音乐家兼演员卡迪小子周四在肖恩“吹牛老爹”库姆斯一案中出庭作证性交易和敲诈审判证明这位说唱大亨在愤怒和嫉妒之下闯入他的家，他认为是他的高端跑车的燃烧弹。
在这场众星云集的审判中，证词可能会发挥关键作用，因为检察官试图建立一个案件，即库姆斯使用暴力和威胁来经营一个犯罪企业，他用这个企业来伤害他的对手，并保护他建立的娱乐和文化王国。
卡迪小子的法定姓名是斯科特·梅斯卡迪，他告诉陪审员，他在2011年和明星证人、库姆斯的前女友凯茜·温图拉有过短暂的约会。根据他的证词，由于库姆斯的威胁，浪漫被取消，但梅斯卡迪说，他怀疑库姆斯仍然协调了他的汽车燃烧弹，以向对手音乐家发出信息。
“我知道尚恩·库姆斯很暴力，”梅斯卡迪说，并补充说，文图拉向他吐露，库姆斯“会打她，有时会踢她。”
库姆斯的律师否认他参与了所谓的燃烧弹袭击，梅斯库迪作证说，库姆斯说，当他们在2012年会面以解决他们的分歧时，他不知道这一事件。梅斯库迪讲述了他如何在洛杉矶的一家高级俱乐部遇到库姆斯，发现这位说唱大亨“像一个漫威超级恶棍一样双手背在背后盯着窗外”，这引起了法庭上的笑声
检察官指控库姆斯犯下包括纵火在内的多项罪行，以策划一场庞大的犯罪阴谋。库姆斯否认了对他的指控，并辩称无罪。审判于周四结束了第三周，法官让陪审团在阵亡将士纪念日周末休息。
卡迪小子说他认为库姆斯烧了他的车，闯入了他的家
据梅斯库迪说，梅斯库迪和文图拉的关系很短暂，但库姆斯的暴力威胁促使他和文图拉不再见面。
梅斯卡迪说，在与这位歌手兼模特开始了一段与库姆斯分分合合多年的恋情后，他突然接到了来自文图拉的电话，警告库姆斯已经知道他们在约会。
“我很困惑，但她让我去接她。她在电话里听起来很紧张，害怕，紧张。所以我去接她，”梅斯卡迪作证说，他很快接到库姆斯助手的电话，告诉他库姆斯闯入了他的家。
“我说，‘我————，你在我的房子里?”他说，‘怎么了?’‘你在我家吗?我只想跟你说“我现在正在过来的路上，”他作证说。
梅斯库迪说，他很快开车回家，但没有找到库姆斯，尽管有他访问的痕迹。他说，他给家人买的圣诞礼物被打开了，他的狗被锁在浴室里。
梅斯卡迪说，他和文图拉最终分手了，因为“事情变得无法控制”，他担心他们的安全。
文图拉在上周的证词中说，库姆斯威胁说，如果他们的关系继续下去，就要伤害她和梅斯库迪，并发誓要炸毁对手说唱歌手的汽车。梅斯卡迪作证说，他怀疑库姆斯在2012年初实施了威胁，他告诉陪审员，有人切开了他的保时捷软顶，在里面放了一个点燃的莫洛托夫鸡尾酒。当检察官将烧焦车辆的多张照片作为证据时，陪审员们看到了那一事件的结果。
梅斯库迪说，几天后，他在洛杉矶的SoHo House与库姆斯会面，讨论这一事件。他的目标是和解，但库姆斯声称他不知道燃烧弹。
“我们站起来，握了握手，当我和他握手时，我说‘我们该拿我的车怎么办?’”梅斯库迪说他冷冷地看着我，说‘我不知道你在说什么。''
多年后，梅斯库迪说，他在苏豪楼再次遇到库姆斯，库姆斯说他想“为一切道歉”
库姆斯的助手说，他在目睹虐待后辞职了
审判于周四开始，康姆斯的私人助理乔治·卡普兰回到证人席上。根据豁免协议作证，因此他不会因他承认的任何事情而被起诉，卡普兰说他在15个月后离开，因为在这位大亨多次暴力行为后，他再也不能继续为库姆斯“解决”问题。
卡普兰作证说，他三次看到库姆斯变得暴力，包括一次他被传唤到库姆斯的卧室，却发现文图拉在床上哭泣和受伤。他还回忆说，在飞往拉斯维加斯的航班上，他看到库姆斯将一个威士忌酒杯举过文图拉的头顶，2015年的另一个例子是，一个“非常愤怒”的库姆斯向他的另一个女朋友扔苹果。
卡普兰在解释他离开库姆斯团队的决定时说:“我对这几个月来看到的身体行为感到不舒服。”。
因为为库姆斯工作是他的第一份专业工作，卡普兰说他觉得自己不能干预，担心他可能会破坏他认为可能是他进入娱乐圈的大门。
“在我内心深处，我知道发生了什么，我感到内疚，我没有做任何事情来阻止它，”他告诉陪审员。
第四个证人说她目击了康姆斯虐待文图拉
检察官传唤化妆师迈拉·莫拉莱斯(Mylah Morales)就2010年的一起事件作证，当时库姆斯据称在他们的酒店套房里袭击了文图拉。根据莫拉莱斯的说法，库姆斯在一夜外出后冲进了他们在贝弗利山庄酒店租的房间。
“她在哪儿?”根据莫拉莱斯的证词，库姆斯据称在走进文图拉所在的卧室并关上门之前大喊大叫。
莫拉莱斯说，在库姆斯离开酒店房间之前，她听到了“叫喊和尖叫”。她说事故发生后，文图拉的眼睛肿了，嘴唇破了，“头上有疙瘩”。
据莫拉莱斯说，事件发生后，文图拉陪了她几天以恢复健康。根据她的证词，莫拉莱斯作证说，一位当医生的朋友检查了文图拉，看她是否有脑震荡，并建议她去急诊室，但文图拉据称表示，“她希望不要去急诊室。”
在反诘问中，库姆斯的律师强调说，莫拉莱斯没有直接目睹所谓的攻击，因为她在卧室外面。
莫拉莱斯的证词标志着第四个证人告诉陪审团，他们看到库姆斯对妇女实施暴力行为。早些时候的目击者道恩·理查德和凯瑞·摩根声称，他们目睹库姆斯虐待文图拉，卡普兰作证说，他说他看到库姆斯对文图拉和另一名妇女施暴。
检察官将他们的证人名单下移
周四下午，联邦检察官传唤了另外两名证人，包括一名对属于文图拉的电子设备进行分析的联邦特工和贝弗利山庄一家豪华酒店的经理。
L'Ermitage Beverly Hills的总经理弗雷德里克·泽莫尔(Frederick Zemmour)说，库姆斯经常住在这家酒店，他的客人资料指出了一些其他目击者所说的以毒品为燃料的性派对的特征，这些派对被称为库姆斯将举办的“古怪聚会”。
“总是在所有东西上洒蜡烛，使用过量的油，在离开房间进行深度清洁时把房间弄得乱七八糟，”Zemmour说，引用了酒店在梳子上保存的笔记。
