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- Sean “Diddy” Combs’ protection group is asking for Child Cudi’s testimony concerning the destruction of his Porsche and the claims that Combs was behind it to be struck from the file
- Cudi took the stand on Thursday, Might 22
- Cudi testified that he believed the music mogul “was mendacity” when Diddy claimed to not know what he was speaking about when requested about Cudi’s automobile explosion throughout a gathering on the Soho Home in Los Angeles with Ventura
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ protection group is asking for Child Cudi’s testimony concerning the destruction of the rapper’s Porsche and the claims that Combs was behind it to be struck from the file.
The automobile was set on fireplace by an “incendiary machine” in 2012, in response to police experiences obtained by Rolling Stone. Child Cudi, whose actual identify is Scott Mescudi, confirmed the incident to The New York Occasions in 2023.
On Might 22, 2025, the ninth day of Combs’ ongoing intercourse trafficking trial, Mescudi testified {that a} Molotov cocktail destroyed his Porsche.
Mescudi stated that on the day of the explosion, he acquired a name from his dog-sitter saying that his “automobile was on fireplace.” Whereas on his method again house, he acquired an image of the burnt automobile from a good friend.
The rapper stated his automobile was past restore by the point he acquired house, noting, “The highest of my Porsche was reduce open and that’s the place they inserted the Molotov cocktail.”
The incident got here after Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and Cudi dated on-and-off once more in 2011 whereas she and Combs, who dated till 2018, “weren’t within the biggest place.”
Ventura beforehand testified that Combs turned jealous after she came upon about them and allegedly threatened to have Mescudi’s automobile blown up.
Mescudi testified that he believed the music mogul “was mendacity” when Diddy claimed to not know what he was speaking about when requested concerning the automobile explosion throughout a gathering on the Soho Home in Los Angeles with Ventura.
“What are we going to do about my automobile?” Mescudi recalled allegedly asking Combs, to which the Unhealthy Boy Information founder reportedly answered, “I do not know what you are speaking about.”
In accordance with Mescudi, nonetheless, the 2 allegedly encountered one another once more on the Soho Home a number of years later, throughout which Combs reportedly stated he wished to “apologize for all the pieces.” Mescudi stated he “discovered peace” with what had occurred.
Now, Combs’ protection is asking for his testimony to be struck and precluded going ahead as a “witness typically can not testify that in his opinion, a declarant was mendacity when making an announcement.”
Combs’ protection group claims that Mescudi’s testimony was “mere hypothesis,” and poses “important risks of unfair prejudice” towards him.
The Unhealthy Boy Information founder is at present dealing with expenses of intercourse trafficking, racketeering and transportation to interact in prostitution, which he has adamantly denied.
His group stated that: “Mescudi’s hypothesis about Combs’s involvement had minimal probative worth, whereas the hazard of unfair prejudice, significantly since he was opining about an final subject as to which he was the alleged sufferer—whether or not Combs was responsible of arson, one of many charged racketeering acts—was nice.”
ipromiseyoumedia has reached out to Mescudi’s consultant for remark.
ipromiseyoumedia reached out to the Los Angeles Hearth Division concerning the alleged automobile explosion, however have been instructed “the Threat Administration Division of the County of Los Angeles Hearth Division doesn’t have responsive data from 2012. It’s previous our retention interval.”
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