Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly kidnapped a former employee at gunpoint and forced her to take part in a plan to kill rapper Kid Cudi, a New York court heard Tuesday.
A former employee of Sean “Diddy” Combs has testified that the hip-hop mogul kidnapped her in 2011 and attempted to carry out a plot to kill rapper Kid Cudi.
The claims were made during Combs’ ongoing federal trial on charges including racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation for prostitution.
Capricorn Clark, a former global brand director for Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment, told the court that the artist showed up unannounced at her apartment accompanied by a security guard and armed with a gun.
Clark said Combs was enraged over his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura’s relationship with Kid Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi.
“Get dressed,” she recalled Combs saying. “We’re going to go kill this [expletive].”
Clark said she was forced into a vehicle and taken against her will to Cudi’s home in Los Angeles.
Once there, Combs and his guard allegedly entered the property while she remained outside and phoned Ventura to warn her. When Combs returned and discovered her on the call, she said he became increasingly agitated.
Following the confrontation, Combs allegedly told Clark he would not release her until she and Ventura convinced Cudi that Combs was not involved in a previous break-in at the rapper’s home.
“If you don’t convince him of that, I’ll kill all you,” she testified.
The incident was previously referenced last week when Kid Cudi himself took the stand. He testified about a break-in, his relationship with Ventura, and a separate incident in which his Porsche was damaged by a Molotov cocktail—an act he believes Combs was behind.
Under cross-examination, Clark denied claims by the defence that she had willingly accompanied Combs to Cudi’s home.
She also told the court that Combs had threatened her on her very first day of employment, warning her not to let her previous work with other artists interfere with his business.
Despite the hostile relationship, Clark said she continued to work with Combs for over a decade and felt compelled to protect him, noting his influence and accomplishments in the music industry.
Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. If convicted, he faces the possibility of life in prison.
