Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs made himself sound like a sufferer within the Instagram apology video he posted within the aftermath of CNN’s airing of a clip displaying him psychically abusing his former girlfriend, a physique language knowledgeable contends.Â
The video was aired by Friday six months after singer Cassie filed a lawsuit that set off a wave of comparable circumstances and public allegations in opposition to one of the crucial influential music moguls of the previous three many years. The case was settled out of court docket.Â
Following that incident, Diddy mentioned that he sought remedy and requested God for forgiveness. Throughout his video, which was posted on Sunday, the Dangerous Boy founder by no means mentions Cassie by title or any of the opposite ladies who’re alleging abuse.
Now physique language knowledgeable Judi James informed the Daily Mirror that Diddy framed himself as a sufferer within the video.Â
When Diddy mentioned: ‘It is tough to replicate on the darkest instances in your life,’ James mentioned that he was implying ‘that his habits was the type of factor we have all been responsible of sooner or later in our lives.’Â
A physique language knowledgeable claims that Diddy made himself sound a like a sufferer in his apology video that was uploaded after CNN aired its uniqueÂ
Diddy usually used ‘you’ quite than ‘I’ to be able to indicate ‘that his habits was the type of factor we have all been responsible of sooner or later in our lives’
Diddy later states: ‘I used to be at all-time low,’ James says this was an ‘try to vie for sympathy.’ As was his assertion: ‘I needed to go remedy.’Â
Diddy mentioned each: ‘I am so sorry’ and ‘I am actually sorry.’ James famous: ‘It is tough to guess who he’s apologizing to and for what. Is it his followers? As a result of there isn’t any point out of his ex-girlfriend right here.’Â
James additionally identified that Diddy’s proper cheek winced, a ‘micro gesture,’ when he known as his actions ‘inexcusable.’Â Â
Dr. Lillian Glass who has served as an knowledgeable witness in each and State Courtroom circumstances and is certified within the space of Vocal and Behavioral Evaluation informed MailOnline that Diddy is being truthful when he says that he is not asking for forgiveness.Â
‘On the finish of the assertion, he says, “I’m not asking for forgiveness.” He’s displaying his true self right here as a result of it’s true. He isn’t asking for forgiveness, and he by no means says sorry as soon as to this poor lady he abused,’ Glass mentioned.Â
‘He says sorry to the general public however he isn’t sorry. He’s a liar and there are numerous examples all through this video that present that. There was no real emotion. He was very monotone. Moonfaced – he had only one expression. He confirmed no regret in any way.’
‘When somebody is remorseful there may be much more inflection that goes into the voice. It’s extra up and down. There was none of that in his so-called apology. He appears to be like away so many instances all through this assertion.’
‘By way of the precise physiology of the human physique, your physique doesn’t lie. The limbic system is deep in your mind and that controls your feelings. It can’t lie. He retains shaking his head no and he appears to be like up as he’s making an attempt to fabricate what he’s making an attempt to say.’Â
‘He appears to be like down, up, to the aspect and in every single place however straight within the digicam. That is displaying a whole dissociation. There’s something very disturbing about this man and really sinister. You might be seeing the pathology of this man.’
Sean Combs and Cassie Ventura attend the premiere of ‘The Excellent Match’Â in Hollywood, California. Two days earlier Combs assaulted Ventura in a lodge hallway
These views have been shared by legal professional Meredith Firetog, an legal professional specializing in on gender discrimination and harassment with Wigdor LLP.
Firetog informed The Wrap: ‘Combs’ most up-to-date assertion is extra about himself than the many individuals he has harm.’
‘When Cassie and a number of different ladies got here ahead, he denied every thing and instructed that his victims have been searching for a payday,’ the lawyer mentioned.Â
‘That he was solely compelled to ‘apologize’ as soon as his repeated denials have been confirmed false exhibits his pathetic desperation, and nobody might be swayed by his disingenuous phrases.’
The CNNÂ Â video intently mirrors an assault described in singer Cassie’s lawsuit, which mentioned Combs had already punched her that evening, and he or she was making an attempt to go away the InterContinental Lodge in Los Angeles when he woke and got here after her.Â
 Within the footage, a person who seems to be Diddy, carrying solely a towel, punches Ventura, kicks her, and throws her on to the ground.Â
The lawsuit alleges Combs paid $50,000 to remove the video on the time. Combs’ representatives had no rapid remark.
The Los Angeles District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned it hadn’t been offered with a case within the assault depicted within the video.Â
And that even when regulation enforcement offered a case to prosecutors, the statute of limitations would apply, stopping them from charging Combs, the workplace mentioned in an announcement posted on social media.
Only a week in the past, Combs’ legal professionals requested federal choose to dismiss the Dec. 6 lawsuit that alleged he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old woman from Michigan in a New York recording studio.Â
Once more, the objections are procedural — alleging the lawsuit was filed too late below the regulation — however the court docket doc calls its claims ‘false and hideous.’
After Cassie’s lawsuit was settled, a number of extra lawsuits have been filed within the following months, together with a federal legal sex-trafficking investigation that led authorities to raid Combs’ mansions in Los Angeles and Miami.Â
In December, Combs posted an announcement on Instagram broadly denying the reality of all of them.
‘Let me completely clear. I didn’t do any of the terrible issues being alleged,’ that put up mentioned.
The safety digicam video, dated March 5, 2016, intently resembles the outline of an incident at an InterContinental Lodge within the Century Metropolis space of Los Angeles described in Ventura’ lawsuit.Â
The swimsuit alleges that Combs paid the lodge $50,000 for the safety video instantly after the incident. Neither he or his representatives have addressed that particular allegation. CNN didn’t say the way it obtained the footage.
The swimsuit mentioned Ventura had been making an attempt to get away from a sleeping Combs, who had already punched her within the face earlier than the video started.
Combs shouldn’t be in peril of being criminally prosecuted for the beating. The statutes of limitations for the assault and battery fees he can be prone to face expired years in the past.
The identical is true of lots of the allegations within the lawsuits, however the federal investigators following Combs are possible searching for potential crimes they will carry below the regulation.
Ventura signed to Diddy’s label in 2005. The 2 had an on-again-off-again romantic relationship for greater than a decade beginning in 2007.