Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ legal team submitted a letter requesting that the judge remove Kid Cudi‘s testimony regarding his torched Porsche due to his unconfirmed claim that the Bad Boy Records founder was lying about his involvement.
When Cudi took the stand in Combs’ federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial last week, the artist and actor spoke about a meeting with the disgraced mogul at the Soho House after his car was damaged.
While Cudi saying Diddy was “standing there like a Marvel supervillain” grabbed most of the headlines, Combs’ defense team believes the focus should be on an exchange in which Cudi was asked if he believed Diddy when he claimed to be unaware about the torched Porsche.
After Judge Arun Subramanian overruled an objection from Combs’ lawyer Brian Steel, Cudi went to say Diddy was “lying.”
Combs’ legal team argues that Cudi’s remark qualifies as an opinion, and Judge Subramanian should strike his testimony, as it pertains to the firebombing of his Porsche, from the record because it could potentially sway the jury.
Prosecutors appear to be using the 2012 incident, among other instances, to support their argument that Combs was involved in a pattern of racketeering activity, which includes arson.
According to Us Weekly, Steel previously claimed the DNA found on the car came from a female. Combs’ defense team also pointed out that Cudi’s previously “admitted he had no personal knowledge ‘that anybody affiliated with Mr. Combs was on or around [his] property at the time of the damage to [his] vehicle.'”
