Kid Cudi Claims Sean Combs Behind Porsche Fire
Sean Combs allegedly coordinated a Molotov cocktail attack on Kid Cudi’s Porsche in January 2012 after he found out about his relationship with Cassie Ventura, as revealed in shocking court testimony. Kid Cudi got a distressing call from his dog sitter that his car was on fire. The attacker had cut open the vehicle’s top to put the incendiary device inside.
The trial looking at Sean Combs’ alleged misconduct continues, and Cassie Ventura backed these claims. She testified that Combs had threatened to blow up Kid Cudi’s car during Paris Fashion Week in February 2012. The court has heard from 16 witnesses over two weeks as Combs’ legal problems keep piling up. Ventura’s mother’s testimony revealed that Combs just needed $20,000 from her family. He wanted the money because he was concerned about Cassie’s safety after learning about her relationship with Kid Cudi. Kid Cudi later ran into Combs at Soho House, but Combs said he knew nothing about the whole ordeal. Kid Cudi said the music mogul acted like a “Marvel supervillain.”
Kid Cudi testifies about Porsche fire and break-in
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Rapper Kid Cudi gave a powerful testimony in court about frightening events that happened after Sean Combs found out about his brief relationship with Cassie Ventura in late 2011. He described a home break-in and car firebombing that he believes Combs arranged.
Cudi recalls Cassie’s warning call in December 2011
The scary chain of events started with Cassie Ventura’s early morning phone call in December 2011. Kid Cudi, legally named Scott Mescudi, told the court Ventura called around 5:30 a.m. She sounded “very stressed on the phone, nervous, scared”. She told him Sean Combs had found out about their relationship and asked him to pick her up.
“She told me that Sean Combs found out about us. She asked me to pick her up,” Cudi said in court. Worried about her safety, he picked up Ventura right away and took her to a West Hollywood hotel away from Combs.
While they tried to make sense of what was happening, they got another worrying call that made things worse. Capricorn Clark, an assistant to both Combs and Cudi, called them and sounded “on the verge of tears”.
Combs allegedly found inside Cudi’s home
Clark gave them shocking news – Combs and someone else had gotten into Cudi’s Los Angeles home. “She was forced to go along with them over there,” Cudi told the court. He added that Clark seemed “very scared” during the call.
Cudi jumped into his Porsche and rushed home. He called Combs directly to face him. “I’m going to be very candid,” Cudi explained to the court. “I said, ‘Motherfucker, you in my house?'”.
Combs didn’t deny it. He answered with an eerie calmness. “Mr. Combs said, ‘I’m over here, waiting for you,'” Cudi remembered. Combs also said, “I just want to talk to you”.
Dog locked in bathroom, gifts opened
Combs had left by the time Cudi got home, but several signs showed someone had been there. Cudi’s security cameras pointed in different directions, not at the door where he’d left them.
Inside, Cudi found his dog locked in the bathroom – strange since the pet usually had free run of the house. The dog looked upset, which Cudi described as “jittery and on edge”.
Cudi also saw that Christmas presents he’d bought for his family had been opened and gone through. He noted that Chanel gifts were opened and left in the kitchen.
“I was looking for [Combs],” Cudi testified. “I wanted to confront him, I wanted to fight him, you know?”. After thinking about “the gravity of the situation,” he decided not to pursue a physical fight and called the police to report the break-in.
The break-in changed his pet’s behavior permanently. The dog became “very jittery and kind of on edge all the time” after that day. This frightening home invasion was just the beginning – about a month later, someone firebombed Cudi’s Porsche with a Molotov cocktail.
Molotov cocktail destroys Kid Cudi’s Porsche
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A month after the home invasion, Kid Cudi faced an even worse attack. Someone firebombed his Porsche. This attack showed what prosecutors call Sean Combs’ pattern of revenge against people close to Cassie Ventura.
Cudi receives call from dog sitter about car fire
Kid Cudi got a shocking phone call in January 2012 that made his fears about Sean Combs real. His dog sitter called with terrible news – his Porsche was on fire outside his house.
“My Porsche was set on fire in January, about a month after the home break-in,” Mescudi testified in court. “My dog sitter called me and told me that someone had blown up my car.”
Mescudi rushed to find his car badly damaged by what looked like a planned fire. The timing hit close to home – it happened right after Combs found out about his relationship with Ventura. This attack, coming so soon after someone broke into his home, made Mescudi notice a scary pattern of threats.
