Combs, 55, is being tried on charges that he exploited his status as an entertainment executive to force women into drug-fueled "freak offs" with male sex workers and engaged in other abusive acts against people who relied on him for their careers.

The testimony emerged as prosecutors build their case against Combs, who faces serious federal charges that could result in decades of imprisonment. Cudi’s willingness to speak publicly about these incidents marks a significant development in understanding the alleged culture of fear and control that prosecutors claim Combs maintained within his inner circle.

Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex-trafficking trial continues on Day 7, with former assistant David James, a personal chef and a male escort, among testimonies.