Diddy attorneys ask judge to strike out Kid Cudi's bombshell testimony
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Lawyers representing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs have requested a judge to invalidate testimony given by fellow rapper Kid Cudi, in which he accused the music tycoon of setting fire to his car.

During Diddy’s sex trafficking trial, Kid Cudi shockingly disclosed that his $140,000 Porsche was destroyed in an explosion after Diddy discovered he was romantically involved with his girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

The artist, known as Kid Cudi whose real name is Scott Mescudi, informed the jury that Diddy had trespassed into his home months earlier and that his car blew up shortly after he ended his relationship with Ventura due to concerns about Diddy’s alleged dangerous nature.

But now, Diddy’s lawyers have argued theories that he was involved in the firebombing are simply speculation, and has asked the judge to instruct jurors to disregard the statement.

In a seven-page letter to the court seen by DailyMail.com, Diddy’s lawyers state: ‘Scott Mescudi’s opinion that Mr. Combs was ‘lying’ about his Porsche was erroneously admitted and should be stricken from the record.’

‘A witness generally cannot testify that in his opinion, a declarant was lying when making a statement.’

Kid Cudi had told the court he had no proof or knowledge that Diddy or any of his associates were at his home the day of the firebombing.

He had approached Diddy about the incident and Diddy claimed to have no knowledge of it. His lawyers took issue with Kid Cudi telling jurors he believed Diddy was lying.

Kid Cudi sensationally revealed on the stand of Diddy's sex trafficking trial last week that his $140,000 Porsche was blown up after the hip hop mogul found out he had been seeing his girlfriend, Cassie Ventura

Kid Cudi sensationally revealed on the stand of Diddy’s sex trafficking trial last week that his $140,000 Porsche was blown up after the hip hop mogul found out he had been seeing his girlfriend, Cassie Ventura 

Diddy is on trial accused of a host of sex trafficking and racketeering charges. His ex, Cassie Ventura (pictured together) has testified

Diddy is on trial accused of a host of sex trafficking and racketeering charges. His ex, Cassie Ventura (pictured together) has testified 

Diddy's lawyers have argued theories that he was involved in the firebombing are simply speculation, and has asked the judge to instruct jurors to disregard the statement

Diddy’s lawyers have argued theories that he was involved in the firebombing are simply speculation, and has asked the judge to instruct jurors to disregard the statement

The judge has not yet ruled on the request.

Jurors have heard chilling testimony from Ventura herself as well as a host of other witnesses about Diddy’s alleged behavior during their relationship.  

Ventura testified that Diddy made an explicit threat about Mescudi after discovering she had been seeing him.

Ventura claimed that Diddy said he was ‘he was going to hurt Scott and I’ so she broke things off with Mescudi over Christmas 2011 while with her family in Connecticut.

‘It was too much,’ Ventura said. ‘Too much danger, too much uncertainty about what could happen if we continued to see each other.

‘Sean said to me he was going to hurt both of us. I took that in my mind that if I stay in this situation we’ll both be hurt.

According to Ventura during that time ‘Sean mentioned that when we were out of the country that Scott’s car would be blown up and his friends would be there to see it.’

In Ventura’s lawsuit against Diddy, which she filed in 2023 and settled the next day for $20 million, she stated that he ‘blew up a man’s car after he learned that he was romantically interested in (her).’  

Photos presented to the jury showed the red leather seats covered in black charred stains

Photos presented to the jury showed the red leather seats covered in black charred stains

The door was also covered in black smoke from the January 2012 attack

The door was also covered in black smoke from the January 2012 attack

Ventura claimed that Diddy said he was 'he was going to hurt Scott and I' so she broke things off with Mescudi over Christmas 2011 while with her family in Connecticut

Ventura claimed that Diddy said he was ‘he was going to hurt Scott and I’ so she broke things off with Mescudi over Christmas 2011 while with her family in Connecticut

According to Mescudi, he broke up with Ventura in late 2011 ‘for her safety, for my safety…because I knew Sean Combs was violent.’

But on January 9th 2012 at 6.30am, Mescudi got a call from his dog sitter saying his Porsche was on fire.

The jury was shown photos of the car showing the door covered in black smoke, the red leather seats covered in black stains and the roof slashed.

A Los Angeles Fire Department report from the time said that the Porsche was set on fire by an ‘incendiary device’ and that the cause was ‘intentional.’

Mescudi said that he arranged a meeting with Combs the next day at SoHo House in Hollywood because things were getting ‘out of hand.’

Asked why he wanted to call Diddy, Mescudi said: ‘I knew he had something to do with it.’

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