SEAN “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant, who once called the music mogul “the devil,” has taken the stand as the next witness in his federal sex trafficking trial.
The third week of testimony in Combs’ federal trial resumed on Tuesday following a four-day break for the Memorial Day holiday.
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Over a dozen witnesses, including Combs’ ex-girlfriend and singer Cassandra “Cassie” Ventura, have taken the stand throughout the trial’s first two weeks, giving harrowing testimony against the Bad Boy Records executive, 55.
Capricorn Clark, another of Combs’ former employees, was called to the stand to testify for the prosecution on Tuesday.
Clark, the former director of marketing for Combs, told the courtroom that she worked for the music executive for over a decade, from 2004 to 2012.
Clark’s name was mentioned in the courtroom during rapper Kid Cudi’s testimony on Thursday.
Cudi, born Scott Mescudi, testified that Clark called him in December 2011 to warn him that Combs and another associate were at his home in Los Angeles after the music mogul learned that he was dating Ventura.
The rapper told jurors that he met Ventura after she was allegedly involved in a domestic violence incident with Combs.
Cudi and Ventura went to the Sunset Marquis hotel, and while there, the rapper told jurors that he received a call from Clark, who he said sounded “very scared.”
Clark said Combs and one of his associates had “forced” her to come with them to break into the home, Mescudi testified.
Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges as prosecutors continue to paint him as the ringleader of a criminal enterprise.
He has denied all allegations against him and insists he’s only engaged in consensual sex.
The federal trial is expected to last eight weeks.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network) at 800-656-HOPE (4673).
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Court has adjourned for the day
The judge has excused the jury for the day.
Capricorn Clark has wrapped up her testimony and is off the witness stand.
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Assistant’s job with 50 Cent fell through
Capicorn Clark testified how Chris Lighty’s job offer to work for 50 Cent fell through after the renowned producer died on August 30, 2012, the day she was supposed to start.
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Witness under re-direct
The defense has wrapped up its questioning of Combs’ former assistant, Capricorn Clark.
Clark is now under re-direct of prosecutors.
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Vacation with Rihanna
Capricorn Clark said that after she was fired from Sean Combs’ company in 2012, she vacationed in the South of France and Italy with Rihanna.
She then testified that she was hired by producer Chris Lighty to work for 50 Cent.
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Courtroom sketches from cross-examination
Sean Combs speaking with his legal teamCredit: Reuters 
Combs’ lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, conducts cross-examination of Capricorn ClarkCredit: Reuters -
‘Car chase’
During cross-examination, Capricorn Clark said that they saw a black Porsche coming up the hill as she, Combs, and his associate were at Kid Cudi’s Hollywood Hills home.
“[Kid] Cudi is in the black Porsche,” Clark testified.
“He stops next to us, then speeds off. We chase him.”
Clark said Cudi eventually evades Combs after they turn away and then see police pass them by on the road.
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Assistant said Cassie grew more entitled as she dated Diddy
Capricorn Clark told the courtroom that she believed Cassie became more entitled as her relationship with Combs grew.
“She went from being a sweet model to being a feisty girlfriend,” she told jurors.
Clark added that Cassie’s “expectation level was increasing” as her status changed to Combs’ girlfriend.
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Capricorn Clark says Cassie lacked talent
Sean Combs’ former assistant, Capricorn Clark, testified that Combs helped his ex-girlfriend’s career on Tuesday.
“I think she had talent and was a very beautiful girl,” Clark told jurors about Cassie.
However, when Combs’ lawyer Marc Agnifilo pressed, Clark said Cassie wasn’t talented.
“I have taste,” Clark explained.
She said Cassie was more of a “studio artist” because she mixed and equalized her vocal recordings, adding that she was “less of a live performer.”
Clark testified that Cassie “preferred to be with her boyfriend” rather than work.
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Cassie Ventura ‘rushes to hospital’
As Capricorn Clark testifies about Cassie Ventura’s relationship, Cassie has reportedly gone to the hospital.
The singer was rushed to a New York hospital on Tuesday and she’s in the labor and delivery unit, according to TMZ.
Cassie is eight months pregnant and had a big baby bump when she testified in Sean Combs’ federal trial for four days straight earlier this month.
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Court is back
Capricorn Clark is back on the stand.
Sean Combs’ defense lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, is questioning her about her relationship with Cassie Ventura.
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Clark said Combs ‘charged’ at her
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant, Capricon Clark, testified that Combs once shoved her about 30 yards at his Miami Beach home.
Clark said she complained “I hate it here” in front of Combs’ chef, which the chef relayed to the hip hop mogul.
“He immediately looked at me and said, ‘You hate it here?’ and he charged me,” Clark told the jury on Tuesday.
“He ran towards me with his hands open and charged at my shoulders.”
Clark testified she stopped working for Combs after the alleged violent attack.
“That was crossing my boundary,” Clark said on the stand.
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The courtroom will be on an extended lunch break
Jurors will enjoy an extended lunch break at the prosecution’s request.
Prosecutors asked Judge Subramanian for a longer lunch, saying they have not been able to eat lunch.
