Diddy's so-called angel takes the stand and reveals an alleged bribe that could be the

tip-in-point in the prosecution's case.

Tonight on a special edition of Laura Coates live, Diddy on trial.

Good evening and welcome. I'm Laura Coates right here in New York City tonight, and we are at

day 15 of the Diddy trial. It cuts straight to the heart of the government's racketeering case

and alleged $100,000 cash alleged bribe to bury video of him assaulting Cassie Ventura in that hotel. And the claim came from

a guy Diddy himself once called Eddie, my angel. My team of legal experts and court insiders

is standing by to unpack whether that testimony moved the needle on the prosecution's central

argument that Diddy ran a criminal enterprise.

Just what everything we heard today tied back to that central question.

The day's big witness was a former security officer at the Intercontinental Hotel.

He said Diddy paid him $100,000 to fork over what he thought was the one and only copy of a video

of Cassie's assault. We also heard from someone inside Diddy's Business Empire, the former

chief financial officer of Bad Boy Entertainment. Now, he claimed everything he did for the

company was totally above board. And the jury saw a $20,000 wire transfer from

Cassie's dad to Diddy, which was sent back days later. We heard that before, remember from

earlier testimony. But prosecution really wanted the jury to focus on this, that surveillance

video, first obtained by CNN exclusively,

showing Diddy beating Cassie Ventura in 2016, and specifically what Diddy allegedly did to make sure that it would never get out.

That same day the assault happened, a former security officer for the Intercontinental Hotel,

Eddie Garcia, testified the phone, well, it started ringing, and a lot.

The calls were from Diddy Chief of Staff, Christina Karam.

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