As Day 9 of the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs proceeds, Kid Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, was called to the stand.
Kid Cudi — who described himself as an actor and musician when asked — identified Cassie Ventura in a photo. He said they were friends and briefly dated.
Early days: Kid Cudi said he and Ventura met in 2008 and were friends until they started dating around 2011.
The musician understood that Ventura and Combs “had some problems and they weren’t dating anymore” but when Combs learnt that Kid Cudi and Ventura began dating, Combs told Kid Cudi by phone in December 2011 that he wanted to talk to him, the musician testified, so he left the hotel he was at with Ventura and went home, he said.
Break-in at Kid Cudi’s home: Directly following that phone call, Kid Cudi returned home, but Combs wasn’t there.
Instead he found his security cameras had been moved, gifts he bought for his family were opened and his dog was locked in the bathroom, he testified.
After the break-in Kid Cudi spent the holidays with Ventura’s family and received a few texts from Combs, but the rapper was not interested in talking to him, citing that he believed Combs was responsible for the break-in, he testified, noting that he filed a police report about it.
Kid Cudi’s Porsche damaged with Molotov cocktail: One morning in January 2012, Kid Cudi said his dog watcher called him from his home to tell him that his car was on fire.
Looking at photos, Kid Cudi explained that it looked “like the top of my Porsche was cut open, and that’s where the Molotov cocktail was put in,” causing further damage that couldn’t be salvaged, he testified.
Combs and Kid Cudi meet in person: When Kid Cudi arrived at his meeting with Combs, who was alone, the musician testified that “Combs was standing there, staring out the window with his hands behind his back, like a Marvel supervillain,” and the pair went on to discuss Kid Cudi’s relationship with Ventura from start to finish, he testified.
When Kid Cudi asked Combs about the damage to his car, Combs denied any involvement, Kid Cudi said on the stand. The pair ran into each other in 2015 at a club and Combs pulled Kid Cudi aside to apologise. Kid Cudi testified, adding that he “found peace” with the situation with Combs after that.
Feeling played: Kid Cudi described feeling “played” and “upset” learning that Ventura ultimately went back to Combs, he testified.
A confidant to Ventura: Kid Cudi testified that Ventura told him there was physical abuse in her relationship with Combs, that he would hit and sometimes kick her, which bothered Kid Cudi, he said, but Ventura hadn’t told him about any sexual abuse, he said.
