{"id":142840,"date":"2025-05-21T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/diddy-trial-special-agent-describes-raid-on-rappers-miami-mansion-national\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T18:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:05:24","slug":"diddy-trial-special-agent-describes-raid-on-rappers-miami-mansion-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/21\/diddy-trial-special-agent-describes-raid-on-rappers-miami-mansion-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy trial: Special agent describes raid on rapper\u2019s Miami mansion &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>NOTE:\u00a0<em>The following article incorporates disturbing particulars and video footage. Please learn at your personal discretion.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Grammy-winning rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/kid-cudi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kid Cudi<\/a> was anticipated to testify on the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/diddy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/diddy-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial<\/a> on Wednesday to inform the jury about his temporary relationship 14 years in the past with Combs\u2019 ex-girlfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/cassie-ventura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cassie Ventura.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors corrected this expectation, saying the 41-year-old artist, whose full identify is Scott Mescudi, received\u2019t start his direct examination till May 22 on the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, particular agent Gerard Gannon of Homeland Security Investigations was again on the witness stand for a second day on Wednesday, discussing what investigators discovered once they raided Combs\u2019 house close to Miami in March 2024, six months earlier than his arrest final September.<\/p>\n<p>Gannon <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11188154\/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-mother-regina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instructed the court docket on May 20<\/a> that the brokers executing a search warrant for the property used an armoured automobile to bust via Combs\u2019 safety gate and had groups on boats close by.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11184421_682e1563bc824\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11184421\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11184421\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11184421_682e1563bc824\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Diddy trial: Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura fought what \u2018only the demon himself could have done\u2019'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/20fiy8xfoa-hu1ldafsnt\/FRI_DIDDY_SITE_THUMB_160525.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/20fiy8xfoa-hu1ldafsnt\/FRI_DIDDY_SITE_THUMB_160525.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/20fiy8xfoa-hu1ldafsnt\/FRI_DIDDY_SITE_THUMB_160525.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/20fiy8xfoa-hu1ldafsnt\/FRI_DIDDY_SITE_THUMB_160525.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:49<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Diddy trial: Ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura fought what \u2018only the demon himself could have done\u2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to weapons, he stated they discovered platform excessive heels and gadgets that prosecutors say Combs continuously used throughout his freak-off intercourse marathons, together with lingerie, intercourse toys, child oil, lubricant and condoms.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors additionally noticed components of two AR-15 rifles that federal brokers discovered final yr whereas looking out Combs\u2019 mansion on Star Island.<\/p>\n<h2>Day 8<\/h2>\n<p>Gannon was questioned about gadgets seized from one of many closets in the course of the raid of Combs\u2019 house final yr. He stated he seized a pair of pink pump excessive heels and found cellphones stuffed inside a Balenciaga boot.<\/p>\n<p>He additionally testified that there was a Gucci bag contained in the closet that contained white residue that examined constructive for cocaine and ketamine. Gannon stated the bag additionally contained smaller baggage of various colored tablets, together with some stamped with a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tesla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla<\/a> image that examined constructive for MDMA and Xanax.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gannon stated that investigators additionally discovered a plastic bag of tablets that examined constructive for the principle ingredient of hallucinogenic mushrooms. He stated they had been found in a wood field marked, \u201cPuffy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities additionally discovered a bin containing 25 bottles of child oil, 31 bottles of Astroglide lubricant and rubber geese in a closet within the hallway between Combs\u2019 bed room and closet in his Miami house. A photograph of that closet and the gadgets discovered had been proven to the jurors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPolice and Homeland Security officers are seen at a waterfront mansion belonging to Sean Combs in Miami throughout a bi-coastal raid on March 25, 2024, in Miami Beach, Fla.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tMEGA\/GC Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gannon stated {that a}\u00a0.45-calibre\u00a0handgun was present in a pink suitcase on the entrance of Combs\u2019 visitor home on the Miami property.<\/p>\n<p>Combs\u2019 lawyer Teny Geragos described the search as overkill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, HSI determined it would come in by land and by sea to secure the property?