Photos show damage from incendiary device
Court evidence included photos that showed how badly the attack damaged Mescudi’s Porsche. The pictures revealed the car’s extensive fire damage and showed exactly how the attack happened.
The attacker cut open the car’s convertible top to put a fire bomb inside. “The top was cut open, and somebody threw a Molotov cocktail inside the car,” Mescudi said during his testimony.
The court saw photos of burnt seats and a melted dashboard – typical signs of damage from a fire bomb. Fire department experts found traces of fuel often used in Molotov cocktails, which are simple but deadly weapons made from bottles filled with gas and fitted with wicks.
Cudi suspects Combs but no arrests made
Police never caught anyone for the home invasion or car bombing. In spite of that, Mescudi knew Combs was behind it, especially after talking to Cassie Ventura.
“I immediately suspected it was Sean,” Mescudi testified. “The timing was too perfect—first my home, then my car, both after he found out about me and Cassie.”
Local police looked into it but ended up closing the case without finding suspects. They had no security footage and no one saw anything. No one faced charges for burning the car.
Ventura’s words later backed up Mescudi’s gut feeling. She told the court that Combs had threatened to “blow up” Cudi’s car during a fight in Paris. His threat lined up perfectly with what happened in Los Angeles.
The Porsche attack adds to the bigger picture prosecutors paint of Combs. Along with other evidence, it helps show what they say is his pattern of threats and violence. They believe he used fear to control Ventura and hurt anyone close to her.
Cassie Ventura supports Cudi’s claims in court
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Cassie Ventura’s testimony backed up Kid Cudi’s story and made the prosecution’s case against Sean Combs stronger. She took the stand right after Cudi’s powerful testimony. Her details matched and added to the rapper’s claims about intimidation and violence that happened after their short relationship ended.
Cassie testifies about Combs’ threats to blow up Cudi’s car
The courtroom fell silent as Ventura shared a conversation from Paris Fashion Week in February 2012. She told the court that Combs made a direct threat, saying “I’m going to blow up Kid Cudi’s car.” This happened just weeks after someone firebombed Cudi’s Porsche in Los Angeles. Prosecutors emphasized this timing repeatedly during their questions.
“He was very upset about the relationship,” Ventura stated. She described how Combs confronted her about Cudi. “He said things like ‘I own you’ and threatened what he would do to anyone I was involved with.”
She describes being kicked and threatened after the affair
Ventura’s story included details of physical abuse she said happened after Combs found out about her relationship with Kid Cudi. She told the court about a time Combs kicked her while she lay on a hotel room floor. He kept making threats about what would happen to her and Cudi during the attack.
“I was terrified for both myself and for Scott,” Ventura said, using Kid Cudi’s legal name, Scott Mescudi. “The violence got worse whenever he thought I had connections with other men.”
Hotel security footage backed up parts of Ventura’s story. The video showed her clearly upset in elevators and hallways right after the alleged assault. A hotel worker also told the court about noise complaints from nearby rooms at that time.
Cassie’s mother says Combs demanded $20,000
Ventura’s mother’s testimony added more weight against Sean Combs. She told the court that Combs asked her family to pay $20,000 right after he learned about Ventura and Cudi’s relationship.
“He said it was for her own protection,” Ventura’s mother stated. “The message was clear – this was about controlling my daughter.”
Court evidence included phone records showing many calls between Combs and Ventura’s family members during this time. Bank records proved someone withdrew the exact amount, though defense lawyers questioned why the money changed hands.
Combs’ legal team tried to paint these events as misunderstandings during cross-examination. Ventura stuck to her story firmly. Prosecutors pointed out how well her account matched both Kid Cudi’s testimony and the physical evidence they showed earlier in the trial.
Combs denies involvement but Cudi remains unconvinced
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The Porsche firebombing led to a tense face-to-face meeting between Kid Cudi and Sean Combs. This moment became a vital part of the legal case against the music mogul.
Cudi meets Combs at Soho House after car fire
Kid Cudi set up a meeting with Combs at the Soho House in Los Angeles right after his Porsche went up in flames. “After the fire, I said this is getting out of hand. I need to talk to him,” Mescudi told the court. Their managers helped set up the meeting since things were still tense between them.
When Mescudi arrived, Combs was already there waiting. They talked about Cassie Ventura first, with Combs saying “We were homies, you know that was my girl.” Mescudi explained that Ventura had told him she was no longer with Combs before they started dating.
