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Sean Combs: Cash in a brown paper bag and a disruption in court.

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A man who worked security at the hotel where Sean Combs was caught on video beating Cassie Ventura testified that Combs paid $100,000 for what he thought was the only copy of it.

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0:00.0

This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial.

0:09.6

He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Tuesday, June 3rd.

0:17.7

Today at the federal courthouse in downtown New York, the testimony turned from violence to finance.

0:23.8

First up, was a security guard who was working at the Los Angeles Hotel in 2016 when Combs beat up his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a hallway.

0:33.7

Something Combs apologized for after surveillance video of the incident leaked to CNN.

0:39.1

My behavior on that video is inexcusable.

0:42.7

I'm truly sorry.

0:44.1

But the security guard wasn't there to testify about what he saw on the video.

0:48.7

He was there to testify about his involvement in the sale of that video to Combs.

0:57.7

It was a story that involved cash-filled brown paper bags,

1:02.8

and a nickname Combs had for the security guard at the hotel, My Angel.

1:07.0

NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas is here to fill us in.

1:07.5

Hey, Chloe.

1:08.3

Hey, Andrea.

1:12.2

So you're actually joining us from a different courthouse today since you're doing double duty at the Combs and the Harvey Weinstein trials. That is right. So I'm relying on our

1:19.6

brilliant NBC news journalists who are inside the courtroom for Diddy. We'll be talking to an NBC news

1:26.0

producer in a little bit about a disruption

1:28.4

that happened earlier this morning at Combs' trial before the jury came in. But first, Chloe,

1:34.2

tell us about this hotel security guard. Combs's so-called Angel. His name is Eddie Garcia.

1:40.8

That's right. So he's been granted immunity to testify. And Eddie is this security guard who had

1:47.9

worked at the Intercontinental Hotel. And in March of 2016, he was 24 years old. And his job was to

1:54.5

watch these security cameras. And so this particular day, he got to work in the afternoon. And he was

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