NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper and actor Kid Cudi is expected to testify at the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial this week, taking the witness stand to tell the jury about his brief relationship 14 years ago with Combs’ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie.

Prosecutors say Combs was so upset about the relationship that he arranged to have Cudi’s convertible firebombed, according to court filings.

Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, won’t be called to the stand before Thursday, prosecutors informed the judge. In the meantime, a federal agent resumed testifying Wednesday in the Manhattan courtroom about what investigators found when they raided Combs’ home in March 2024, six months before his arrest last September.

Homeland Security Investigations sent 80 to 90 agents to the residenc

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