follow Our Other Cases: https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com The latest on The Downfall of Diddy, The Karen Read Trial, Catching the Long Island Serial Killer, Awaiting Admission: BTK’s Unconfessed Crimes, Delphi Murders: Inside the Crime, Chad & Lori Daybell, The Murder of Ana Walshe, Alex Murdaugh, Bryan Kohberger, Lucy Letby, Kouri Richins, Malevolent Mormon Mommys, Justice for Harmony Montgomery, The Murder of Stephen Smith, The Murder of Madeline Kingsbury, and much more! Listen at https://www.truecrimetodaypod.com