Shocking testimony: Kid Cudi claims Diddy broke into his home and set his Porsche on fire
Kid Cudi walking into court to testify against Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
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Besides looking like he strutted straight out of a "Grease" movie scene, Kid Cudi ended the second week of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' federal trial with a dramatic testimony that brought new tension to an already complex case.
Cudi, real name Scott Mescudi, testified on Thursday, detailing an unsettling encounter linked to his brief relationship with Cassie Ventura, Diddy's on-and-off partner at the time.
According to Mescudi, in December 2011, he was spending Christmas with Cassie and her family when she called him early one morning.
She had just spoken to an employee of Combs, who sounded 'very scared' and claimed Combs and another man were inside Mescudi's Hollywood Hills home.
When Mescudi contacted Combs, he recalled Combs telling him, 'I just want to talk to you' and admitting he was at the house, 'Waiting for you.'
By the time Mescudi arrived home, Combs had already left. But signs of the break-in were clear.
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He found open gift boxes, his security camera turned around, and his dog locked in the bathroom and visibly traumatised.
'I was looking for [Combs],' Mescudi told the court. 'I wanted to confront him, I wanted to fight him, you know?' Instead, he chose to contact the police.
Mescudi later confronted Combs over the phone. 'You broke into my house and messed with my dog,' he said. 'I don't want to talk to you.'
The pressure didn't stop there. Mescudi testified that while he was still with Ventura over the holidays, Combs continued to call him repeatedly, wanting to know more about the relationship. 'He wanted to get to the bottom of it and figure it out,' Mescudi said.
Things escalated weeks later when Mescudi's Porsche 911 convertible was set on fire while parked outside his home. He claimed someone threw a Molotov cocktail into the car.
While Combs has denied any involvement in the arson, Mescudi's timeline suggests the events were not unrelated.
The trial this week also revealed allegations that he extorted $20,000 (R380 000) from Ventura's family by threatening to release explicit sex tapes of her.
Ventura's mother, Regina Ventura, testified that in 2011, after discovering Cassie's brief relationship with Mescudi, Combs demanded payment to stop the tapes from being made public.
Regina described the ordeal as deeply upsetting, saying, 'I did not understand it, the sex tape threw me. He was trying to hurt my daughter.'
Reports also quoted Mescudi referring to Sean 'Diddy' Combs as a 'Marvel villain,' a sharp way to capture how dark and threatening he found Combs' behaviour throughout their interactions.
The defence has admitted that Combs was 'violent with romantic partners' and described his personal life as 'different.' However, they maintain that he did not commit any federal crimes.
Still, Mescudi's account adds weight to the prosecution's case. The federal racketeering and sex trafficking case continues next week.
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