Kim Porter's Dad Breaks Silence on Diddy-Cassie Assault Video | TMZ Live
The father of the late Kim Porter is speaking out about the now infamous Diddy-Cassie beatdown video – slamming the music mogul for his "despicable" attack on her.
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00:00 - Ah, Kim Porter's father clearly has been struggling
00:05 with seeing what he's seen unfold with Diddy,
00:09 or as he calls him still, Puffy.
00:11 You remember, of course, Kim Porter was with Diddy
00:15 for a long time, they had three kids together.
00:17 - She died of pneumonia.
00:18 - And she died of pneumonia, and really,
00:21 her father, Jake Porter, has not really said
00:23 a lot about Diddy since then.
00:25 They were close, the families were very close,
00:28 but seeing the video of the beating of Cassie--
00:32 - And then projecting it onto what may have happened
00:34 in Diddy's relationship with Kim,
00:37 which is clearly what he must be thinking about.
00:39 - What he's thinking, exactly,
00:40 what possibly had transpired with my daughter.
00:45 So he spoke out about this, finally.
00:47 He had a conversation, interview with Rolling Stone,
00:50 he said, "I didn't know he could stoop that low.
00:52 "I imagine it surprised a lot of people.
00:54 "I wouldn't even do a dog like that.
00:56 "My heart goes out to Cassie.
00:58 "I think he was a very jealous person.
01:01 "They both loved each other, Kim's love was legitimate.
01:03 "Puffy's love, I don't know what he calls love.
01:07 "You know what I mean?
01:08 "I really don't think he has any idea what love is."
01:12 - So he's certainly not embracing him.
01:13 - No.
01:14 - He's not accusing him of doing to Kim
01:17 what Diddy did to Cassie.
01:20 But the intimation is there.
01:21 - Yeah, that he's just wondering what was going on.
01:24 - I think he almost feels personally wounded
01:26 seeing the video with Cassie,
01:29 thinking that it might have happened to his own daughter,
01:30 but also this is somebody that he knew
01:32 that was sort of a member of his family
01:33 that is the father of his grandchildren.
01:35 And I think he feels a personal wound
01:38 based on that video, as a lot of people do.
01:41 - Yeah, and it almost makes me think, too,
01:44 that he supported Diddy with all the rumors swirling around
01:47 because it feels like he's so disappointed and heartbroken
01:52 that you wonder, maybe it opened his eyes
01:54 when he looked at this and said, "Oh my God."
01:56 I know on Friday, Howard University Institution
02:00 that Diddy's had a very close relationship with,
02:02 he attended briefly at the beginning of his college career
02:07 and then went on to do what he did in music.
02:09 But they withdrew an honorary degree
02:12 that he'd been given on Friday.
02:14 So he's in trouble.
02:17 I mean, there is a grand jury
02:20 that is looking into these sex trafficking,
02:23 this human trafficking, the allegations,
02:26 and the federal investigation.
02:28 And I gotta tell you, when a federal grand jury is convened
02:32 and some of these alleged victims come in,
02:35 it is not hard for feds to get an indictment
02:38 because remember, the defendant,
02:39 or the potential defendant, in this case, Diddy,
02:42 doesn't have the ability to go in
02:44 and present any evidence to rebut what was said.
02:48 So given what is going on with the feds,
02:51 it would not be shocking at all if he gets indicted.
02:55 - Hi, my name is Ashanti.
02:57 I'm located in Georgia.
02:59 And I just think that what Kim Porter's father said,
03:03 it made me realize just how difficult it is
03:06 for people to believe that someone that they knew and loved
03:10 could be capable of these types of things.
03:12 And it's something that victims struggle with.
03:15 I'm sure that Cassie had to be very courageous
03:19 to come forward and saying the things that she said
03:21 based on the fact that Diddy is so powerful
03:24 and he convinced so many people that he was nothing
03:27 of the sort that she mentioned
03:28 in those initial court documents.
03:31 - I know you think I'm just doing this to promote,
03:33 but I'm not.
03:34 We've got an OJ Simpson documentary dropping on Tubi
03:37 on Wednesday on the 30th anniversary of the murders.
03:41 And in that documentary,
03:42 one of the people that I spoke with,
03:44 she says that people around OJ,
03:49 it was difficult, they had to fall out of love with him
03:52 because he had been so charming on the outside
03:55 and charismatic and all.
03:57 - Once they saw all the evidence.
03:58 - And I'm not comparing the murders to this,
04:01 but falling out of love with somebody
04:04 is a very jarring thing.
04:05 And I kind of feel it here.
04:07 - Yeah. - You know what I mean?
04:08 - That's exactly what's happening.
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