Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs branded a ‘social leper and criminal’ by The View host Ana Navarro as she claims he should ‘pay horrible social consequences’ for abusing Cassie Ventura

The View’s Ana Navarro has branded Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs a ‘social leper’ and a ‘criminal’ following the release of a shocking video which showed him beating up his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.

Whoopi Goldberg began Monday’s episode of the ABC show by mentioning the 54-year-old rapper’s apology video, which was posted on Instagram on May 19, and includes him describing his behavior as ‘inexcusable.’

As the panel, including Sunny Hostin, discussed the fact that Diddy could not be charged due to the statute of limitations, Ana did not hold back and fumed: ‘The LAPD may not be able to charge him, but we are able to shun him and he should be treated like the leper… the social leper and criminal he is.

‘We saw him commit assault, and I don’t want to see him at any restaurant, I don’t want to see him at any award show. I’m not going to buy any brand that he’s associated with, he’s been dropped by a bunch already. I think this guy should be treated and pay horrible social consequences – if the legal ones don’t get him,’ she continued.

When Sunny, 55, asked if it was true that Diddy had paid the hotel in question $50,000 to ‘bury the video,’ Ana quickly replied: ‘Well, that’s been part of the story, it’s alleged that he paid that.

‘And if that’s the case: shame on those hotel employees, shame on all the people around Sean Combs who have enabled, justified and looked the other way on all of this type of behavior for decades, because these whispers have been around for decades.’

Sunny was keen to add to Ana’s comments and said: ‘I did hear a lot of blame for Cassie and focused on Cassie. Let’s remember, when they met in 2005, she was 17 and he was 37.’

‘I have an 18-year-old daughter. I cannot believe that she had the bravery all these years later to break that cycle for herself and come out of this,’ Sunny added.

Alyssa Farah Griffin then spoke up and revealed that she was also in a violent relationship in the past.

‘I hope the book is thrown at him, the apology was lacking. He didn’t name Cassie, there was no message to young men. Part of this conversation I’ve seen since this video emerged is this question of, “Why didn’t she leave?” she said.

‘And I want to speak to that. I once was a victim of domestic abuse in a prior relationship, it happened once. I was one of the lucky ones where the power dynamics were in my favor that I could leave, I could walk away and remove myself from him [but] In the vast majority of cases that is not the case.’

Alyssa continued: ‘They use financial abuse to keep you, they use emotional, manipulation, and add to that this is a multimillionaire, incredibly powerful, incredibly well-connected person, there’s an entire industry of making money off him. She had no hope to get away from him.’