Diddy’s Attorneys Needs Child Cudi’s Porsche Testimony Eliminated

Attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs have filed a movement in his federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial to strike rapper Child Cudi’s testimony, AllHipHop reported.

Child Cudi, actual title Scott Mescudi, testified in federal court docket in regards to the 2012 firebombing of his Porsche. He mentioned a Molotov cocktail destroyed his automobile. Moreover, Cudi testified {that a} prior menace by Combs led to the bombing on account of Cudi’s temporary relationship with Cassie Ventura.

Attorneys for Combs argue that the statements made are speculative and prejudicial to the defendant.

Combs’ protection maintains that the testimonies lack ample proof and are based mostly on private beliefs fairly than factual proof. They argue that such statements mustn’t affect the jury’s decision-making course of. The court docket has but to rule on the movement to strike Cudi’s testimony, and the trial is anticipated to proceed with additional witness testimonies within the coming weeks.

“Mescudi’s hypothesis about Combs’s involvement had minimal probative worth, whereas the hazard of unfair prejudice, notably since he was opining about an final challenge as to which he was the alleged sufferer—whether or not Combs was responsible of arson, one of many charged racketeering acts—was nice,” Combs’s attorneys mentioned in an announcement, Folks reported.

On Might 22, Mescudi posted on X thanking his supporters. The rapper expressed reduction at having the ability to put the “disturbing scenario” behind him.