Sean “Diddy” Combs in court; his former assistant Capricorn Clark. Credit :

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• The third week of Sean Combs’ trial began on Tuesday, May 27
• The prosecution is continuing to build its sex trafficking and racketeering case against the music mogul
• Combs’ former assistant Capricorn Clark testified how she remembers him threatening to kill rapper Kid Cudi

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura and Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ relationship was the topic of conversation when his former assistant met with his attorneys to discuss working for him again.

In April 2024, after federal agents had raided Combs’ homes in Miami and Los Angeles, Capricorn Clark and her lawyer met with his attorneys to discuss coming back to work for him as his chief of staff, she testified on Tuesday, May 27, at the rap mogul’s federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial.

During cross-examination, Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo asked Clark about part of the discussion they had during that meeting, when Clark said she told Ventura that she should leave Combs and date other people, given their tumultuous relationship.

Ventura replied that “Jay-Z was taken” and asked her “who would she date?” Clark testified, confirming to Agnifilo that she had told him about that alleged exchange.

She didn’t say when this conversation between her and Ventura took place.

Earlier in the day, Clark testified about how Combs allegedly came to her house with a gun one morning in December 2011 and wanted her to go with him to kill Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi.

Combs was allegedly livid because Mescudi had briefly dated Ventura while he and Ventura were on a break during their 11-year relationship.

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Combs is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Combs could face up to life in prison if he is convicted on all counts. Since his arrest, he has been held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

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