Rapper Child Cudi made headlines in the summertime of 2025 when he took the stand in Sean Diddy Combs‘ federal trial, wherein the rap mogul was dealing with fees of racketeering, intercourse trafficking, and prostitution.
Throughout his time on the stand, Child Cudi, whose actual identify is Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi, testified about a number of alleged encounters he had with the “Hi there Good Morning” rapper years in the past, throughout a quick interval when he was courting Diddy’s now ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.
Now, in a brand new interview with Alex Cooper on her fashionable podcast, “Name Her Daddy,” Child Cudi is opening up concerning the expertise, confessing that he “hated each minute of it.”
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Child Cudi Will get Candid About Testifying Towards Diddy In His Federal Trial For Intercourse Crimes And Racketeering
In accordance with Child Cudi, the one motive he appeared on the Federal District Courtroom in Decrease Manhattan was that the federal government primarily pressured his hand. Talking with Cooper, he said that the prosecutors had requested him twice to testify, however he declined each occasions. “Then I acquired subpoenaed and I used to be like, ‘F-ck. Sh-t. No,'” he stated.
As reported by The Blast, Child Cudi testified on the stand about receiving a frantic cellphone name from an assistant who was “on the verge of tears.” In the course of the cellphone name, the assistant notified Child Cudi that Diddy and one among his “associates” had been inside his residence.
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Child Cudi instructed the court docket that after he returned residence, he observed that somebody had opened Christmas presents he had bought for different individuals and that his canine was locked in a toilet. He later added that his canine had been “on edge” since that encounter.
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Child Cudi Additionally Testified That Diddy Tried To Blow Up His Automotive
Later, throughout his testimony, Child Cudi, 41, additionally recalled the time he acquired a surprising cellphone name from a canine sitter alerting him that his luxurious Porsche 911 convertible was engulfed in flames.
“What the f-ck?” he remembered considering earlier than saying he returned residence to discover a “Molotov cocktail” was what began the hearth. “The highest of my Porsche was minimize open and that is the place they inserted the Molotov cocktail,” he testified.
Child Cudi testified that he later agreed to fulfill with Diddy at Soho Home in Los Angeles, the place he observed the “Final Night time” rapper ready for him, wanting like a “villain.”
When requested why he selected to fulfill with Diddy after his automobile was set on fireplace, Child Cudi testified, “As a result of I knew he had one thing to do with it.”
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Child Cudi Appeared In Courtroom To Assist Cassie, Who Dated Diddy For A Decade
Diddy’s ex-girlfriend, Cassie, whom he dated from 2007 to 2018, additionally testified in court docket and shared quite a few harrowing particulars about her time with the daddy of seven.
One of the vital graphic tales was concerning the sexual orgies that many have alleged Diddy to be the mastermind of, additionally dubbed “Freak Offs.” On the stand, Cassie testified that she was pressured to carry out in these “Freak Offs” whereas excessive on medication for Diddy’s pleasure. She said that they might final anyplace from “36, 48, 72 hours.”
“The longest one was 4 days,” Cassie stated, later admitting she felt “disgusting [and] humiliated.”
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Regardless of his reluctance to seem in court docket, Child Cudi instructed Cooper that when he was on the stand, his sole focus turned supporting Cassie. “… Cassie is my buddy and I really like her and I wish to see her do effectively,” he stated, later sharing that he was past thrilled for her when she acquired married to her husband, Alex Advantageous.
“I used to be simply there to assist her. That is what sort of gave me peace with it,” he continued. “Once I sat down in that chair, it was nearly, ‘D-mn, I do not wish to do that’ to being like, ‘Oh man, I gotta maintain homegirl down and look out for her.'”
Combs Was Discovered Responsible On Two Fees
All through the trial, the jury heard testimony from greater than 30 witnesses over six weeks. After greater than 48 hours of deliberation following closing arguments, Diddy was discovered not responsible of the intense crimes of racketeering and intercourse trafficking, however responsible of two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution.
In accordance with a earlier report from The Blast, the rapper’s authorized group indicated they weren’t stunned by the break up verdict, implying they felt the extra severe fees lacked ample proof.
Additionally they shared that though a few of Cassie’s claims about him, particularly these about home violence, could have had some fact to them, they’d no place within the case at hand.
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Combs’ Bail Was Denied
After the decision, many, together with Diddy’s household, believed that the rapper can be launched from jail, the place he has been since September 2024, whereas he awaits his sentencing in October 2025.
Cassie’s authorized group additionally requested that his bail be denied in a letter to the choose, writing, “Mr. Combs is prone to pose a hazard to the victims who testified within the case, together with herself, in addition to to the group.”
