Kid Cudi said Wednesday that he only testified during Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial because he was subpoenaed.
“I was just there because I had to be,” the rapper-producer, whose government name is Scott Mescudi, said during a Wednesday episode of Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy” podcast. “I hated every minute of it.”
Mescudi was one of several witnesses in Combs’ trial in which federal prosecutors in New York argued against Combs on five charges, including racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Last month, the jury ultimately found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and not guilty of the other three. His sentencing is set for October.
Mescudi, who briefly dated singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in 2011, said he was asked twice to testify in the trial and declined both times. The government then subpoenaed him, leading to his explosive testimony where he described Combs as “a Marvel supervillain.”
Ventura, a former long-time partner of Combs, was key to the trial because she filed a damning lawsuit against him. Though it was quickly settled, it laid the groundwork for dozens of others to come forward with their own allegations against the mogul.
Mescudi claimed that Combs blew up his luxury vehicle and broke into his house during his short romance with Ventura.
On the podcast, Mescudi said his relationship with Ventura was “just chaotic and intense.”
“I was already out of my mind dealing with my own personal shit. So I was really just like, ‘Fuck it.’ I was just willing to walk into the fire,” he said. “Over the years, I just thought about it as just some wild shit that happened in my rock-and-roll life.”
He added that he kept Ventura in mind during his testimony.
“I’ve always just wanted to see her thrive and do well and be happy because I know she was living a nightmare,” he said. “And I was just there to support her. That’s what kind of gave me peace with it when I sat down in that chair.
During his testimony, Mescudi said he “knew Sean Combs was violent.”
At one point, defense attorney Brian Steel asked Mescudi if he believed Ventura played both him and Combs. Mescudi responded with, “True.”
Mescudi also said he and Ventura’s relationship ended because “the drama was too out of hand.” He recently got married, and elaborates more about his relationship with Ventura in his newly released memoir, “Cudi: The Memoir.”
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