Diddy's ex Cassie's ‘strange comment about Jay-Z' when rapper's ex-assistant pushed her to leave him over abuse
The court also heard about an alleged rush to find and kill rapper Kid Cudi
SHE SAID WHAT?
SHE SAID WHAT? Diddy's ex Cassie's 'strange comment about Jay-Z' when rapper's ex-assistant pushed her to leave him over abuse
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SEAN "Diddy" Combs' ex made a mysterious remark about Jay-Z when she was told to break up with the hip-hop mogul.
Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura's reply was revealed when Combs' ex-assistant Capricorn Clark testified at his federal racketeering trial.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs faces charges including racketeering, and sex trafficking - he has pleaded not guilty and denied all allegations
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Casandra Ventura, the R&B singer and actor known simply as "Cassie" has already testified at her ex-boyfriend's trial
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Ex-assistant Capricorn Clark leaves after testifying in the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 27, 2025 in New York City
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Capricorn Clark alluded to an alleged conversation about Jay-Z with Ventura
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The third week of Combs' trial began on Tuesday, with Clark testifying that the music mogul often threatened and once kidnapped her in a jealous rage related to his ex-girlfriend Ventura.
Clark is the highest-profile employee so far to testify in the trial against her former boss.
The prosecution witness was cross-examined by Combs' attorney, Marc Agnifilo, in the high-profile criminal proceedings in Manhattan.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution.
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His ex-staffer Clark recalled a conversation she allegedly had about encouraging Ventura to date someone else.
This came after Clark described witnessing her then boss beat and kick Ventura amid the love triangle with Kid Cudi - whose real name is Scott Mescudi.
She revealed their discussion during Agnifilo's final question to her in court.
He asked about a claim she had made during a meeting last year with Combs' lawyers, reported The Washington Post.
Clark had allegedly told Ventura years ago that she should break up with Combs.
Clark alleged Ventura had replied that, 'Jay-Z was taken" and she asked, "who would she date?'
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However, she did not say when this alleged conversation between her and Ventura took place.
The comment came after Clark repeatedly shed tears on the stand.
She also testified on Tuesday that the hip-hop mogul had allegedly threatened to kill her during her first day on the job.
Clark alleged, too, that Combs had waved a gun as he kidnapped her years later in an angry rush to find and kill rapper Kid Cudi.
Combs was angry that Cudi was dating Ventura, Clark told jurors.
Clark, who referred to Combs as "Puff," alleged he arrived at her home holding a gun, and demanded she get dressed because "we're going to kill Cudi."
GOT A GUN
With her voice shaky, Clark recounted how they rode in a black Cadillac Escalade to Cudi's Los Angeles home.
Upon their arrival, Combs and his bodyguard entered the residence, while Clark sat in the SUV and called Ventura, the court heard.
Clark testified she told Ventura that "Combs got me with a gun and brought me to Cudi's house to kill him."
Clark said she heard Cudi in the background asking, "He's in my house?"
She told Ventura, "Stop him, he's going to get himself killed." But Ventura told her she "couldn't stop Cudi," she recalled.
Combs kicked Cassie with 100% full force as she curled on the ground outside his home in a fetal position and wept silently
Combs then returned to the Escalade and asked Clark who she was talking to, she alleged, before grabbing the phone and calling Ventura back.
They next heard Cudi driving up the road, Clark added.
Combs and his bodyguard got back in the SUV and chased after Cudi, finally giving up when they passed police cars that were heading to Cudi's house.
After the alleged break-in, Clark said that Combs told her she had to convince Cudi "it wasn't me."
"If you don't convince him of that, I'll kill all you," he was claimed to have said, stressing his threat with an expletive, Clark alleged.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs' former assistant Capricorn Clark reacts during testimony at her ex-boss's sex trafficking trial in New York City
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Rap moguls Combs, left, and Jay-Z
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Clark said she and Ventura then went to Cudi's home, as she told jurors, "We needed to talk to him. We needed to make sure he wasn't going to make a police report about Puff."
ASSAULT
After that, she said, she watched in shock as Combs viciously assaulted Ventura over her relationship with Cudi.
Combs kicked Ventura "with 100% full force to the legs and back as she curled on the ground outside his home in a fetal position and wept silently," Clark told jurors.
Clark said her heart was breaking from seeing her being beaten, and that neither she nor Combs' bodyguard intervened.
The answer prompted an objection from Combs' lawyers, and Judge Arun Subramanian told jurors to disregard it.
COMPLICATED
Clark said she had worked on-and-off for Combs - and that she still missed the job.
It was a "complicated" situation, she added.
Clark was the former global brand director for Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment.
Prosecutors had called her to support a charge that he led a two-decade racketeering conspiracy that relied on beefy bodyguards, death threats and the silence of frightened staff to ensure he got what he wanted.
Cudi testified last week that Combs allegedly broke into his home and hurt his dog in a jealous rage over his relationship.
Ventura has reportedly given birth two weeks after testifying in her ex's trial.
TRIAL CONTINUES
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to an indictment alleging he abused his longtime girlfriend, R&B singer Ventura, and others.
If convicted, he could face 15 years to life in prison.
Deonte Nash, a celebrity stylist and a friend of Ventura's, is testifying in Combs' sex-trafficking trial on Thursday.
Since the rapper's arrest, he has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
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Sean Combs and actress Cassie Ventura in 2016
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