Bad Rap: The Case Against Diddy
Burden of Proof: Diddy Made Death Threats, According to Key Witness
Wed, 28 May 2025
Diddy's former assistant Capricorn Clark takes the stand and testifies that Diddy threatened to kill rapper Kid Cudi. Clark also testifies to being held against her will twice and made to undergo lie detector tests -- repeatedly -- because of suspicion that she stole jewelry loaned to Combs. Analysis of Clark's testimony from Brian Buckmire and others on "Burden of Proof: The Case Against Diddy" which streams weekdays at 5:30PM Eastern on ABC News Live. Find it on Disney+, Hulu, or on most of your favorite streaming apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What did Capricorn Clark testify about?
Yes, I'm going to do exactly what the defense did today and not talk about anything that was bad, and then just switch over to something else. Because that's exactly what the defense did here, and I think that's all you can really do. And instead, they used this witness to try to get information out like, why was Cassie's career on hold? Was she really that talented?
And you had Capricorn Clark say, well, she had talent, but she wasn't talented. I think they're trying to go after the argument of saying that Sean Combs wasn't controlling her career to a point that she couldn't get music out. She said she wasn't that good.
And I think that's another argument that they try to focus on and really just sidestep that issue because they didn't touch that a lot, if at all, on cross-examination.
I mean, she had a hit before she signed with Sean Combs. And so did Vanilla Ice. And not as many. And I think that's what the defense is going to argue. I think because the point she made was she was no Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey. I mean, no one is. Why go there?
I mean, she brought that up on her own. It was a discussion about, so the context was, was she talented or was she not? And then she brought in that Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey comparison and said that Cassie Ventura is what she called a studio artist.
That she was someone who had to be in the studio and have the different technologies alter her voice in a way that made it a product that can be sold. And I have the idea there for the defense is, the reason why her career didn't go so well, that she wasn't good when it came to live performances, which
Many people saw when Cassie did a performance for 106 and Park that she could only be product in a certain way and not in other ways. And that's why her career failed. It wasn't because of the freak ops. It wasn't because of Sean Combs.
Do you think that's a problem at all for the prosecution?
Well, the prosecution is going to be able to deal with it, not just through Ms. Clark, but also through the other witnesses that testify and also Cassie Ventura testified. So you got to think the defense gave it the spin that they could have with this witness because
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Chapter 3: What allegations were made against Diddy?
Chapter 4: Why was Capricorn Clark subjected to lie detector tests?
Yeah, but what's material? Because this is the thing, having been a former prosecutor, 16 years, and a defense attorney now and tried over 100 cases, You're never going to get 100% accuracy when you're dealing with multiple witnesses testifying about the most important thing. But is that a problem for the jury, though? No, what's the most important thing is focus on the material fact.
Not minor inconsistencies, the material fact. The material fact, went to the house to try to shoot up Kid Cudi.
Yeah, but it's not just minor things. There was a whole car chase that was added into it. There were whole arguments that were added to it from different people. So I agree with you. Yes, was the person wearing a green dress or a brown dress? Yeah, that's minor. But it wasn't just minor differences in the stories.
All right, we have to leave it there. We're out of time. Brian, Bernarda, thank you both for being with us. Coming up after 17 witnesses and more than 200 pieces of evidence seen so far, a look at the bombshell moments from inside the courtroom. Stay with us. This is the next phase in my therapeutic work.
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Welcome back. The trial of Sean Diddy Combs is in its third week. Jurors have listened to 10 days of testimony from 17 prosecution witnesses and viewed more than 200 pieces of evidence. We've been following key witness testimony all throughout this trial. Let's take a look at some of the key moments in the trial so far with ABC News contributor Kelly Carter. Kelly, so good to have you.
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