Fame Under Fire
Cassie’s ex-stylist: We hid 'too many times to count' to stop Diddy 'attack'
28 May 2025
Cassie Ventura’s former stylist has testified that he witnessed Sean 'Diddy' Combs being violent towards his ex-girlfriend.Deonte Nash told the court that he and Cassie hid 'too many times to count', because they didn’t want Combs to “attack” them.Plus, the judge presiding over Diddy’s federal trial rejected his defence team's bid for a mistrial.A warning that this episode contains descriptions of violence.Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty speaks to Madeline Halpert, the BBC’s New York digital reporter about the day in court.Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is on trial in New York, facing federal charges of sex trafficking, racketeering with conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. He denies all the charges.The Diddy on Trial podcast is here to investigate the rumours, confront the theories, and give you the answers that you need.We also want YOU to be part of the conversation. Have you any questions about the case? Heard a theory that doesn’t sit right with you? Get in touch now via WhatsApp: 0330 123 555 1.Details of organisations in the UK offering information and support with some of the issues raised are available at bbc.co.uk/actionlinePresenter: Anoushka Mutanda-Dougherty Series Producer: Laura Jones Sound Design: Mark Burrows Senior Digital Producer: Matthew Pintus Executive Producer: Alys Harte Production Coordinator: Hattie Valentine Editor: Clare Fordham Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Assistant Commissioner: Will Drysdale Commissioning Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Assistant Producer: Rechmial Miller
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BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts Hello and welcome back to Diddy on Trial from BBC Sounds with me Anushka Matanda-Doughty. Just a warning, this episode contains descriptions of violence. This morning I'm back at the Southern District of New York Courthouse, which is where we are every day. It's pretty busy here. I'm hearing there's been some altercations this morning between
Some protesters and people vlogging outside and the police had to come and break it up. It was a very dramatic day on Tuesday with Capricorn Clark taking the stand to give evidence for the prosecution. She was very emotional and told the court that Diddy kidnapped her at gunpoint, then broke into rapper Kid Cudi's house in a plot to kill him.
Now, a reminder, Sean Diddy Combs is on trial for charges of sex trafficking, racketeering with conspiracy and transportation for prostitution. These are charges he's always denied. Now today, we're expecting four witnesses from the prosecution, so I'm heading into court now. I'm going to turn my phone off and be uncontactable for about six hours. See you later on. So it's 4.30.
We've just ducked out of the court because it's absolutely chucking it down. We've made it down to our favorite cafe who very kindly shelter us from the rain. I'm here with Madeline Halpert, the BBC's New York digital reporter.
Yeah, so at the beginning of the day, we heard more about the sort of interaction between... Combs and the rep for Kid Cudi. So we heard from a Los Angeles Police Department officer as well as an arson investigator with the Los Angeles Fire Department. And the arson investigator told us more about this alleged bombing of Kid Cudi's Porsche.
So we saw pictures of the car and the bottle that was supposed to be a Molotov cocktail that set fire to the car. And we also heard about whether any DNA was able to be recovered from the scene. So they were able to take some prints from the scene, one that was a partial match to a woman, but they didn't get more information than that.
And then probably the most dramatic part of the morning was they said there were other fingerprints that were taken from the scene. But the arson investigator said that the LAPD actually destroyed the evidence that same year and that usually he would be involved in any decision like that. So that kind of started this big argument from Combs attorneys who did not want that evidence to be included.
They were angry. They said basically that. The questioning from prosecutors about this was making it seem like, quote, somebody in the room was responsible for the destruction of this evidence.
But is it true that they asked for a mistrial, so the whole trial to be stopped? Because didn't you say something like that bell can't be unrung?
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