New York City council members are
calling on Mayor Eric Adams to take back Sean “Diddy” Combs’ key
to the city, less than a week after footage showed the music mogul assaulting ex-girlfriend
Cassie Ventura
in a 2016 hotel incident.
CNN published the
disturbing footage
last Friday, prompting calls to revoke the honor granted to the 54-year-old Harlem native.
“Mayor Adams should immediately revoke Diddy’s key to the city,” council member Sandy Nurse told TMZ. “As an abuser, Diddy lost his right to have such an honor and should be held accountable for his actions. Mayor Adams should set the example and take it away.”
Mayor Eric Adams (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News)
“Taking away an honor from a woman beater seems like
par for the course
,” council member Joe Borelli told the outlet, pointing to the
city’s 2021 decision
to remove a statue of
Thomas Jefferson from City Hall
, due to his ties to slavery.
Council members Shaun Abreu and Justin Brannan felt similarly to their peers, with the former noting that Adams “should snatch back Diddy’s key and slam the door behind him.”
Brannan, for his part, pitched giving Combs’ key to rap legend and New York native Nas.
Representatives for the council members and Mayor Adams did not immediately respond to the Daily News’ request for comment.
The council members aren’t the first to attempt to sever ties with Combs.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams (R) presents Sean “Diddy” Combs with the keys to the city in Times Square on September 15, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Following the release of the abuse video,
Peloton also said it’s dropped Combs’ catalogue
from programming as it “take[s] this issue very seriously.”
R&B singer Ventura, 37,
filed a lawsuit against Combs
late last year,
accusing him of rape, sex trafficking and physical abuse
.
Though they settled a day later,
several other accusers
have since come forward with
similar allegations
in their own lawsuits.
Additionally, Combs’
homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided
earlier this year as part of a federal sex trafficking probe.