Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant testified on Tuesday that she did not report Combs breaking into Kid Cudi’s home in 2011, though she tipped off the rapper about the incident.
Capricorn Clark said that Combs was armed when he brought them to Kid Cudi’s home in Los Angeles. Clark said she did not refuse Combs’ commands to break into the home because she was afraid he would harm her, according to NBC News.
At the time of the incident, Kid Cudi (whose real name is Scott Mescudi) was in a relationship with Cassie Ventura, who dated Combs from 2007 to 2018. During the break-in, Clark said she managed to call Ventura’s burner phone while Ventura was with Mescudi. Clark said she overheard Mescudi say, “He’s in my house?”
Clark claimed she waited in a car as Combs and a bodyguard entered Mescudi’s home while he was not home. The same day, Clark reportedly witnessed Combs repeatedly kick Ventura as she curled in the fetal position.
Ventura alleged that Combs sent her an email in December 2011 in which he threatened to blow up Mescudi’s car and to release two sexually explicit videos of her on Christmas. According to Ventura, Combs also claimed that he would not carry out the act as he would be out of the country.
Weeks later, in January 2012, Mescudi’s Porsche was reportedly set on fire by a Molotov cocktail in the driveway of his home. Mescudi testified that he was 45 minutes from home when the incident occurred.
After Ventura and Mescudi’s relationship ended, Ventura claimed she was with Combs when Mescudi mentioned the car — to which Combs responded, “What vehicle?”
According to NBC, Clark reportedly hung up on Los Angeles fire investigators who called her about the 2012 blaze. She testified that she avoided investigators because she did not “want to have anything to do with this any longer.”
Ventura previously testified that Combs “stifled” her music career while forcing her to participate in “freak offs,” which often entailed her having sex with other men in Combs’ presence. Ventura said the drug-fueled ordeals left her sleep-deprived and dehydrated, as they would last for days on end.
Ventura said Combs “often” injured her during these rendezvous.
Ventura testified that she met Combs when she was 19, and their 10-year relationship was rife with physical abuse. She also described Combs’ controlling behavior — which entailed him controlling her physical appearance and having guards track her down when he could not find her.
Combs was arrested on September 16, 2024, outside a Manhattan hotel on federal charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs has been denied bail three times, as Judge Andrew L. Carter determined there was a “serious risk” of witness tampering in this case.
Federal authorities raided Combs’ homes in Holmby Hills, California, and Miami in March 2024. Reports indicated that the raids were connected to an ongoing sex trafficking investigation that resulted in his arrest months later.
The reported raids also occurred four months after Ventura accused him of sex trafficking and abuse. In a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, she alleged that Combs drugged her and forced her to have sex with other men. The pair settled the lawsuit a day after its filing.
However, in May, the video surfaced showing Combs assaulting Ventura. After the video was released, Combs put out a video expressing remorse for his behavior.
Combs has been accused of committing or facilitating sexual abuse in at least 30 other lawsuits — including one, filed in October, which alleges he and Jay-Z raped a 13-year-old girl in New York in 2000. The accuser in that case had her lawsuit dismissed in February.
Combs turned down a plea deal days before jury selection began. His trial is expected to last two months.
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