Kid Cudi is slated to testify in the federal sex-crimes trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs later this week.

Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, is expected to begin his testimony May 21 or May 22. Cudi is the one-time fling of Combs' ex-girlfriend Casandra "Cassie" Ventura Fine, who testified last week that Combs allegedly blew up Cudi's car during their short-lived relationship after he found out about the pairing.

The "Me & U" singer's testimony mirrored her November 2023 lawsuit aimed at the embattled ex-mogul, which accused the Bad Boy Records founder of domestic violence and sexual abuse during their decadelong relationship.

Through a spokesperson at the time, Cudi confirmed the allegations to The New York Times and corroborated Ventura Fine's claims in the suit by telling the outlet that "this is all true."

On May 14, Ventura Fine testified that Combs' violence towards her extended to other people, including Cudi, whom she briefly dated in 2011 during a break in her relationship with Combs after they had musically collaborated. She said she got a burner phone for calling Mescudi so Combs wouldn't find out about the relationship

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During her court testimony, which spanned four days, Ventura Fine testified that after Combs found out about her relationship with Cudi by reading emails on her phone during a "freak off" − a slang term for his drug-fueled sex sessions at various locales − he resorted to violence.

When Combs saw emails between Ventura Fine and Combs' former assistant Capricorn Clark about bringing a toiletry bag to Cudi's house, Ventura Fine said Combs got angry and lunged at her with a wine bottle opener between his fingers.

Ventura Fine said she managed to escape and contacted Cudi at a different hotel using a burner phone, and later that day, she went to Combs' mansion to talk things through and "resolve it in that moment."

But "he was irate, so angry," she said, and threatened to release explicit videos of her participating in "freak off” sessions. In court, Ventura Fine testified that Combs "said he was going to hurt Scott and I." She said that while leaving the conversation on her way out of Combs' home, the mogul "kicked me in the back on my way out, and I fell to the floor."

Ventura Fine testified that she had a large bruise on her back from the incident and later returned to her hotel. When she got back to her room, someone had peed on the floor, knocked over the furniture and defecated in the toilet without flushing.

"It was disgusting," she said. The court saw evidence of an email Ventura Fine sent on Dec. 23, 2011. She used her Veronica Bang alias and sent the email to her mom, Regina Ventura, and Clark. The subject line was "Threats."

After a visit to her hometown of New London, Connecticut, for Christmas 2011, Ventura Fine testified she lied to her mom, telling her the kick in the back was the first time Combs had assaulted her. Ventura Fine's mom testified in court on May 20 that she took photos of her daughter after "she was beaten by Sean Combs" because "she was bruised, and I wanted to make sure we memorialized it."

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Ventura Fine also testified that Combs told her he'd blow up Cudi's car and that he wanted the rapper's friends to see it happen, she testified. (Rolling Stone previously reported a Los Angeles City Fire Department report confirmed Kid Cudi’s Porsche was set on fire by an "incendiary device" on Jan. 9, 2012, in Los Angeles.)

Cudi came to visit Ventura Fine in Connecticut, but she broke off their relationship because it was too dangerous to continue their relationship, given Combs' threat to hurt them.

Later, Combs, Ventura Fine and Cudi met at SoHo House to discuss the latter two no longer being romantically involved. "What about my vehicle?" Cudi asked, according to Ventura Fine's testimony. "What vehicle?" Combs responded.

Ventura Fine split from Combs in the fall of 2018 after the death of his other ex-girlfriend Kimberly "Kim" Porter, who is the mother to three of his biological children.

Ventura Fine married personal trainer Alex Fine a year after splitting from Combs in 2018, while Cudi announced his engagement to menswear designer Lola Abecassis Sartore in November.

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