当文图拉上周作证时，她说库姆斯经常在比佛利山庄的埃尔米塔格酒店预订房间招待“怪人”。她讲述了一个例子，据说库姆斯要求她进入一个装满“润滑油和油”的充气池。
"你想泡在婴儿油里吗?"检察官艾米丽·约翰逊问道。
“不，尤其是在那样的旅馆房间里。真是一团糟，”文图拉在证人席上说。
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The musician and actor Kid Cudi took the stand on Thursday in Sean "Diddy" Combssex trafficking and racketeering trialto testify that the rap mogul, in a fit of rage and jealousy, broke into his home and he believed coordinated the firebombing of his high-end sports car.
The testimony in the star-studded trial could play a critical role as prosecutors attempt to build a case that Combs used violence and threats to run a criminal enterprise that he used to hurt his rivals and protect the entertainment and cultural kingdom he had built.
Kid Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, told jurors that he briefly dated star witness and Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura in 2011. The romance was called off, according to his testimony, because of Combs' threats, but Mescudi said he suspected that Combs nevertheless coordinated the firebombing of his car to send a message to the rival musician.
"I knew Sean Combs was violent," said Mescudi, adding that Ventura confided in him that Combs "would hit her, sometimes kick her."
Combs' lawyers have denied that he had any involvement in the alleged firebombing, and Mescudi testified that Combs said he was unaware of the incident when they met in 2012 to hash out their differences. Mescudi elicited a few laughs from the courtroom as he described how he met Combs in an exclusive club in Los Angeles, finding the rap mogul "staring out the window with his hands behind his back like a Marvel supervillain."
Prosecutors have alleged that Combs committed multiple crimes, including arson, to orchestrate a sprawling criminal conspiracy. Combs has denied the charges against him and pleaded not guilty. The trial ended its third week Thursday, as the judge released the jury for an extended Memorial Day weekend break.
Kid Cudi says he believes Combs torched his car, broke into his home
Mescudi's relationship with Ventura was brief, but it was marked by violent threats from Combs that prompted him and Ventura to stop seeing one another, according to Mescudi.
After starting a romance with the singer and model who was involved with Combs on-and-off for years, Mescudi said he received an abrupt phone call from Ventura to warn that Combs had learned they were seeing each other.
