Rapper Kid Cudi expected to testify at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial
By MICHAEL R SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK AP Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean Diddy Combs sex trafficking trial taking the witness stand either Wednesday or Thursday to tell the jury about his brief relationship years ago with Combs ex-girlfriend the R B singer Cassie Cassie testified last week that Combs was enraged when she left him for a period of time in and began dating Cudi whose legal name is Scott Mescudi She revealed Combs left a large bruise on her back where he kicked her as she left his Los Angeles home for the last time that year Prosecutors have contended in court filings that Combs was so upset that he arranged to have Cudi s convertible firebombed A prosecutor explained at the end of Tuesday s court session that Mescudi will be the third witness after a federal agent finishes testifying about what investigators exposed last year when they raided Combs home in Florida Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges that he leveraged his fame and fortune to oversee a two-decade-long racketeering enterprise that controlled Cassie and others through threats and violence Sean Diddy Combs looks on as defense attorney Nicole Westmoreland cross examines Dawn Richard during Combs sex trafficking and racketeering trial in Manhattan federal court Monday May in New York Elizabeth Williams via AP His lawyers say evidence in the situation reflects domestic violence not anything amounting to a criminal racket or sex trafficking Cassie testified last week that Combs arranged for her to meet Cudi several times in to work on music She declared her relationship with Cudi began late in the year and she got a burner phone so the two could communicate without Combs learning about it Cassie disclosed she and Combs had broken up at the time although they still engaged in so-called freak-offs that involved sexual performances with male escorts that Combs watched and sometimes participated in It was during one of those freak-offs that Combs picked up her regular phone and noticed communications that revealed Cassie was seeing Cudi Cassie stated Related Articles This day in History May Clara Barton founds American Red Cross people fitness care business and church charged in sober living scheme in Arizona Racist memes shared by Navy SEALs prompt review disciplinary actions Former Capitol riot defendant is convicted of gun charges stemming from his arrest near Obama s home Loose pet kangaroo keeps police hopping again in a Colorado town On Tuesday Cassie s mother Regina Ventura testified that she received an email in December from Cassie saying that Combs was so angry about her relationship with Cudi that he planned to release sexually explicit videos of her and send someone to hurt Cassie and Cudi Afterward Regina Ventura explained she received a demand from Combs for Scared for her daughter s safety she went to the bank and sent Combs the money only to have it returned by Combs days later Cassie testified that Cudi came to visit her at her mother s Connecticut home around Christmas in and stayed for three or four days She revealed she broke up with him It was just too much she stated Too much danger too much uncertainty of like what could happen if we continued to see each other Cassie commented she notified her family she was going to Los Angeles after the holidays to get to work But instead she announced she traveled after New Year s to meet Combs in Arizona where he had gone to visit a college with his son They resumed their relationship When Cassie and Combs were out of the country Combs explained her that Cudi s car would be blown up and Combs longed Cudi s friends there to see it Cassie reported
