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Sean "Diddy" Combs' former assistant Capricorn Clark testified that the music mogul allegedly threatened to kill Kid Cudi after he found out about his relationship with Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura.
Clark was called to the witness stand on Tuesday, May 27, to talk about her experiences working as Combs' assistant from 2004 to 2012 and then again in 2016 as Cassie's brand manager. During her testimony, Clark told the jury she found out Cassie was dating Cudi after she brought him to her apartment. She told Cassie to delete texts about her relationship because Combs paid for their phones, and advised against going out in public with Cudi.
"She text me they were going to this public place in LA," Clark told the prosecutor. "I told her it was a bad idea, and to delete the text... If Mr. Combs learned about Mr. Mescudi - I mean, Mr. Combs paid for my phone, and hers. I took Cassie to Best Buy to get a burner phone."
Clark also recalled the moment when Combs discovered Cassie and Cudi's relationship. She told the jury that Combs banged on her door between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. on December 22, 2011. She said he had a gun in his hand and remembered him saying, "We're going to kill this n***a."
"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 told the jury. "I said I didn't want to go. He said, I don't give a f**k what you want - get dressed."
She confirmed that Combs and his bodyguard Ruben entered Cudi's house in Hollywood Hills that day, which aligns with the rapper's testimony. She also said Combs forced her to try to convince Cudi not to file a police report. Clark did was she was told. She told Cudi, "If you tell on him, he'll hurt us all." Later on, Clark testified that she saw Combs beating and kicking Cassie at his home. She said Combs had threatened to injure her if she intervened, so she called Cassie's mother and told her to call the police.
Clark said Combs threatened her at least fifty times when she worked for him. She told the jury about the first time Combs allegedly threatened to kill her shortly after she began working for him. Due to her previous work for Death Row founder Suge Knight, Clark said Combs and a bodyguard named "Uncle Paulie" took her to Central Park after dark and allegedly threatened to end her life "if anything happened."
Clark told the jury her employment as Combs' assistant ended in 2012 after she received a termination letter. She said she was accused of not properly requesting the vacation she was on. She said she lost all her benefits, including her 401K and even her car.