Follow the latest news and live updates from the trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs. Artist Kid Cudi is expected to take the stand after Combs' former assistant.

Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify Thursday at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after one of the music mogul’s ex-aides finishes telling the jury about the threatening world he recalls encountering when he worked for Combs.

Combs has pleaded not guilty. Prior to Combs’ criminal case, Mescudi was included in a civil lawsuit filed in 2023 against Combs by his former girlfriend, Cassie Ventura. Mescudi and Ventura had a brief relationship in 2011, when she and Combs were in a “rough patch” in their relationship, according to her lawsuit.

Kid Cudi took to the witness stand on Thursday to testify at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex-trafficking trial. Cassie alleged that Diddy reacted violently when she and Kid Cudi had a fling in 2011.

Prosecutors alleged Combs set fire to a car between late 2011 and early 2012, mirroring allegations his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura made that he blew up a car belonging to rapper Kid Cudi.