Artist Sean "Diddy" Combs is being stripped of his honorary doctorate from Howard University in Washington, which he received in 2014, according to American media citing a university board decision.
The decision comes after CNN published a surveillance film in May showing Combs assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassie "Cassie" Ventura in a hotel corridor.
The university says in a statement that what is seen in the surveillance film "is fundamentally incompatible with Howard University's core values, and therefore he (Combs) is no longer deemed worthy of the university's honorary title".
Since last November, several women and one man have accused the music mogul of serious sexual assaults. Combs denies the allegations.
