NEW YORK, NY — Explosive testimony rocked the federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, as a former senior worker alleged the artist threatened her life, kidnapped her at gunpoint, and compelled her to participate in a plot to hurt fellow rapper Child Cudi.
Capricorn Clark, who served as the worldwide model director for Dangerous Boy Leisure, took the stand in what has turn into a high-profile trial full of disturbing claims about Combs’ alleged two-decade reign of abuse and intimidation.
Testifying in a packed courtroom, Clark described a chilling episode from December 2011, when she stated Combs, indignant over rapper Child Cudi (Scott Mescudi) courting singer Cassie Ventura, allegedly stormed into her house armed and demanded she accompany him to “kill Cudi.”
“He had a gun in his hand and advised me to dress,” Clark recalled, her voice trembling. “He stated, ‘We’re going to kill Cudi.’”
Clark stated she was compelled right into a black Cadillac and pushed to Cudi’s Los Angeles residence, the place Combs and a bodyguard entered the house whereas she remained within the automobile. She referred to as Cassie to warn her, saying, “He introduced me right here with a gun to kill Cudi.” She added that she may hear Cudi within the background exclaiming, “He’s in my home?”
Based on Clark, when Combs returned to the automobile, he seized her cellphone and demanded to know who she had referred to as. Moments later, upon listening to Cudi’s automobile approaching, Combs and his safety workforce allegedly fled the scene, halting their pursuit after recognizing close by police.
Afterward, Clark claimed Combs threatened his entourage, ordering them to persuade Cudi he hadn’t been concerned: “Should you don’t persuade him it wasn’t me, I’ll kill all of you,” she quoted him as saying.
Clark’s testimony provides to mounting allegations from a number of witnesses in a case that federal prosecutors say reveals a sprawling felony enterprise orchestrated by Combs. The 55-year-old hip-hop icon is accused of main a racketeering operation involving sexual abuse, intimidation, and violent retribution.
Clark additionally recounted the worry she felt throughout her first day on the job in 2004, when Combs allegedly took her to Central Park late at night time and threatened her life over previous associations with rival artists. “If it turns into an issue, I’ll should kill you,” she testified he stated.
She went on to element a harrowing expertise weeks later by which she was allegedly held in a virtually empty Manhattan constructing and compelled to bear 5 days of lie detector checks after diamond jewellery she was carrying for Combs went lacking on a flight to Miami. Clark stated she was warned, “Should you fail this take a look at, they’re going to throw you within the East River.”
Clark was employed by Combs on and off between 2004 and 2018.
Combs has pleaded not responsible to the costs, which embody a number of counts associated to intercourse trafficking, bodily abuse, and conspiracy. If convicted, he may face 15 years to life in jail.
The trial continues this week as extra witnesses are anticipated to testify.