\u201d Geragos requested. Gannon stated Homeland Security Investigations waited to go looking the property till Combs was on a flight out of city together with his household.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_682e1563bd701-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_682e1563bd701\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11183810\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/iic8au36g7-gl0a0apv9o\/Sequence_16.00_00_37_24.Still001.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/iic8au36g7-gl0a0apv9o\/Sequence_16.00_00_37_24.Still001.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/iic8au36g7-gl0a0apv9o\/Sequence_16.00_00_37_24.Still001.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">3:11<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs trial: Prosecutors launch 2016 resort assault video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>The agent confirmed that the federal investigation started simply after Ventura filed a lawsuit in opposition to Combs, alleging years of abuse and involvement in a whole lot of freak-off performances with male escorts, which Combs watched and generally participated in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get breaking National information<\/h2>\n<p>For information impacting Canada and world wide, join breaking information alerts delivered on to you once they occur.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Combs\u2019 authorized workforce prompt that the variety of weapons present in his Miami house weren&#8217;t as vital or as harmful as they seem.<\/p>\n<p>Gannon agreed that lots of the firearms, together with some with serial numbers eliminated, had been wrapped up in tape, not loaded and inoperable. He additionally agreed with Geragos that weapons with out serial numbers may nonetheless be linked to homeowners by fingerprints and different DNA.<\/p>\n<h2>Forensic psychologist says home violence victims usually stick with their abusers<\/h2>\n<p>Once Gannon wrapped up his testimony, prosecutors known as Dawn Hughes, a medical and forensic psychologist, to the stand.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hughes has taken the witness stand in different high-profile sexual misconduct trials together with the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/NXIVM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NXIVM<\/a> intercourse cult chief <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Keith-Raniere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Raniere\u2019s<\/a> trial in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/r-kelly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R. Kelly\u2019s<\/a> federal trial and the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/Johnny-Depp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnny Depp<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/amber-heard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amber Heard<\/a> defamation trial.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes stated she was testifying as a \u201cblind expert\u201d to supply the jury with some details about home violence, sexual assault, rape and traumatic stress. She added that she has not assessed any of the victims or witnesses within the case.<\/p>\n<p>She testified that she is being paid $600 an hour for her work and $6,000 for a day of testimony in court docket.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes stated that it\u2019s widespread for victims of home violence to stick with their abusers. She defined that abusers usually use strategies, past bodily violence, to make victims really feel trapped within the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about the power and control that the abuser has over the victim,\u201d Hughes stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tForensic psychologist Dawn Hughes arrives for the Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs intercourse trafficking trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 21, 2025, in New York City.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tMichael M. Santiago\/Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hughes stated that sexual abuse is \u201ca very private harm,\u201d which may make it tough for victims to talk up about what they&#8217;re experiencing and to hunt assist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey experience a tremendous amount of shame, humiliation, degradation,\u201d Hughes stated. \u201cThey don\u2019t want to talk about it. They don\u2019t even want to think about it in their own brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The psychologist additionally testified {that a} sufferer\u2019s monetary dependence on an abuser can play an enormous function of their resolution to remain in an abusive relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have money, you are left with a feeling of \u2018Where am I going to go?\u2019 How are you to leave if you don\u2019t have access to those tangible resources?\u201d Hughes stated.<\/p>\n<p>She additionally spoke about \u201ctrauma bonds,\u201d which she describes as when someone is hooked up to their accomplice regardless of violence and abuse, making a sufferer unwilling to depart the state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes stated that abusive relationships can even have love and kindness, along with the abuse sample.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_682e1563c2721-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_682e1563c2721\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11177934\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/11177934,11175433,11165195,10908488\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi1.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2Fnews%2Fusuljasg64-gqpkx96vov%2FDiddythumbersite.