The 2016 video of Sean “Diddy” Combs bodily assaulting Cassie has come up in his ongoing intercourse trafficking trial a number of instances. Now, a safety guard is claiming the rapper paid him off in an effort to make the footage go away.
Former InterContinental Resort safety worker Eddy Garcia testified on Tuesday, June 3, that Diddy, now 55, allegedly paid him $100,000 for what he believed was the one copy of the surveillance footage. (An edited model of the video was revealed by CNN in Could 2024.)
Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution. He pleaded not responsible and has denied all of the allegations towards him.
Garcia claimed he was first contacted by Diddy’s former chief of workers, Kristina Khorram, who allegedly requested for a duplicate of the tape and mentioned her boss had been too intoxicated to recollect what occurred. Khorram then allegedly visited Garcia on the lodge and requested for the tape in individual. He denied her request however advised her “off the file” that the footage was “dangerous.”
Garcia went on to assert Khorram then known as him a second time and put Diddy on the telephone. In accordance with Garcia, the rapper “sounded very nervous” as he tried to clarify the incident, allegedly telling Garcia he’d “had slightly an excessive amount of to drink.” Garcia once more denied the request for the video, telling Diddy he’d must contact lodge administration or receive a subpoena.
Regardless of Garcia’s reply, Khorram and Diddy allegedly stored calling him on his private cellular phone. Garcia, in the meantime, advised his superiors in regards to the incident. His boss allegedly agreed to erase the footage for $50,000.
After Garcia relayed the message to Diddy, the mogul and one in every of his safety guards allegedly met with Garcia at a high-rise constructing in Los Angeles. Garcia handed over the USB drive containing the footage and signed a nondisclosure settlement that acknowledged he must pay $1 million for breach of contract. (On the time, Garcia was making $10.50 an hour.)
Cassie is constant her testimony within the trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs on Wednesday, Could 14, answering questions from the prosecution on the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York Metropolis. Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with intercourse trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to interact in prostitution. He pleaded […]
Garcia famous he was nervous that Cassie, now 38, would file a police report concerning the incident, however Diddy allegedly FaceTimed his then-girlfriend and mentioned, “Let him know that you really want this video to go away too.” The “Me & U” singer then advised Garcia that she had a film premiere arising quickly and it might be a nasty time for the footage to leak.
Garcia claimed Diddy then gave him a brown bag containing $100,000. The primary $50,000 was allegedly supposed to cowl the quantity Garcia’s boss authorized, whereas the opposite half was to be cut up between Garcia and one other safety guard. Diddy then allegedly advised Garcia “to not make any massive purchases” that might draw consideration to the transaction.
In accordance with Garcia, he in the end stored $30,000 and bought a used car with the cash. A number of years later, he reached out to Diddy by way of Instagram about work in L.A. however didn’t obtain a response.
Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared to bodily assault ex-girlfriend Cassie in newly launched safety footage from 2016. The clip was obtained by CNN on Friday, Could 17. Diddy, 54, can reportedly be seen grabbing, shoving, dragging and kicking Cassie, 37, on the now-closed InterContinental Resort in Century Metropolis, Los Angeles. Within the video, Cassie (whose full […]
Throughout cross-examination, protection legal professional Brian Metal requested about that request for work, and Garcia clarified that he was particularly asking about safety work. Metal additionally confirmed the jury a duplicate of the NDA, which acknowledged Garcia might share details about the incident if requested by a court docket.
The lodge surveillance video has been a significant level of rivalry all through the trial, with Diddy’s staff initially making an attempt to maintain it from being admitted as proof on grounds that the federal government tampered with it. The federal government, in the meantime, denied enhancing the video, and Choose Arun Subramanian in the end dominated that the jury might see the footage.
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