Diddy’s Legal Team Implies Feds Leaked Cassie Beating Video

Shocking new claim from Diddy and his legal team … they believe the federal government “orchestrated” the leak of the Cassie beating video to the media.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Diddy’s attorneys accuse the feds of misconduct in his criminal case … namely, by allegedly orchestrating the leak of the Cassie tape to CNN.

The video in question is from 2016 and it shows Diddy brutally beating Cassie in the hallway of a swanky Los Angeles hotel during their relationship.

In the docs, Diddy is specifically blaming the Department of Homeland Security … not the U.S. Attorney’s office.

Diddy’s lawyers claim the day CNN published the Cassie video — May 17 — a correspondent from the network contacted a member of Diddy’s team to seek comment on a video they intended to publish in a few hours … with the correspondent indicating CNN came “across a video and currently have in our possession surveillance footage from the Intercontinental Hotel in Los Angels in 2016.”

His attorneys say after being approached by CNN, they emailed the prosecutors assigned to Diddy’s case and told them they had gotten word CNN had been given a video tape of the Intercontinental Hotel from 2016 and told prosecutors, “My concern is that someone (not any of you and not the lead case agents) provided this footage to CNN. I bring this to your attention solely because I imagine you didn’t want this to happen any more than I do.”

Diddy’s lawyers say after CNN released the video on May 17, an Assistant United States Attorney assigned to the case responded, “We really appreciate you giving us a heads up. We have now seen the video.”