Sean “Diddy” Combs returns the key to New York in response to the Cassie Attack video

Sean “Diddy” Combs returned his key to New York at the request of Mayor Eric Adams in response to the release of a video showing the music mogul assaulting R&B singer Cassie, officials said Saturday (June 15).

The mayor's office said Combs returned the key after Adams sent letters to the embattled musician's New York and California offices on June 4 revoking the key and asking that it be sent back to City Hall. The city received the key on June 10.

In his letter, Adams wrote that he was “deeply disturbed” by the attack, adding “I strongly condemn these actions and stand in solidarity with all survivors of domestic and gender-based violence.”

Combs' career was derailed by multiple sexual abuse allegations, as well as a federal criminal sex-trafficking investigation that led to raids on Combs' Los Angeles and Miami mansions.

In May, CNN aired security footage of Combs attacking Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. Combs said he was “truly sorry” for assaulting Cassie and called his actions “inexcusable.” Cassie, whose legal name is Cassandra Ventura, sued Combs last year, sparking a wave of increased scrutiny on Combs. That case was settled a day after it was filed.

Adams awarded Combs with the key at a ceremony last year that coincided with the release of a new album.

Howard University this month revoked Combs' honorary degree and ended a scholarship program in his name after the Cassie video was released.

Combs, founder of Bad Boy Records, is one of hip-hop's most influential producers and executives over the past three decades, turning musical success into a business empire.

An email sent to a representative listed online for Combs was not immediately returned.