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Witnesses Detail Kidnapping and Violence in Diddy’s Ongoing Sex Trafficking Trial

Prosecutors nearing a planned mid-June pause are presenting new allegations of coercion and violence.

Overview

  • Former assistant Capricorn Clark testified that Combs kidnapped her at gunpoint, threatened rapper Kid Cudi’s life and took part in a December 2011 break-in at Cudi’s Los Angeles home.
  • Cassie Ventura and ‘Mia’ described drug-fueled “freak-off” sessions and repeated sexual assaults they say were orchestrated or forced by Combs.
  • Kid Cudi’s testimony and law enforcement witnesses linked a 2012 firebombing of his Porsche to Combs through vehicle registration records and explosive evidence.
  • Prosecution witnesses described a pattern of intimidation and physical abuse within Combs’s Bad Boy Entertainment inner circle, with multiple former employees corroborating violent behavior.
  • Prosecutors expect to conclude their witness presentations by mid-June; the defense plans to call its own witnesses and may extend the trial into July.