The government said they’re case is running ahead of schedule, and it may be closer to five weeks than six weeks, as planned.
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What witnesses are expected to take the stand next?
Several members of the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department are expected to testify for the government following Capricorn Clark’s testimony.
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Court breaks for lunch
Judge Arun Subramanian called for a lunch break.
The court will return at 1 pm with Clark still under cross-examination.
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50 Cent responds to name mention in Diddy’s trial
Rapper 50 Cent has responded to his name being mentioned during Capricon Clark’s testimony on Tuesday.
50 Cent posted a picture of himself on set with the caption: “Cut, CUT Wait a minute PUFFY’s got a gun, I can’t believe this I don’t feel safe LOL.”
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Diddy’s stylist also went through a lie detector test’
Clark testified that the stolen jewelry was “still on a loan from Jacob the Jeweler.”
She told the courtroom that Combs’ stylist, Mike B., also went through a lie detector test the next day.
Clark said she never told human resources about the five-day lie detector test ordeal.
“I got fired for 3 weeks,” she testified.
When asked how she got “unfired,” Clark said she returned as Combs’ personal assistant after being invited to “work on his 35th birthday at Cipriani, to do the celebrity list.”
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Assistant gets into detail about missing jewelry incident
During cross-examination, Capricorn Clark told the defense that the missing jewelry incident occurred about four months after she began working for Sean Combs.
“On the 4th of July, he threw a white party at his home on the Hamptons that year,” Clark testified.
The former assistant said the jewelry went missing after the July 4th event.
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Court has returned
The courtroom is back from its brief break.
Marc Agnifilo, Sean Combs’ lead defense attorney, is conducting Capricorn Clark’s cross-examination.
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Assistant fired in 2012 and “threatened” by Diddy
Before the direct examination of Clark ended, the former assistant testified about Combs firing her during the fall of 2012.
Clark told prosecutors that after she was fired, Combs told her, “That I would never work again, that he would show me that all these people weren’t my friends, that he would make me kill myself.”
She said she returned to work for Combs in 2016 because she could not find employment elsewhere.
Clark said she returned as Cassie’s creative director, but reported to Combs, who would approve all of the singer’s projects.
The former assistant testified that she noticed an increase in Cassie’s drug use during that time.
Clark told prosecutors she left the position in 2018, which was the last time she worked with Cassie.
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Prosecutors end questioning of Combs’ former assistant
The prosecution had wrapped up its questioning of Capricorn Clark.
The court is taking a brief break and will return with the defense conducting cross-examination of the witness.
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Diddy threatened assistant not to intervene in Cassie’s ‘beatdown’
As Clark stood five feet away from Combs physically abusing Cassie, she said he told her, “If you jump in, I’m going to f**k you up too.”
Clark said that after Combs kicked her out of her place, she called Regina Ventura, Cassie’s mother.
“I told her, he’s kicking the s**t out of your daughter. I can’t call the police, but you can.”
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Assistant and Cassie went to see Cudi after home break-in
Capricorn Clark said that after she went to pick up Cassie, they went to Kid Cudi’s and “tried to convince him not to file a police report.”
“If you tell on him, he’ll hurt us,” Clark said they told Cudi.
The former assistant said that after she and Cassie returned to Combs’ house, she witnessed him “kicking Cassie again and again.”
Clark described seeing Cassie “in a fetal position.”
“Mr. Combs kicked her all the way to the street. She was crying silently,” she testified.
Clark told prosecutors that Combs had been kicking Cassie in her “back and backside.”
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‘He had me and wouldn’t let me go’
Clark testified that after rapper Kid Cudi arrived at his home, she, Sean Combs, and his security guard “drove off” and “saw police driving the other way, towards Cudi.”
“Puff was pulling himself together,” she recalled.
“We stopped at the Key Club, and he told me to call Cassie.”
When asked what Combs told her to tell Cassie, Clark told prosecutors, “That he had me and wouldn’t let me go.”
Clark said Cassie told Combs, “Ok, come get me. She was calm.”
The former assistant said Combs told her to convince Kid Cudi not to file a police report.
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Assistant called Cassie while Diddy was in Kid Cudi’s home, she testified
Clark told prosecutors that Combs and his security guard went inside Kid Cudi’s home when they arrived at the property.
When asked by prosecutors what she did, Clark said, “I called Cassie on her burner.
“I said, Cassie, where the f**k? I told her Puff was at Cudi’s house.
“Then I changed her number in my phone to my best friend Stormy.”
Clark said when Combs returned, he took her phone and called the last number.
“Then I saw [Kid] Cudi driving up – Mr. Combs saw my face and said, ‘There’s that n***a right there!'”
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Combs finds out about Kid Cudi and Cassie
Clark said that on December 22, 2011, between 5:30 and 6 am, she heard banging at her apartment door.
When she opened the door, Clark testified that she saw Combs “pacing with a gun in his hand.”
“He came into my apartment and said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me? Who is Scott?’ I said, I don’t know any Scott,” Clark testified.
She told jurors that she told Combs, who had a gun in his hand, that “she didn’t want to go,” but he sharply responded, “I don’t give a f**k what you want – get dressed.”
