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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.

Sean Diddy Combs, left, stands as his defense attorney, Teny Geragos, gives her opening statement to the jury on the first day of trial in Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 12, 2025, in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
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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.