Howard University cuts ties with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs after video of attack

Howard University is cutting ties to Sean “Diddy” Combs – rescinding an honorary degree that was awarded to him and disbanding a scholarship programme in his name – after a recently released 2016 video that appeared to show him attacking the R&B singer Cassie.

“Mr Combs’ behaviour as captured in a recently released video is so fundamentally incompatible with Howard University’s core values and beliefs that he is deemed no longer worthy to hold the institution’s highest honour,” a statement from the university’s Board of Trustees said.