Combs's defense team objected to prosecution questions about fingerprint evidence from Kid Cudi's Hollywood Hills home that was destroyed in the custody of the LAPD. "They were suggesting to this jury that someone in this courtroom had something to do with the improper and suspicious destruction of these fingerprint cards and that's outrageous," said defense attorney Marc Agnifilo. But the judge refused to call a mistrial.If you want to read NBC's coverage of the trial, check out our newsletter, “Diddy On Trial”: NBCNews.com/Diddy
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This is On Trial, a special series from Dateline True Crime Weekly, bringing you daily coverage from the Sean Combs racketeering trial. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. I'm Andrea Canning, and it's Wednesday, May 28th. Just a heads up, in this episode, we're going to be talking about some graphic details and harrowing subject matter.
The witnesses testifying today at the federal courthouse ranged from LAPD officers, one in the Hollywood division, to a fashion stylist. Much of what they told the jury touches on accusations we've heard before. Crimes the prosecution argues Sean Combs committed during his relationship with Cassie Ventura. Arson, violence, trespassing. But he's not on trial for any of that.
So how much of the testimony we've heard so far adds up to the prosecution's argument that Combs was using his businesses to carry out illegal activity? We'll be talking to NBC News legal analyst Danny Savalas about the racketeering conspiracy charge in a little bit.
First, let's find out more about that celebrity stylist, a close friend of Cassie, who said he saw Combs beating her again and again and saw Combs using his security team to control her. NBC News correspondent Chloe Malas is joining me from outside the courthouse to tell us what she has learned from today's court proceedings. Hey, Chloe. Hey, Andrea.
Today, the stylist we mentioned, Chloe, Deontay Nash, is his name. He took the stand. He said he got close to Cassie. He worked for both Sean Combs and Cassie, but he got close to her and testified about how he says Combs treated her.
He testified about alleged emotional and also physical violence that he witnessed between Cassie and Diddy. He said that Diddy called Cassie all sorts of terrible names, called her a slut, called her a bitch, called her a hoe.
that he threatened to beat her up, that he told her that he was going to release explicit sex videos from freak-offs, not only to the public, but also to her parents' jobs to try to get them fired. And it just was incredibly heart-wrenching to listen to his testimony because it was clear he really cares about Cassie and that they're still friends and that he witnessed a lot of abuse.
this stylist is saying that Sean Combs would threaten Cassie and say, then your music won't come out. You know, he's really threatening her career as well, which to me is a form of control.
Absolutely. I mean, we've heard about Cassie being signed to Bad Boy early on in her career to this 10-album deal, but she never put out any albums. And it's been this big question. And during Cassie's testimony, we heard her talk about how
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