Diddy Trial
Capricorn Clark Says She Was Threatened
Testifies About Suge Knight, 50 Cent, Theft Accusation
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Proceedings in Diddy‘s federal intercourse trafficking and racketeering trial in NYC resumed Tuesday after a Monday vacation break … the protection and prosecution groups sparred over earlier testimony earlier than the jury was seated.
Diddy’s one-time assistant Capricorn Clark took the stand first, and was requested about bodily threats from her former boss and about being accused of stealing from the disgraced rap mogul.
Clark was requested the place she grew up, and he or she talked about working for Def Jam Data earlier than shifting to Dying Row Data, and was requested by the prosecution about its former chief, Suge Knight. Knight is the daddy of a buddy’s baby, Clark mentioned.
Clark detailed the number of jobs she carried out for Diddy’s group, together with being accountable for the ladies’s division at Sean Jean, a clothes firm.
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Clark was requested about her first day working for Diddy, in 2004. She mentioned Diddy took her to Central Park, together with somebody named “Uncle Paulie,” who was constructed like a linebacker, she described.
Clark testified Diddy advised her that since she’d labored for Suge Knight, if “something occurred,” he might need to kill her — prompting an objection from the protection. Decide Arun Subramanian overruled. Clark advised the jury she took the assertion severely, saying … “It had gravitas.”
Final week, one other of Diddy’s former assistants testified about an incident involving Knight, claiming Diddy gathered some weapons and went searching for him throughout a go to in L.A. Knight talked to TMZ concerning the incident, saying it seemingly would have escalated into violence had they run into one another on the night time in query.
Clark mentioned she witnessed Diddy in possession of a gun at her home … she testified he talked about having an issue with rapper 50 Cent.
She additionally talked about being accused of stealing jewellery whereas working for Diddy. Clark mentioned she was questioned for hours about it by Uncle Paulie and brought as much as the sixth ground of a dilapidated place. She says the door was locked behind her, and a heavyset man was sitting at a folding desk. She described two males the dimensions of “linebackers” and mentioned they advised her she was there to take a lie-detector take a look at.
Clark mentioned she was advised if she failed the polygraph, they might throw her within the East River. That prompted a protection objection and a sidebar with the choose.
Clark mentioned the lie-detector take a look at ordeal lasted 5 days, as they returned to the identical location repeatedly … she mentioned she was not free to depart throughout these interrogations. She mentioned she was allowed to return to work after that — when requested why she did not go away the corporate, Clark mentioned “If I left, they’d assume I stole.”
She additionally mentioned she received about 4 hours of sleep an evening, and was paid $55K per 12 months, and by no means received paid additional time.
She was requested about Diddy’s resort stays, and mentioned he took cameras and small bottles of child oil and lube in a bag each time.
Final week, another assistant also talked about Diddy being preoccupied with workers stealing from him, and testified about polygraph exams.
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Decide Subramanian mentioned testimony from an investigator and a key witness from final week surrounding the occasions of Scott Mescudi, AKA as rapper Kid Cudi, whose Porsche was destroyed in his driveway by a Molotov cocktail again in 2012. Prosecutors objected to an investigator’s report — protection says DNA proof from the arson scene was in line with a feminine. Prosecutors say the DNA problem may mislead the jury.