Whereas testifying at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ intercourse trafficking trial, Child Cudi opened up about his response when a Molotov cocktail was used to explode his automobile, which prosecutors allege was Diddy’s doing.
The rapper, whose actual identify is Scott Mescudi, was known as as a witness throughout the ninth day of Combs’ federal intercourse trafficking trial. He testified that he dated Combs’ on-again, off-again girlfriend, Casandra “Cassie” Ventura, in 2011, who beforehand testified throughout earlier days of the trial.
PEOPLE studies that in January 2012, Mescudi stated he obtained a name from his dog-sitter that his automobile was on fireplace.
“She advised me my automobile was on fireplace,” he recalled in keeping with . “I instantly went to my home.”
The singer went on to say that whereas on his means residence, his pal texted an image of the broken Porsche convertible, and when he arrived, the automobile was past restore. “What the f**ok,” the rapper remembered considering.
“The highest of my Porsche was lower open and that’s the place they inserted the Molotov cocktail,” he stated.
Mescudi didn’t point out Combs in reference to the automobile explosion, although it has lengthy been rumored that Diddy did the deed after discovering out about Cudi’s relationship with Cassie. Ventura beforehand testified that Diddy turned jealous and allegedly threatened to have Mescudi’s automobile blown up.
Jurors have been proven six images chronicling the aftermath, which embrace: a slashed convertible high, melted crimson seats, and the charred stays of the Molotov.
A few days after his Porsche was lit on fireplace, Mescudi testified that he reached out to Combs.
“I reached out to Sean Combs after my automobile had caught fireplace and at last advised him we wanted to fulfill up and discuss,” he advised the court docket, provides PEOPLE. “He had been wanting to speak to me. After the fireplace I stated, ‘that is getting out of hand.’”
CNN studies that Prosecutor Emily Johnson requested why the rapper known as Combs concerning the firebombing of his automobile, to which he replied, “I knew he had one thing to do with it.” The protection objected, and the decide instructed the jury to ignore the response.
Mescudi testified that they met at SoHo home, and after their assembly ended, “We stood up, shook fingers and as I used to be shaking his hand I stated, ‘What are we going to do about my automobile?’”
“He appeared proper again at me, very chilly stare, and stated ‘I don’t know what you’re speaking about,” Mescudi advised the court docket.
The rapper testified that he withdrew his hand, main Combs to ask, “I believed we have been cool. Do we’ve an issue?”
Mescudi advised the court docket that a few years later, he noticed Diddy once more on the SoHo Home in Los Angeles, the place he apologized.
“He was together with his daughter and he pulled me to the aspect and mainly apologized for every thing. He stated ‘Man I simply wish to apologize for every thing, all that bulls**t,’” Mescudi testified per CNN.
“After I obtained the apology I discovered peace with it. That was the very last thing I used to be suspecting to get from him,” he stated.
Combs is charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution, and has entered a not responsible plea.
