10:56 AM PT — Regulation enforcement sources inform TMZ … there isn’t a doc cops can observe down as a result of it pertains to this 2016 incident on the InterContinental, so it doesn’t appear to have been talked about to cops in a police report, or in another case reported to the authorities.

By approach of cops opening a case on this now, LAPD tells TMZ … For cases sooner than January 2020, it’s a 3 12 months statute of limitations — and after January 2020, it’s 5 years. In totally different phrases, there is no chance cops will dive into this explicit incident for potential felony costs at this stage, in any case as far as the LAPD is frightened.

Diddy brutally beat up his ex-girlfriend Cassie at a resort in L.A. 8 years previously — one factor she detailed in her lawsuit … and which we’re now seeing for the first time on digicam.

CNN merely aired surveillance footage they obtained from the now-defunct InterContinental Resort in Century Metropolis that depicts an incident from March 5, 2016 … by which you’ll see Cassie roaming the hallways of the resort in an attempt to get to the elevators.

Nonetheless, you lastly see Diddy working in nothing nevertheless a towel spherical his waist going after her … and when he catches as a lot as her, he strikes her and at last kicks her as properly.

Diddy then makes an try to drag Cassie once more to their room, nevertheless is unsuccessful. You then see Cassie attempt to make a reputation using the resort phone … and later, you see Diddy throughout the hallway as soon as extra and he throws what appears to be a vase at anyone off-camera, presumably Cassie.

Diddy then goes once more to the room by himself … and he’s seen barking at her as he leaves.

What’s way more damning about that’s that this appears to line up with what Cassie specified by her explosive lawsuit in the direction of Diddy in November — the place she wrote, “In or round March 2016, throughout an FO on the InterContinental Resort in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles, Mr. Combs turned extraordinarily intoxicated and punched Ms. Ventura within the face, giving her a black eye.”

The swimsuit continued … “After he fell asleep, Ms. Ventura tried to depart the resort room, however as she exited, Mr. Combs awoke and commenced screaming at Ms. Ventura. He adopted her into the hallway of the resort whereas yelling at her.”

Lastly, the lawsuit says … “He grabbed at her, after which took glass vases within the hallway and threw them at her, inflicting glass to crash round them as she ran to the elevator to flee.” Bear in thoughts, this was merely one in every of many alleged circumstances of abuse and legal exercise that she spelled out in her distinctive criticism … which was in the long run settled between every occasions.

As you acknowledge … Diddy vehemently denied all her allegations on the time, and throughout the aftermath — he was sued by totally different girls as properly alleging totally different circumstances of sexual misconduct, all of which he’s moreover denied. Since then, Diddy has flip into the primary goal of a federal investigation.

BTW, Diddy and Cassie had been photographed at a public event merely 2 days after this incident … and they also had been every all smiles and looking out very in love, with no sign of trauma on her.

Within the wake of this video being launched, Cassie’s lawyer had this to say … “The gut-wrenching video has solely additional confirmed the disturbing and predatory conduct of Mr. Combs. Phrases can not specific the braveness and fortitude that Ms. Ventura has proven in coming ahead to convey this to mild.”

We have reached out to InterContinental Accommodations & Resorts — the possession group that was answerable for the InterContinental on the time — to see within the occasion that they’d been made aware of this in 2016 … nevertheless haven’t heard once more.

TMZ has moreover reached out to Diddy’s camp for comment … up to now, no phrase once more.