Diddy ex-assistant Capricorn Clark delivers 'most explosive' testimony yet in rapper's federal trial: expert

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Capricorn Clark testified Tuesday successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' national proceedings that the Bad Boy Records laminitis allegedly threatened to termination her portion she was employed arsenic his assistant.

On her archetypal time of moving for Diddy successful 2004, she claimed the "Last Night" rapper took her connected a locomotion done Central Park astatine astir 9 p.m. Diddy allegedly discovered Capricorn had antecedently worked astatine Death Row Records with his rival, Suge Knight, and told her that if thing happened, helium would person to termination her.

Capricorn besides testified that she was allegedly forced to instrumentality a five-day prevarication detector trial aft a container of jewelry went missing. She told the tribunal that successful December 2011, Diddy allegedly showed up astatine her flat with a weapon and orders to get dressed due to the fact that they were going to "kill" Cassie Ventura's then-boyfriend, Kid Cudi.

Former national authoritative Neama Rahmani told Fox News Digital that, arsenic the 3rd adjunct witnesser to testify, Capricorn's grounds "was the astir explosive" frankincense acold successful the trial.

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P. Diddy's ex-assistant takes the basal   arsenic  a witnesser  during the trial.

Diddy's erstwhile assistant, Capricorn Clark, testified against the disgraced euphony mogul successful his national proceedings for enactment crimes. (Jane Rosenberg)

"When Combs recovered retired that she antecedently worked for Suge Knight and Death Row, connected her archetypal day, Combs said that if thing happened, helium would termination her. This was the opening of transgression threats and different convulsive activity," Rahmani said.

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"Combs accused Clark of stealing diamond jewelry. His information locked her successful an bureau and administered a prevarication detector test.  They told her that if she failed, they would propulsion her successful the East River. They took her to the aforesaid bureau and questioned her with a prevarication detector for 5 days straight. That’s kidnapping and a racketeering act."

"When Combs recovered retired that she antecedently worked for Suge Knight and Death Row, connected her archetypal day, Combs said that if thing happened, helium would termination her. This was the opening of transgression threats and different convulsive activity."

— Neama Rahmani

Rahmani added that Clark's claims of having to procure amerciable and medicine drugs for her erstwhile brag successful prescriptions made successful her sanction is considered "drug trafficking and different RICO predicate."

P. Diddy's ex-assistant takes the basal   arsenic  a witnesser  during the trial.

Capricorn Clark became affectional connected the basal Tuesday. (Jane Rosenberg)

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Still, Rahmani said the defence "scored immoderate points connected cross-examination" erstwhile Capricorn's colony for wrongful termination was addressed successful court. Additionally, Capricorn admitted that she had a crush connected Diddy successful substance messages, and that she met with Combs successful August to effort to rejoin his squad arsenic his main of staff. 

"Clark was represented by Bryan Freedman, Justin Baldoni’s lawyer, and successful that meeting, she said that Diddy wouldn’t beryllium successful this messiness if helium had kept her astir and that Ventura wasn’t bully for Combs," Rahmani said. "The defence is arguing that Clark is simply a disgruntled erstwhile worker who wants wealth and revenge, and who is jealous of Ventura."

Los Angeles litigator John J. Perlstein told Fox News Digital that Capricorn's grounds followed a signifier of "universally established malicious conduct," which could beryllium precise damaging to Diddy. 

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P. Diddy and his defence  squad  successful  tribunal  for his trial.

Diddy appeared successful tribunal Tuesday wearing a bluish sweater. (Jane Rosenberg)

"Ms. Clark’s grounds corroborates the beatings and Diddy’s past of unit towards many, particularly women, further supporting the racketeering charges being levied against him," Perlstein said. "Ms. Clark’s grounds came crossed precise good and volition undoubtedly beryllium invaluable to the prosecution’s lawsuit and damaging to the defendant’s."

"Ms. Clark’s grounds came crossed precise good and volition undoubtedly beryllium invaluable to the prosecution’s lawsuit and damaging to the defendant’s."

— John J. Perlstein

Julia Jayne, transgression defence lawyer astatine Jayne Law Group, explained that Capricorn became an important witnesser for the prosecution owed to her proximity to Diddy.

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"Her testimony can certainly corroborate definite allegations, but it is unclear whether it volition beforehand the racketeering theory, since the defence is seemingly not denying home unit behaviour by Diddy," Jayne told Fox News Digital. 

Diddy wears a leather overgarment   successful  a room  earlier  a concert.

Diddy was arrested and charged with aggregate counts successful September. (Shareif Ziyadat)

Kid Cudi leaves court

Kid Cudi testified connected May 22 successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

"The defence was besides capable to constituent retired immoderate inconsistencies, which is to beryllium expected connected cross-examination. Overall, astatine a minimum, if she presents arsenic credible, the assemblage volition person a much robust representation of Diddy's behavior, cognition and alleged vindictiveness and aggression."

"Overall, astatine a minimum, if she presents arsenic credible, the assemblage volition person a much robust representation of Diddy's behavior, cognition and alleged vindictiveness and aggression."

— Julia Jayne

In a national indictment unsealed connected Sept. 17, Diddy was charged with racketeering conspiracy (RICO); enactment trafficking by force, fraud oregon coercion; and proscription to prosecute successful prostitution. If recovered guilty, helium faces a minimum of 15 years down bars oregon a maximum condemnation of beingness successful prison.

He has maintained his innocence.

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Testimony successful the Bad Boy Records founder's proceedings began May 12, and jurors heard from his ex-girlfriend, Cassie Ventura, Regina Ventura, Cassie's mother, and erstwhile champion person Kerry Morgan.

Mom and dada  of Cassie Ventura get  to tribunal  wherever  Regina Ventura volition  attest  agains Sean "Diddy" Combs

Regina and Rodrick Ventura, Cassie Ventura's parents, arrived successful tribunal Tuesday. Regina testified connected behalf of the authorities successful the Sean "Diddy" Combs national trial. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

On Thursday, the assemblage heard from rapper Kid Cudi, who testified that helium had a romanticist narration with Diddy's ex, Cassie, successful 2011. Kid Cudi testified that erstwhile Diddy recovered retired astir the relationship, helium broke into the musician's location and aboriginal allegedly acceptable occurrence to his car. However, determination was nary definitive grounds to beryllium Kid Cudi's claims.

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