Burden of Proof: Follow the Money

Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy

ABC News

True Crime, Music, News

4.7 • 972 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today was all about the money, in the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. An Intercontinental Hotel employee testified that Combs paid him $100,000 in cash to hand over the video of Diddy attacking Cassie. Eddy Garcia told the courtroom that the mogul called him “Eddy, my Angel.” Also, longtime Combs’ Enterprises Chief of Finance explained to the jury how business was conducted in the company. Analysis of witness testimony from Brian Buckmire and others on "Burden of Proof: The Case Against Diddy" which streams weekdays at 5:30PM Eastern on ABC News Live. Find it on Disney+, Hulu, or on most of your favorite streaming apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	Hey, it's Brian. Today on Bad Rap, we've got something a little different. A dispatch for my
0:36.2	colleagues over at ABC News Live
0:38.5	and their show, Burden of Proof, the Case Against Diddy.
0:42.4	I think you're really going to like it.
0:44.1	It's more great analysis and insight on the latest in the Sean Diddy Combs trial.
0:49.6	Burden of Proof, the Case Against Diddy, streams weekdays at 5.30 p.m. Eastern on ABC News Live.
0:56.9	Find it on Disney Plus, Hulu, or on most of your favorite streaming apps.
1:01.9	Today, you'll hear me on there with host Eva Pilgrim. Take a listen.
1:28.4	Hi, I'm Eva Pilgrim. Thanks for streaming with us today. It was about the money. Two witnesses taking the stand talking about just that in the sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial against Sean Diddy Combs. A hotel employee testifying under immunity telling the jury, Combs gave him over $100,000 cash for the 2016 surveillance footage
1:34.3	that shows the hip-hop mogul attacking then girlfriend Cassie Ventura
1:38.2	inside a Los Angeles hotel.
1:40.3	Eddie Garcia saying, Combs asked me if I knew who he was and said that something like this
1:45.8	could ruin him. After Garcia got the money, he says Combs told him to not make any big purchases.
1:53.0	We also heard from Combs's former chief financial officer who explained his business.
1:58.2	Combs has denied all allegations in this case. There is a lot to get to,
2:02.7	including a notable witness we expect to testify tomorrow. Also coming up, the former NYPD
2:07.8	detective known as the hip-hop cop. He investigated the murders of rappers, Notorious BIG, and Tupac Shakur.
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