Sean “Diddy” Combs kidnapped a former aide at gunpoint to hitch him as he tried to confront love rival rapper Child Cudi, his sex-trafficking trial has been instructed.
Capricorn Clark, who labored for the Unhealthy Boy Information co-founder in numerous roles on and off for a number of years, instructed the courtroom he banged on her door and instructed her: “Get dressed, we’re going to kill Mescudi.”
Child Cudi, whose actual identify is Scott Mescudi, final week testified himself concerning the alleged incident in December 2011.
Ms Clark grew to become tearful a number of instances as she gave proof – which marked the beginning of the third week of the high-profile trial. She instructed the courtroom her scenario working for the hip-hop mogul was “complicated”.
Combs, 55, who has pleaded not responsible to expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution, is accused of subjecting his former long-term associate Cassie and others to years of bodily, sexual and emotional abuse.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Day 10 – because it occurred
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Ms Clark grew to become tearful a number of instances as she gave proof. Pic: Jane Rosenberg through Reuters
Whereas giving her personal proof within the first week of the trial, Cassie instructed jurors she dated Cudi briefly throughout a troublesome interval in her on-off relationship with Combs.
On Tuesday, Ms Clark stated she warned Cassie about seeing Cudi, saying she took her to purchase a burner cellphone as she thought it could possibly be harmful given how Combs would possibly react. “The way she was moving, she was going to get us all killed,” Ms Clark stated.
Combs arrived at her residence with a gun in his hand on the morning of the tried confrontation with Cudi, she instructed the courtroom, and regarded “furious”.
She says she instructed him she didn’t wish to go along with him, to which he allegedly replied: “I don’t give a f**k what you want to do.”
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Rapper Child Cudi gave proof final week. Pic: AP/ Richard Drew
Ms Clark stated she had by no means seen “anything like this before”, however received dressed and left with Combs in a black Cadillac to move to the property within the Hollywood Hills.
She stated she waited within the automobile as Combs went into the residence, and referred to as Cassie to warn her. The rapper had her “with a gun and brought me to Cudi’s house to kill him”, she stated she instructed her.
Cudi could possibly be heard within the background of the decision, she stated, asking: “He’s in my house?”
After the incident, Ms Clark alleged Combs warned her and Cassie to not communicate to police and threatened to “kill all you” if they didn’t persuade Cudi to not both.
Within the aftermath of this incident, Ms Clark alleged Combs “came at” Cassie with “100% full force”, repeatedly kicking her whereas she crouched “more and more” right into a foetal place and cried “silently”.
The rapper instructed Ms Clark that if she tried to intervene, “he was going to f**k me up too”, she stated.
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Diddy’s mom Janice Combs was in courtroom to help him once more. Pic: Reuters
Earlier in her testimony, she instructed the courtroom concerning the begin of her employment with Combs and his label Unhealthy Boy Information in 2004.
She stated after he found she had beforehand labored for Marion “Suge” Knight’s Dying Row Information – the West Coast rival to East Coast Unhealthy Boy – he instructed her “if anything happened, he would have to kill me”.
Ms Clark stated she perceived this as a “very serious” menace. She additionally instructed the courtroom about one other alleged incident only a few weeks into the job, when some diamond jewelry on mortgage to Combs went lacking.
She instructed the courtroom she was taken to a constructing in Manhattan and compelled to repeatedly take lie detector exams over 5 days.
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Combs together with his authorized workforce earlier than courtroom started for the day. Pic: Reuters/ Jane Rosenberg
The person who carried out the check instructed her that if she failed, “they’re going to throw you in the East River”, she stated.
Combs was not current for the exams and by no means spoke to her about them, she stated, when questioned by defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo.
Throughout her testimony, Ms Clark talked about an incident involving fellow rapper 50 Cent’s supervisor, after each 50 Cent and Combs had achieved interviews for MTV.
Combs talked about to the supervisor that they’d some points and instructed him, “I like guns”, she stated, which she perceived as a obscure menace.
Ms Clark additionally described making an attempt to go away Combs’s residence in Miami on one event in 2006, when she was allegedly instructed to “get the f**k back here” by the rapper.
In response to Ms Clark, he instructed her: “Your problem is you want a life, and you can’t have that here.”
The trial continues tomorrow, with proof anticipated from LA police and fireplace officers.
If convicted, Combs may face between 15 years and life in jail.
