Ex-Federal Prosecutor Says Diddy-Cassie Video Hurts Him in Investigation

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An ex-federal prosecutor is weighing in on Diddy's assault video -- and she says while this isn't necessarily a smoking gun in the investigation he's facing, it certainly doesn't help him.  We talked to Katie Cherkasky -- who's had years of experience with these sorts of legal matters -- on "TMZ Live" Friday ... where she declared that the now-viral video, in which Diddy can be seen beating Cassie -- should make him and his camp worried.

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 - Your reaction when you saw this video,

00:05 just as a human being watching this,

00:09 and that it is a different side of Diddy

00:13 than the public has ever seen.

00:15 - Well, as a human being,

00:16 obviously it's very tough to watch.

00:18 As a criminal defense attorney,

00:19 I wanna say, when will people learn

00:21 that there are cameras everywhere?

00:23 And obviously this does completely contradict

00:26 Diddy's claims that he had nothing to do

00:28 with these allegations.

00:29 The statute of limitations on domestic violence charge

00:33 has passed for charging that specific crime.

00:35 But the bigger issue for him

00:36 is that there's a huge federal probe

00:38 that gets into all of these allegations,

00:41 some of which Cassie has made against him,

00:43 that are not barred by the statute of limitations.

00:45 And certainly that corroborates her claims,

00:48 at least to a large degree here,

00:50 on those remaining charges.

00:52 - Diddy, as far as we know,

00:53 this is an investigation for alleged sex trafficking,

00:56 not necessarily domestic violence

00:59 in the state of California.

01:00 So how does it affect the federal investigation?

01:04 - Well, it puts him in a very difficult position

01:07 because if he is ever charged,

01:08 whether on the state side or federally,

01:11 if he ever testifies,

01:13 there's going to be limitations

01:14 on whether he can actually do so

01:16 without being confronted with things like this.

01:18 So there's a lot of collateral impacts of this video,

01:21 even if those particular acts

01:23 are not being charged in the federal case.

01:25 Cassie's also made claims of sexual violence against him,

01:28 which are not barred by the statute of limitations,

01:30 as have other individuals.

01:32 So it puts him in a very difficult position

01:35 as he's already on record as essentially lying

01:38 about his conduct, which we now see.

01:41 - If you're Diddy and you see that this video is now out,

01:44 you would be worried, right,

01:46 about what, if any, conversations Cassie is having

01:50 with federal prosecutors?

01:52 - Oh, I think he's probably pretty worried.

01:54 And yeah, absolutely,

01:55 the videos definitely bolster Cassie's credibility

01:58 with regard to not only these offenses,

02:00 but anything else that she has relayed to them.

02:03 It doesn't mean that they don't have

02:04 to get independent evidence

02:05 to support those other allegations,

02:07 but certainly she's proven herself to be credible

02:10 through the release of this video.

02:12 - His credibility, you say that bolsters hers,

02:15 but his credibility is really kind of shot

02:16 with the public at this point, right?

02:18 - I would imagine so,

02:19 at least to the extent that they now see

02:21 that this directly contradicts his denials.

02:24 But like you said, this was a state case.

02:26 It's past the statute of limitations.

02:28 He was intoxicated.

02:29 He's sorry.

02:30 It was an unfortunate moment.

02:32 It was caught on camera.

02:33 You can't really deny that at this point.

02:35 But whether that proves up other charges,

02:38 it does not directly prove up any other charges,

02:40 but it certainly leads to the idea

02:42 that there might be some credibility

02:44 to other things that Cassie has relayed,

02:46 and others for that matter, based upon this video alone.

02:50 [EXPLOSION]

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