Pix11 | Thursday, May 22, 2025 
Rapper Kid Cudi says his car was set on fire weeks after Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs broke into his home

NEW YORK — Rapper Kid Cudi testified Thursday that Sean “Diddy” Combs broke into his Hollywood Hills home in 2011 after finding out he was dating Combs’ ex-girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, and that someone set fire to his car weeks later. Speaking at Combs’ sex trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court, Cudi, whose legal name is Scott Mescudi, said that one day while he and Cassie briefly dated, he took her to a West Hollywood hotel to get her away from the seething Combs. While there, he said, he got a call from Combs’ assistant, Capricorn Clark, who told him Combs and an affiliate were in his house and that she had been forced to go with them. Cudi said he left the hotel to drive home, and that he called Combs en route and asked him why he was in his house. He said Combs calmly replied, “I want to talk to you.” But Combs wasn’t there when he arrived, Cudi said. Instead, he found that someone had opened Christmas presents he’d bought for his family and locked his dog in a bathroom. Cudi said he wasn’t sure what was going on, so he called the police. – Cudi’s car is set on fire – A few weeks later, Cudi testified, his Porsche 911 convertible was destroyed by fire while parked in his driveway. Cudi said he was at a friend’s house when his dog-sitter called and told him his car was on fire. Jurors were shown photos of a hole that had been cut in the car’s fabric roof and a Molotov cocktail that had been found on the passenger seat…Read more