Diddy Wanted to 'Kill' Kid Cudi Over Cassie, Former Employee Testifies
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Capricorn Clark was worried for Kid Cudi and Cassie Ventura amid their romance.
As Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former assistant testified against him in his sex trafficking trial May 27, she shared what allegedly happened after Combs learned that his then-girlfriend and the 'Pursuit of Happiness' rapper (real name Scott Mescudi) were dating, according to NBC News reporters in the courtroom.
'There were people at my door, including Combs,' Clark told jurors. 'I could tell he was furious. He was pacing, and his body language looked like he had something in his hand. I couldn't really see.'
The former employee said that Combs—who dated Ventura on and off from 2007 to 2018—arrived at her apartment on Dec. 22, 2011, in slacks that were split in the crotch and a firearm in his hand.
'He just said, 'Get dressed, we're going to go kill Mescudi,'' Clark testified. 'I said, 'I don't want to go,' and he said, 'I don't give a f--k what you want to do.' He was livid, furious, mad at me. I had never seen anything like this before. I never saw him come to my house, I never saw him with a weapon.'
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Clark—who worked for Combs on and off from 2004 to 2020, as well as Ventura's creative director until 2018—said that after the 15-20 minute ride to Mescudi's home, she allegedly called Cassie to let her know that Combs brought her 'with a gun to Cudi's house to kill him.' (Mescudi testified last week to Combs allegedly breaking into his house.)
Combs has not publicly addressed the alleged break-in.
Clark—who also testified that she helped Ventura buy a burner phone for her relationship with Mescudi out of fear for her safety—alleged that after Combs returned from going into Mescudi's house, he took her phone and called the last number on the call history.
She said that the Bad Boy Records founder forced her to call the 'Me & U' singer back and let her know that he wasn't going to let Clark go until she met them. Ventura agreed, Clark testified.
Clark said that once the trio returned to Combs' home, he allegedly beat his then-girlfriend at '100 percent full force.'
'He repeatedly kicked her,' she said, noting that Ventura was silently crying amid the attack. 'Each kick, she would crouch more and more into a fetal position.'
She recalled allegedly hearing Combs still kicking Ventura as she left the rental home, adding, 'He said if I jump in, he was going to f--k me up too.'
Although Clark didn't call the authorities, she testified that she reached out to Ventura's mom Regina Ventura.
'I told her mom, I said, 'He's beating the shit out of your daughter,'' she said. ''I'm in over my head. Please help her. I can't call the police, but you can.' She said, 'I'll handle it,' and we hung up.'
Clark alleged that Ventura and Mescudi's brief romance led to her 2012 firing, claiming that she 'lost everything.'
'He said I would never work again and all these people weren't my friends,' she recalled. 'He would make me kill myself.'
Combs has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking, prostitution, racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, as well as transportation to engage in prostitution.
For more revelations from Diddy's trial, keep reading.
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