Kid Cudi says he ‘hated every minute’ of testifying in Diddy trial
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'I thought about, when I was up there. I'm here to support Cassie, and Cassie is my friend,' Kid Cudi said of coming to terms with taking the stand.
Rapper Kid Cudi is opening up about his experience testifying at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial in May.
The Pursuit of Happiness rapper (real name Scott Mescudi) told Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper that he “hated every minute of it,” marking the first time he has spoken out about his time at Combs’ trial.
Mescudi said that he turned down testifying twice but had to take the stand once he was subpoenaed. The 41-year-old rapper previously dated Cassie Ventura, Combs’ ex-girlfriend, in 2011, and testified about their brief relationship that took place 14 years ago.
“I was just there because I had to be,” Mescudi told Cooper. “I hated every minute of it. I did not want to do it.”
But he did make it clear that he wanted to “support Cassie,” who was a key witness in Combs’ trial.
Mescudi took the stand on May 22 and testified that Combs broke into his Hollywood Hills home in 2011 after finding out he was dating his ex-girlfriend, Ventura, and said he was sure Combs was behind the firebombing of his car weeks later.
The Grammy-winning rapper told Cooper that he felt “calm” on the stand.
Mescudi spoke about coming to terms with the fact that he was there to testify in support of Ventura.
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