One of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former employees claims the hip-hop mogul kidnapped her at gunpoint before breaking into rapper Kid Cudi’s home in a plot to assassinate his love rival.
Capricorn Clark, who worked for Mr Combs intermittently for over a decade, testified at his trial that the defendant and a security guard arrived at her flat in 2011 and forced her to drive with them to Kid Cudi’s residence.
“Get dressed,” she remembered Mr Combs urging. “We’re going to go kill this [expletive].” She also told the court that Diddy threatened to murder her on her first day working for him.
Mr Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation for prostitution.
The Kid Cudi incident was first brought up in the trial last week, when the rapper, whose real name is Scott Mescudi, entered the stand to testify against Combs.
He described his involvement with Mr Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, an alleged break-in at his Los Angeles house, and an event in which his Porsche was damaged by a Molotov cocktail, which he felt Mr Combs had organised.
If convicted of federal racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution, Diddy faces up to life in prison.
The rapper has disputed allegations in a slew of civil cases, some of which parallel those made in his criminal prosecution.
Ms Clark, who was global brand director for Diddy’s Bad Boy Entertainment, testified on Tuesday that the hip-hop mogul visited her home in 2011 after discovering Ms Ventura was in a relationship with Mr Mescudi.
Mr Combs was holding a gun when he arrived, she added, and appeared “livid” and told her “we’re going to kill” Mr Mescudi.
She claimed in court that he forced her to get into a car and accompany them against her will, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