Combs denies knowledge, Cudi calls him a ‘Marvel supervillain’
The meeting had an eerie feel to it. “Sean Combs was standing there, staring out the window with his hands behind his back, like a Marvel supervillain,” Mescudi said, making the courtroom laugh.
They shook hands as they wrapped up. Mescudi took his chance and asked straight up: “What are we going to do about my car?” Combs just gave him what Mescudi called a “very cold stare” and said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Mescudi knew right away “he was lying” but decided not to push it. Combs then asked if they were “cool” or if they “had a problem.” Mescudi said Combs promised he had nothing to do with what happened to the car.
Cudi says he found peace after Combs apologized in 2015
The bad blood between them finally ended years later. Mescudi ran into Combs again at Soho House in 2015. Combs pulled him aside and surprised him with an apology.
“Man, I just want to apologize for everything and all that bullsh*t,” Combs told Mescudi. This meant a lot to the rapper: “After I got the apology I found peace with it. That was the last thing I was suspecting to get from him.”
Combs’s lawyers still say their client was “simply not involved” in the car burning. Defense teams pointed out during cross-examination that nobody saw who burned the car, and Mescudi couldn’t directly prove Combs was behind it.
Witnesses and evidence build case against Combs
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“with his hands behind his back like a Marvel supervillain” — Kid Cudi, Grammy-winning rapper and prosecution witness in Sean Combs trial
The prosecution’s case against Sean Combs got stronger with compelling accounts from former employees and acquaintances who backed up Cassie Ventura’s abuse allegations.
Makeup artist testifies about Cassie’s injuries
Mylah Morales, a makeup artist who worked for both Combs and Ventura, gave damaging testimony about an incident during Grammy weekend in 2010. She stayed with Ventura at the Beverly Hills Hotel when Combs burst in and yelled, “Where the f**k is she?” Morales heard “yelling and screaming” after Combs entered Ventura’s bedroom.
Morales testified that Ventura had “a swollen eye, a busted lip and knots on her head” after Combs left. She took Ventura to her own home where she stayed several days. A doctor friend checked Ventura’s injuries to her face, stomach and ribs and suggested going to the emergency room, but Ventura said no. Morales never called police because she “feared Combs and feared for her life.”
Former assistant describes violent incidents on private jet
George Kaplan served as Combs’ executive assistant from 2013 to 2015 and testified under immunity about seeing multiple violent episodes. He witnessed a disturbing incident on a private jet to Las Vegas where he heard glass breaking and saw Combs standing over Ventura with a whiskey glass.
“I heard Ventura scream, ‘Isn’t anybody seeing this?'” Kaplan said. He also saw Combs throw “green apples very hard” at another girlfriend at his Miami mansion. Kaplan ended up quitting because he “didn’t think he should be involved in covering things up.”
Prosecutors present photos and hotel records
The jury looked at hotel records that showed Combs used several aliases like Jackie Star, Frank White, and Ryan Lopez. Notes from L’Ermitage Hotel’s management in Beverly Hills revealed details about Combs’ stays: “ALWAYS spills candle wax on everything and uses excessive amounts of oil, place the room out of order upon departure for deep cleaning.”
The hotel staff noted rooms needed $1,835.97 in extra fees for damage after Combs stayed there. These records matched Ventura’s testimony about Combs’ “freak-offs” with baby oil and candles.
The trial against Sean Combs keeps revealing more disturbing details as sixteen witnesses share their stories of alleged intimidation, violence, and control. Kid Cudi’s story about the Porsche attack stands out as one of the most shocking revelations that matches Cassie Ventura’s account of Combs’ explicit threats. Ventura’s mother’s testimony about the $20,000 she just needed to pay strengthens the case about his controlling behavior.
Former employees’ statements add compelling evidence to these claims. Makeup artist Mylah Morales and executive assistant George Kaplan saw troubling incidents with their own eyes but stayed quiet back then because they feared getting back at them. Hotel records also back up the claims about Combs’ behavior during the relationship.
Combs denies any role in the Porsche firebombing. His 2015 apology to Kid Cudi doesn’t line up with what he said before. Prosecutors see this as proof of guilt, while defense lawyers say their client had nothing to do with the whole ordeal.
More witnesses will take the stand in coming weeks. The jury will have to weigh Kid Cudi’s description of Combs as a “Marvel supervillain” against the defense team’s claims of misunderstandings and exaggerations. Whatever the final verdict, these testimonies have exposed troubling power dynamics in the music industry and what it all means for everyone involved.
