The Diddy trial: Kid Cudi, and ‘Mr. Combs's kingdom’
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🗓️ 23 May 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Federal prosecutors called a slew of witnesses this week to bolster their racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking case against Sean “Diddy” Combs. Many of them corroborated incidents that Combs’s ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura described in her testimony last week – but others added details that pushed against her narrative that he was controlling and coerced her into sex acts. And musician Kid Cudi took the stand to talk about the molotov cocktail he said was thrown into his Porsche.
Style reporter Anne Branigin breaks down the key testimony from this week and how the trial is going for each side so far.
Today’s show was produced by Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Reena Flores and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks to Carla Spartos and Shayna Jacobs.
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| 1:23.9 | When people testify in federal court, there's usually a uniform. |
| 1:30.2 | Most witnesses are dressed in professional attire. Men take the stand wearing suits. |
| 1:36.4 | That's been the case for most of the witnesses called in the trial of music mogul Sean Diddy Combs. |
| 1:46.1 | Then there was rapper Kid Cutty. He was quite a presence on the stand, I think a unique presence, certainly. |
| 1:53.6 | You know, he showed up to court in a, just like some light jeans, a white shirt, and a black leather jacket, |
| 1:57.5 | which he wore on the stand when he was delivering his testimony. |
| 2:04.2 | Anne Branigan has been reporting on the Combs trial in New York for the post, and she was there on Thursday when the government called up their witness, Scott Meskiddy, the musician |
| 2:09.6 | also known as Kid Cuddy. |
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