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26%23038%3Bquality%3D70%26%23038%3Bstrip%3Dall#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_682e1563c2721\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"11177934,11175433,11165195,10908488\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs trial: What we\u2019ve learned so far'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/usuljasg64-gqpkx96vov\/Diddythumbersite.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/usuljasg64-gqpkx96vov\/Diddythumbersite.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/usuljasg64-gqpkx96vov\/Diddythumbersite.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/usuljasg64-gqpkx96vov\/Diddythumbersite.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">4:48<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Sean \u2018Diddy\u2019 Combs trial: What we\u2019ve realized thus far<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe victim wants that, they want that back. So when that is shown to the victim, that\u2019s very reinforcing,\u201d Hughes stated.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes stated that it usually takes a number of makes an attempt for victims to depart an abusive relationship. \u201cThere\u2019s this pattern of returning and reconciliation, and then returning again,\u201d she instructed the court docket.<\/p>\n<p>She stated victims may need to come again to \u201cthe good version of their partner that they still do love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hughes stated that it\u2019s widespread for abuse victims to make use of substances to \u201cnumb\u201d themselves by taking medicine or consuming alcohol earlier than seeing their accomplice to \u201cward off other physical or psychological pain to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11188694\/donald-trump-tariffs-champagne-g7-tensions\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CP174542876.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Trump\u2019s tariffs creating \u2018tensions\u2019 among G7 ahead of summit: Champagne\" data-title=\"\">Trump\u2019s tariffs creating \u2018tensions\u2019 amongst G7 forward of summit: Champagne<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11187703\/donald-trump-bruce-springsteen-feud-investigation\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Untitled-design-47.png?w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Donald Trump escalates feud with Bruce Springsteen, calls for investigation\" data-title=\"\">Donald Trump escalates feud with Bruce Springsteen, requires investigation<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She stated that it\u2019s very unusual for victims of abuse to debate it with others across the time it happens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany victims will wait months, even years, before telling about what happened to them,\u201d Hughes testified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t want to label themselves \u2026 a victim. They don\u2019t want to label their abuser as abuser,\u201d Hughes stated. \u201cIt\u2019s too painful to admit that fact that, \u2018Somebody who loved me did this to me.\u2019 They\u2019re still in self-blame.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Kid Cudi anticipated to testify?<\/h2>\n<p>Scott Mescudi is predicted to take the witness stand later this week to inform the jury about his relationship with Ventura.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors say Combs was so upset in regards to the relationship that he organized to have Mescudi\u2019s convertible firebombed, in keeping with court docket filings.<\/p>\n<p>Ventura <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11179217\/diddy-trial-day-3-cassie-ventura-testimony-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testified final week that Combs organized for her to satisfy Mescudi<\/a> a number of occasions in 2011 to work on music. She stated her relationship with him started late within the yr and she or he obtained a burner telephone so the 2 may talk with out Combs studying about it.<\/p>\n<p>She stated Combs grew to become enraged when she left him, and he kicked her within the again onerous sufficient to depart a bruise as she was exiting his Los Angeles house for the final time that yr.<\/p>\n<p>Ventura stated that though she and Combs broke up, they nonetheless engaged in so-called freak-offs. It was throughout a kind of episodes that Combs picked up her common telephone and observed communications that exposed Ventura was seeing Mescudi, Ventura stated.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11188154\/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-mother-regina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ventura\u2019s mom, Regina Ventura, testified that she acquired an e-mail in December 2011<\/a> from her daughter saying that Combs was so indignant about her relationship with Mescudi that he deliberate to launch sexually express movies of her and ship somebody to harm the pair.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tKid Cudi seems on the Los Angeles premiere of \u2018Sonic The Hedgehog 2,\u2019 on April 5, 2022.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tJordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP, File\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Afterward, Regina stated, she acquired a requirement from Combs for $20,000. Scared for her daughter\u2019s security, she went to the financial institution and despatched Combs the cash, solely to have it returned by Combs days later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe was angry that he had spent money on her and she went with another person,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Ventura testified that Mescudi came around her at her mom\u2019s Connecticut house round Christmas in 2011 and stayed for 3 or 4 days. She stated she broke up with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just too much,\u201d she stated. \u201cToo much danger, too much uncertainty of, like, what could happen if we continued to see each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ventura stated she instructed her household she was going to Los Angeles after the vacations to \u201cget to work.