Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith says Diddy's career is over

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said Diddy's career was over after a 2016 video surfaced of Puff brutally assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie.

Stephen A. Smith says Diddy's career is over

Stephen A. Smith, ESPN host First Takewas heard from Diddy and the newly released video on Friday (May 17) during an episode of his YouTube show, The Stephen A. Smith Show. In the 14-minute clip, which Stephen A. has titled, “Diddy Assault Video: Absolutely disgusting!” vividly describes what can be seen in the footage, which was first released by CNN earlier today.

“I want to state, right here, over these YouTube digital waves that the career of Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs as we know her is over,” Stephen A. began. “This s**t is over. It's over in the worst possible way. One of the worst possible ways you can imagine.”

And he continued, “I have the video right in front of me. We can't show it to you. But I'm watching it with the sound off as we speak. He's walking down the hall in a hood, yes. He's clearly trying to sneak out of the hotel room. I'm looking at the video while I'm talking with you Mission impossiblelike Tom Cruise, wearing someone else's face, looking exactly like them when he's not at all.”

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Stephen A. Smith Compares Diddy Assault Video to Former NFL Player Ray Rice Abuse Incident

Stephen A. Smith likened the video of Diddy brutally and violently attacking Cassie to former NFL player Ray Rice, who was also caught on elevator surveillance footage hitting and dragging his fiancee in 2013. This happened a bit after the NFL season ends.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I cover sports, primarily,” said Stephen A.. “That's my day job. Remember Ray Rice? Remember what happened? In late 2014, when his girlfriend was in the elevator and either did he push or hit him and then bound her left?And hit her and hit her face.The bar in the elevator hit her head and then she lay on the floor, unconscious?

He added, “This video, supposedly, supposedly, apparently, whatever word is appropriate, with P. Diddy, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, this is worse.”

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The video comes out of Diddy physically abusing Cassie

This afternoon, CNN shared shocking video of Diddy kicking, dragging and yanking Cassie by the scruff of her neck. This comes months after Cassie accused Puff of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit in November, which was settled the next day.

Cassie's lawsuit followed a federal raid on Diddy's homes in Los Angeles and Miami.

Read more: Cassie's husband speaks out after video of Diddy assaulting her

Watch Stephen A. Smith declare Diddy's career over in the video below.

Stephen A. Smith says Diddy's career is over