"I was confused but she asked me to pick her up. She sounded really stressed on the phone, scared, nervous. So I went to go pick her up," Mescudi testified, saying that he soon received a call from Combs' assistant informing him that Combs had broken into his home.
"I said, 'M—----, you in my house?' And he said, 'What's up?' 'Are you in my house? I just want to talk to you. I'm on my way over right now,'" he testified.
Mescudi said he quickly drove to his home but did not find Combs, though there were traces of his visit. He said the Christmas gifts he bought for his family had been opened and his dog was locked in the bathroom.
Mescudi said he and Ventura eventually broke up because "things were getting out of hand" and he felt concerned for their safety.
During her testimony last week, Ventura said that Combs threatened to hurt her and Mescudi if their relationship continued and vowed to blow up the car of the rival rapper. Mescudi testified that he suspected Combs followed through with the threat in early 2012, telling jurors that someone had cut the soft top of his Porsche open and placed a lit molotov cocktail inside. Jurors were shown the results of that episode when prosecutors entered into evidence multiple photos of the charred vehicle.
Mescudi said he met to talk with Combs about the incident a few days later at SoHo House Los Angeles. His goal was to reconcile, but Combs claimed he did not know about the firebombing.
"We stood up, shook hands and as I was shaking his hand I said 'What are we going to do about my car?'" Mescudi said. "He looked right back at me, very cold stare, and said 'I don't know what you're talking about.''
Years later, Mescudi said he ran into Combs once again at Soho House, where Combs said he wanted to "apologize for everything."
Combs' assistant says he quit after witnessing abuse
The trial started Thursday with a return to the witness stand of Combs' personal assistant, George Kaplan. Testifying under an immunity deal so he cannot be prosecuted for anything he admits to, Kaplan said he left after 15 months because he could no longer continue "fixing" problems for Combs after the mogul's repeated acts of violence.
Kaplan testified that he saw Combs become violent on three occasions, including one episode when he was summoned to Combs' bedroom only to find Ventura crying and bruised in bed. He also recounted seeing Combs holding a whisky glass over Ventura's head during a flight to Las Vegas and another instance in 2015 when a "very angry" Combs threw apples at another one of his girlfriends.
"I was not comfortable being aligned with the physical behavior I had seen pieces of during the course of the months," Kaplan said, explaining his decision to leave Combs' staff.
Because working for Combs was his first professional job, Kaplan said he didn't feel like he could intervene, worried that he might blow what he thought could be his door into the entertainment industry.
"In my heart of hearts I knew what was happening and I felt an element of guilt that I didn't do anything to stop it," he told jurors.
Fourth witness says she witnesses Combs abuse Ventura
Prosecutors called makeup artist Mylah Morales to testify about a 2010 incident when Combs allegedly assaulted Ventura in their hotel suite. According to Morales, Combs stormed into the room they rented at the Beverly Hills Hotel after a night out.
"Where the f—- is she?" Combs allegedly shouted before he walked into the bedroom where Ventura was and closed the door, according to Morales' testimony.
Morales said she heard "yelling and screaming" before Combs exited the hotel room. She said Ventura had a swollen eye, busted lip, and "knots on her head" after the incident.
According to Morales, Ventura stayed with her for a few days to recover after the incident. Morales testified that a friend who was a doctor checked on Ventura to see if she had a concussion and suggested she visit an emergency room, according to her testimony, but Ventura allegedly said it was "her wish not to go to the ER."
On cross-examination, Combs' lawyers highlighted that Morales did not directly witness the alleged assault because she was outside the bedroom.
The testimony from Morales marks the fourth witness to tell the jury that they saw Combs commit acts of violence towards women. Earlier witnesses Dawn Richard and Kerry Morgan alleged they witnessed Combs abuse Ventura, and Kaplan testified that he said he saw Combs be violent to Ventura and another woman.
Prosecutors move down their witness list
Federal prosecutors called two additional witnesses on Thursday afternoon, including a federal agent who conducted an analysis of electronic devices belonging to Ventura and the manager of a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills.
The general manager of the L'Ermitage Beverly Hills, Frederick Zemmour, said Combs frequently stayed at the hotel, and his guest profile noted some characteristics that other witnesses said were features of the drug-fueled sex parties called "freak offs" that Combs would host.
"Always spills candle wax on everything and uses excessive amounts of oil, place rooms out of order upon departure for deep cleaning," Zemmour said, citing notes the hotel kept on Combs.
When Ventura testified last week, she said Combs often booked rooms at L'Ermitage Beverly Hills to host "freak offs." She recounted one instance when Combs allegedly requested she get into a blowup pool that was filled with "lube and oil."
"Did you want to get into a pool of baby oil?" prosecutor Emily Johnson asked.
"No, especially not in a hotel room like that. It was such a mess," Ventura said on the stand.
