Rapper Kid Cudi tells court Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs broke into his house

Rapper Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi testified on Thursday at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial that the hip-hop mogul broke into his home in 2011 after discovering Mescudi was dating his on-and-off girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.

The incident is one of a number of violent and threatening acts that prosecutors allege that Combs undertook during a 20-year scheme to coerce women, including Ventura, to take part in drug-fuelled sex parties known as “Freak Offs” and prevent them from leaving his orbit.

Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transport to engage in prostitution. Combs’ lawyers have acknowledged he has a history of drug abuse and domestic violence, but argue that the women who took part in Freak Offs did so consensually.

Testifying as a prosecution witness, Mescudi told jurors in Manhattan federal court that Ventura called him early one morning in December 2011 and told him Combs had found out about their relationship and asked Mescudi to pick her up.

Mescudi, wearing a leather jacket over a white shirt and blue jeans in court, said Ventura sounded nervous and scared, and warned him that she had given Combs his Hollywood Hills address.

Mescudi, known for hit songs “Day ’N’ Nite” and “Memories”, said one of Ventura’s associates then told him that Combs was in his home. After dropping off Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel, Mescudi said he drove toward his home. On the way, Mescudi testified, he called Combs.