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 Information earlier than transferring to Demise Row Information, and was requested by the prosecution about its former chief, Suge Knight. Knight is the daddy of a pal’s baby, Clark mentioned.
Clark detailed the number of jobs she carried out for Diddy’s group, together with being in command of 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 instructed her that since she’d labored for Suge Knight, if “something occurred,” he might need to kill her — prompting an objection from the protection. Choose Arun Subramanian overruled. Clark instructed 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 on the lookout for him throughout a go to in L.A. Knight talked to TMZ concerning the incident, saying it possible 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 instructed her she was there to take a lie-detector check.
Clark mentioned she was instructed if she failed the polygraph, they’d throw her within the East River. That prompted a protection objection and a sidebar with the choose.
Clark mentioned the lie-detector check ordeal lasted 5 days, as they returned to the identical location repeatedly … she mentioned she was not free to go away throughout these interrogations. She mentioned she was allowed to return to work after that — when requested why she did not depart the corporate, Clark mentioned “If I left, they’d assume I stole.”
She additionally mentioned she acquired about 4 hours of sleep an evening, and was paid $55K per 12 months, and by no means acquired paid time beyond regulation.
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, one other assistant additionally talked about Diddy being preoccupied with workers stealing from him, and testified about polygraph assessments.
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Choose Subramanian mentioned testimony from an investigator and a key witness from final week surrounding the occasions of Scott Mescudi, AKA as rapper Child 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 challenge may mislead the jury.