Combs kicked off in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday, with federal prosecutors trying to prove he turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs became enraged over his then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura's relationship with rapper Kid Cudi, according to her testimony on May 14, 2025, at Combs' New York trial. Her testimony also discussed the bizarre incident in which Kid Cudi's car was later blown up.