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September 3, 2024
Howard University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to revoke the honorary degree given to Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014, saying he is “no longer worthy to hold the institution’s highest honor.”
The university will also return Combs’ $1 million contribution and terminate a $1 million pledge agreement from the Sean Combs Foundation.
The institution issued a statement saying, “Mr. Combs’ behavior 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 honor,” the Board said in the statement.
A surveillance video showing Combs physically assaulting his former girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura, surfaced a few weeks ago and made many companies disassociate with him.
The University said it will disband its scholarship program in Combs’ name.
“The University is unwavering in its opposition to all acts of interpersonal violence,” the board added, linking to the school’s “Interpersonal Violence Prevention” webpage in the statement.