Last year hotel surveillance video leaked online showing Bad Boy Entertainment CEO, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, attacking his ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura [click here if you missed that].
Today in day 15 of Diddy's human trafficking and RICO trial a hotel security guard testified that Diddy paid $100k to keep the video from seeing the light of day...
From The Sun
SEAN "Diddy" Combs' trial continued with explosive testimony from an ex-hotel worker who disclosed the extreme lengths the music exec took to obtain the surveillance footage of Cassandra Ventura's attack.
Eddy Garcia, a former security guard at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, took the stand on Tuesday after invoking his 5th Amendment right not to self-incriminate.
Garcia told jurors that Combs' relentless pursuit to obtain the copy of the surveillance footage showing him attacking his ex-girlfriend Ventura at the InterContinental began the same day it happened in March 2016.
The witness told prosecutors he first received a call from Combs' chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, asking him if it was possible to obtain a copy of the video.
The former hotel worker said Combs told him the video could "ruin his career," and he said he would "take care" of him if he helped him, which Garcia understood meant financially.
The former hotel worker said Combs told him the video could "ruin his career," and he said he would "take care" of him if he helped him, which Garcia understood as financially.
Garcia testified that his supervisor, Bill Madrano, told him he would be willing to give Combs the video for $50,000, which the Bad Boy Record executive agreed to, responding, "Let's do it."
"Eddy, my angel, I knew you could help," Garcia said an "excited and smiling" Combs told him after arriving at a meet-up point in Los Angeles, where he handed him a USB drive that contained the video.
Garcia testified that he signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and confirmed to Combs that the USB drive contained the only copy of the video.
The witness told jurors that Combs gave him $100,000 in cash in a brown paper bag after he signed the NDA.
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