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Child Cudi took the stand at present within the intercourse trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The rapper — whose actual identify is Scott Mescudi — dated Cassie Ventura in 2010 throughout one of many breaks in her 11-year relationship with Combs.
Mescudi revealed at present that she opened as much as him in regards to the abuse she endured at Combs’ palms.
Child Cudi attends the “Don’t Look Up” World Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Heart on December 05, 2021 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Photos for Netflix)
Child Cudi recollects starting of his relationship with Cassie Ventura
Mescudi advised the courtroom that he and Ventura met round Thanksgiving of 2010. They started courting in 2011, and he says that on the time, he understood “that she and Sean Combs had some issues and so they weren’t courting anymore (per CNN).
Nonetheless, plainly Cassie and Diddy’s relationship had not ended with a clear break.
Mescudi recollects that shortly after he started courting Ventura, his home was damaged into.
He and Ventura contacted Combs within the wake of the break-in, and the mogul allegedly advised Mescudi, “I just want to talk to you.”
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and actress Cassie Venturaattends the premiere of Lionsgate’s ‘The Perfect Match’ at ArcLight Hollywood on March 7, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Picture by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Photos)
Child Cudi alleges abuse, vandalism from Combs
In testimony that will show damaging to the protection, Cudi recalled that Cassie advised him “that [Diddy] would hit her, sometimes kick her,”
Mescudi stated that after he and Ventura ended their transient relationship, he felt “played” and “upset” when he realized that she had gone again to Combs.
Shortly thereafter, Mescudi’s Porsche was broken by a Molotov cocktail. Whereas many consider Diddy to be answerable for that act of vandalism, no fees had been ever filed towards him.
Cudi advised the courtroom that he met with Combs after surveying the injury to his automobile.
Cassie Ventura and Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs pose ringside at “Mayweather VS Pacquiao” introduced by SHOWTIME PPV And HBO PPV at MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment on Could 2, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Picture by Ethan Miller/Getty Photos for SHOWTIME)
“Sean Combs was standing there, staring out the window with his hands behind his back, like a Marvel supervillain,” Cudi advised the courtroom of their assembly.
Cudi then detailed a dialog he had with Diddy in regards to the automobile bombing. He advised the courtroom that Combs denied any data of the crime.
Requested by prosecutor Emily Johnson how he felt about Combs’ denial, Cudi replied, “That he was lying.”
Cudi is one in all many character witnesses who could lack direct data of Combs’ crimes however whose testimony could also be beneficial to prosecutors of their efforts to painting the disgraced mogul as a violent, unhinged tyrant who insisted on absolute obedience from these round him, even in issues associated to intercourse.
Diddy — who has been behind bars since September of final yr — is on trial for one rely of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud or coercion, and two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
We could have additional updates on this ongoing trial as new data turns into out there.
