Meanwhile, Howard University is ending all financial ties with the controversial hip-hop mogul.
This comes after surveillance footage showing Sean “Diddy” Combs abusing his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a hotel in 2016 was released in May.
– Combs' behavior in the video is so fundamentally inconsistent with Howard University's core values and belief system that he no longer deserves to receive the institution's highest honor, The school writes in a statement.
Diddy got the award Honorary degree In 2014.
– The board also decided to remove his name from all documents listing honorary degree recipients at Howard University, the school further writes.
Meanwhile, the university is terminating the donor agreement signed with Didi in 2016 with immediate effect and will also discontinue a scholarship program in his name. They also return the $1 million that Diddy gave to the university as a gift.
Sean Combs, the well-known rapper, producer and business mogul, has been facing several civil lawsuits accusing him of a series of sexual assaults and other illegal activities since last November. He himself denied these accusations.
After much talk about the surveillance video from 2016, he had to come out and confirm that he was the one who appeared in the video:
“There is no excuse for my behavior in that video,” he said in an Instagram video in May.
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