Following Cassie’s multi-day testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal intercourse trafficking trial, one other celeb will reportedly take the stand.
Child Cudi is about to take the stand in Diddy’s federal intercourse trafficking trial later this week, based on experiences from Advanced’s Shawn Setaro. It’s at present unknown when he’ll testify as there are two witnesses forward of him, however prosecutors mentioned he’s anticipated to take the stand maybe as early as Wednesday afternoon.
This information comes shortly after Cassie Ventura’s mom claimed that in late 2011, Combs demanded she pay him $20,000 as a result of he was “offended” after discovering out about her relationship with the “Pursuit of Happiness” rapper.
In court docket on Tuesday, Might 20, Regina Ventura took the stand and claimed that her and her husband have been pressured to take out a house fairness mortgage to pay Diddy what he was requesting. He reportedly requested for the cash so he may recoup on what he spent on Cassie, however a number of days after giving him the cash, she mentioned Diddy gave it again with out clarification.
The jury additionally noticed an electronic mail Regina acquired from her daughter at round this identical time, as reported by Advanced. Within the electronic mail, Cassie instructed her mom that Combs was threatening to launch “2 express intercourse tapes of her” as payback for her relationship with Cudi. She additionally mentioned within the electronic mail that the disgraced music mogul “mentioned he will likely be having somebody harm me and [Kid Cudi] bodily.”
Regina testified that she “was bodily sick” upon recieving the e-mail. “I knew he was making an attempt to harm my daughter.”
Throughout her testimoney, Cassie claimed that Diddy instructed her in late 2011 or early 2012 that he was going to have somebody blow up Child Cudi’s automobile, an incident she first talked about in her 2023 civil swimsuit. Shortly after the singer filed her lawsuit, Cudi confirmed that his automobile was certainly set on fireplace in early 2012 and nobody was arrested for the incident.
Diddy was arrested in September 2024 on costs of intercourse trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to interact in prostitution. He has pleaded not responsible to all costs and faces as much as life in jail.