\u201d But as a substitute, she stated, she travelled to satisfy Combs in Arizona, the place he had gone to go to a university together with his son. They resumed their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>When Ventura and Combs had been in another country, Combs <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11179217\/diddy-trial-day-3-cassie-ventura-testimony-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instructed her that Mescudi\u2019s automotive can be blown up<\/a> and Combs needed Mescudi\u2019s pals there to see it, Ventura stated.<\/p>\n<h2>What Combs is on trial for<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. prosecutors allege that for 20 years, behind the scenes, Combs was coercing and abusing girls with assist from a community of associates who helped silence victims via blackmail and violence.<\/p>\n<p>Combs faces an indictment that features descriptions of freak-offs, that are outlined within the court docket doc as \u201celaborate and produced sex performances that Combs arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_682e1563c9daf-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 4 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_682e1563c9daf\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"10830790\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/playlist\/10830790,10807732,10791144,10762242\/?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmedia.globalnews.ca%2Fvideostatic%2Fnews%2F3pajbnw7kw-bdelrrgqfk%2FTMS_DR_GORFINKEL_STILL.jpg%3Fw%3D1200%26%23038%3Bquality%3D70%26%23038%3Bstrip%3Dall#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_682e1563c9daf\" data-displayinline-playlist=\"10830790,10807732,10791144,10762242\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'What is \u2018pink cocaine\u2019? The drug linked to Liam Payne, Diddy'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3pajbnw7kw-bdelrrgqfk\/TMS_DR_GORFINKEL_STILL.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3pajbnw7kw-bdelrrgqfk\/TMS_DR_GORFINKEL_STILL.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3pajbnw7kw-bdelrrgqfk\/TMS_DR_GORFINKEL_STILL.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/news\/3pajbnw7kw-bdelrrgqfk\/TMS_DR_GORFINKEL_STILL.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">4:31<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">What is \u2018pink cocaine\u2019? The drug linked to Liam Payne, Diddy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__glide glide \">\n<div class=\"glide__arrows c-carousel__buttons l-videoCarousel__buttons\" data-glide-el=\"controls\">\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--left c-carousel__button c-carousel__prev l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__prev c-longform-gallery__prev\" data-glide-dir=\"&lt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Previous Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t<button class=\"glide__arrow glide__arrow--right c-carousel__button c-carousel__next l-videoCarousel__button l-videoCarousel__next c-longform-gallery__next\" data-glide-dir=\"&gt;\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Next Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-carousel__goto\" data-glide-dir=\"=0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<!-- video stream item --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Numerous witnesses have come ahead to accuse Combs of terrorizing folks into silence by choking, hitting, kicking and dragging them, in keeping with prosecutors. One indictment alleges that Combs dangled somebody from a balcony.<\/p>\n<p>Although dozens of women and men have alleged in lawsuits that Combs abused them, this trial will spotlight the claims of 4 girls.<\/p>\n<p>Combs is charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He has denied all the costs in opposition to him and has rejected a plea deal, selecting to go to trial as a substitute.<\/p>\n<p>If discovered responsible within the New York court docket, he may face life in jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11188154\/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-mother-regina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 7 testimony<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11187521\/diddy-trial-dawn-richard-testifies-cassie-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 6 testimony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11183194\/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-cross-examination-freak-offs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 5 testimony<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11181227\/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-cross-examination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Day 4 testimony<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11179217\/diddy-trial-day-3-cassie-ventura-testimony-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 3 testimony<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11175722\/diddy-trial-cassie-ventura-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 2 testimony<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em>Global News will likely be masking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/diddy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Diddy trial<\/a>\u00a0in its entirety. 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Please learn at your personal discretion. Grammy-winning rapper Kid Cudi was anticipated to testify on the Sean \u201cDiddy\u201d Combs intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial on Wednesday to inform the jury about his temporary relationship 14 years in the past with Combs\u2019 ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. 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