US EditionSean ‘Diddy’ Combs paid to hide Cassie beating video because he feared career ruin, witness says
- In 2016, Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegedly paid $100,000 to a hotel security guard, Eddy Garcia, to obtain and hide a security video showing Combs attacking Cassie Ventura in Los Angeles.
- Combs repeatedly expressed fear that the video’s release would ruin his career and sought to buy what he hoped was the only copy, although Garcia initially lacked direct server access to the footage.
- Garcia testified that Combs called him several times after the attack, sounded nervous, and spoke through Combs' chief-of-staff, Kristina Khorram, while Garcia signed strict non-disclosure agreements under pressure.
- Garcia paid $50,000 to his boss and $20,000 to another security officer, kept $30,000, used cash to avoid paper trails, and later testified under oath to these details during Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial.
- At 55 years old, Combs has denied the sex trafficking and racketeering allegations brought against him following his arrest in New York in September 2024, with prosecutors highlighting hotel surveillance footage as crucial evidence backing the accusations of abuse made by three women spanning nearly twenty years.
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