Rotten Mango

“Did Diddy try to kill Kid Cudi?”

In 2012, only a few gossip pages were wondering this question with the vast majority of readers wondering - “who even comes up with these crazy rumors?”

Now, in 2025, it might not just be a rumor.

Kid Cudi takes the witness stand to testify against Sean Combs. The man who allegedly broke into Kid Cudi’s house, lit his car on fire, and according to a former assistant - the man who wanted Kid Cudi dead.

This is Kid Cudi’s full testimony in the USA v. Sean Combs case and the reactions of celebrities turning on him after his story. 

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Two full days after the start of the “Diddy Trial” - a new lawsuit is filed. A woman is accusing Sean Combs of SA and states that she recalls his private part being an “itty bitty Diddy.” 

She includes a photo of a teeny tiny tootsie roll for reference. 

This is just one of the many civil lawsuits filed against Sean Combs. Many of the people that have sued him are also showing up to the trial to testify against him. Which begs the question, how many more witnesses will be coming to get justice?

Dawn Richards, a former band mate of Sean Combs, shows up in court seemingly ready to take him down. To finally tell her story.

She says she watched him attack Cassie with a skillet. That the next morning he threatened her and everyone around them to stay silent. Or else…

But once the cross examination by Diddy’s attorneys begin - it feels like her entire story starts unraveling. Or is that just what Diddy’s attorneys want us to think? This is the truth behind her brutal testimony. 

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This is the first time they have seen each other since their break up in 2018. Over 6 years. 

And now they’re going to be on opposite sides of the courtroom - she’s going to be up on the stand testifying against him. 

Detailing all the things she didn’t want to do. The urination. The inflatable pool in the middle of a hotel room filled to the brim with baby oil. The seedy green “adult activity” club in Las Vegas. Even breaking up with Kid Cudi. 

And he will sit there and listen for 2 days straight while she tells the jurors about the injuries he gave her. How he stomped on her face and blackmailed her with explicit videos. 

All their private messages, photos, and emails will be shown to the court. This is the testimony of Cassie Ventura against Sean Diddy Combs and the reactions of her, her husband, and Sean Combs in the courtroom. 

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The energy in the courtroom has shifted. Sean Combs no longer looks like a statuesque wax figurine. He is now much more animated, literally jumping out of his seat to look at the evidence screen, there is almost an air of anticipation. 

But why?

For the past 2 days Cassie Ventura, a government witness and victim in this case, has been testifying against Sean Combs. Now, the defense will begin their cross examination. 

Sean Combs’s attorneys will attempt to poke holes in Cassie’s story, discredit her, and show the jurors that she “wanted freak offs.”

Everyone seems to be under the impression that the defense has very slim evidence to accomplish this. Then why is Sean Combs so happy? Do they know something we do not?

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“Mr. Combs came out of the room, and I just saw a liquor bottle fly past her and hit the wall. He grabbed her by her hair, and started dragging her by her hair into her bedroom. And I could hear what sound like him slapping her. She was screaming. Then Mr. Combs was basically saying, b*tch, when I tell you to come here, you come now, not later.”

“Did you intervene?”

“No, I was terrified.”

This is Day 2 of Diddy’s trial.

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“The prosecutors already told you about lubricant, and you may know of his love of baby oil. Is that a federal crime? No."

"He uses drugs, he is physical... but is that a federal crime? No."

“We accept full responsibility for the domestic violence present in this case. However, domestic violence does not equate to sex trafficking.”

- Diddy’s Defense Team

This is day 1 of Diddy’s trial.

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Some attorneys say the case is decided before opening statements in a trial even begin. They believe the trial begins and ends during jury selection. 

Picking 12 people to decide what happens to Sean “Diddy” Combs. 

Some potential jurors come in - stating they’ve seen the hotel video of Diddy and Cassie. Others mention that they work at HBO - the same company that released a documentary on Diddy’s case. One juror mentions that they work at the very jail that Diddy is currently housed in. 

Diddy intently listens to the jurors getting questioned. At times - he shakes his head no, he smiles, he takes notes, and he jokes around with his famous attorneys. 

And sometimes…he looks back and stares at the members of the press. 

There are no cameras allowed in a federal courtroom. But we were there and we want to tell you what we saw. 

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There are only a few ways of getting out of it alive. The one rule - no matter how good it feels - DO NOT let sleep whisk you away.

The only options are as follows:

1. Cover yourself completely in plastic and only stick your head out to breathe when necessarily.

2. Crawl into a cardboard box and try your best to stay awake.

3. Take the frozen goods and stick them into your clothing.

That is how you stay alive if you are trapped inside of a commercial walk in freezer. Or at least that’s what they say but the odds of survival do not look good.

The police are concerned that, that is where 5 year old, Ashley, is going to be. Maybe she accidentally locked herself in the freezer with no way out?

The officers look through the freezer bins, cardboard boxes filled with packaged meats, and grocery bags…

She’s is not there.

But that’s the thing about humans - we all have a blind spot.

They looked left, right, under the tables of the restaurant… but have they looked up?

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The hardest part to understand is - you know that they’re dead but you still expect them to start moving around. That’s what the CSI techs say is the strangest part of their jobs. Well - that and the photographs that they have to take.

The evidence log for the case is extensive. There are pictures of the green door that leads into the unit. Unit #1707.

Pictures of the thick trail of blood leading from the living room couch, into the hallway, and straight into the bedroom.

Pictures of the bloody claw hammer.

Pictures of the brain matter scattered all over the carpet.

But the two pictures the investigators really are intrigued by are the two letters left behind by the killer.

One left for the police. Taunting the police.

“Chase me oh - and sorry for the mess.”

And another one that reads -

“Don’t lose your head. She may yet live (although I doubt it).

Hurry Desirae.”

Desirae is the 23 year old daughter of the murder victim.

Why would they kill Desirae’s mom?

Why are they targeting Desirae now?

And will the killer get to Desirae before the police can?

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Where is the first place she goes after being released from prison? The investigators and reports want to know…

They start following her - into the mountains?

The first place she visits has an unsettling feeling. It’s in the middle of the mountains and there is a giant stone monument at the entrance that reads - “final resting place for souls.”

What is that pink building?

It’s a square baby pink shade colored building with NO doors. Just two tiny prison style windows. That’s it.

Outside the building there are all sorts of “offerings” for the spirits…

Whoever built this “temple” built it to feed off the energy of dead spirits. Whoever did this - is using dark magic to their benefit.

When reporters look into it - they realize the pink home allegedly belongs to the President of South Korea and the First Lady of the nation.

The ones accused of using shaman magic to win the election, change the trajectory of the nation, and ultimately lock down the country to take control. 

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