Overview

• He twice refused voluntary summons and was subpoenaed to testify at the Manhattan trial in May, calling the experience “really hard” and saying he “hated every minute” on the stand.
• He said he testified primarily to support singer Cassie Ventura, underlining his friendship and her alleged suffering under Combs’s control.
• He reiterated claims that Combs broke into his Hollywood Hills home in 2011 and had a Molotov cocktail used to firebomb his Porsche in 2012.
• Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and acquitted on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges, and remains detained pending an October 3 sentencing.
• Cudi’s revelations coincide with the release of his memoir, illustrating how post-trial media appearances continue to influence public perception of the case.