Kid Cudi Describes Combs as 'Marvel Super Villain' After Alleged Porsche Arson

An evidence photo, displayed Thursday, May 22, 2025, during testimony in federal court in New York, shows the damage to a Porsche belonging to rapper Kid Cudi, born Scott Mescudi. Cudi testified that the vehicle was firebombed at his Los Angeles home in January 2012, an act he blamed on Sean "Diddy" Combs during Combs's ongoing sex-trafficking trial.

Kid Cudi delivered gripping testimony Thursday in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s federal sex-trafficking trial on Thursday, recounting a harrowing 2012 firebombing of his Porsche and an earlier home break-in, both of which he unequivocally blamed on the music mogul.

The Grammy-winning rapper, born Scott Mescudi, detailed to jurors how in January 2012, a Molotov cocktail was launched into his Los Angeles driveway, engulfing his Porsche. He testified he first learned of the inferno from his dog sitter. 

When Mescudi, 41, later confronted Combs about the destroyed vehicle at a meeting in a Los Angeles hotel, Combs flatly responded, “I don't know what you’re talking about,” Mescudi testified. He described Combs during that meeting as posturing “like a Marvel super villain,” standing with his hands behind his back looking out a window, an encounter Mescudi found “off-putting” due to Combs's calmness.

Kid Cudi's testimony included multiple bombshell allegations against Diddy, including blowing up Cudi's car with a Molotov cocktail. ⚖️

Cudi also alleges that Diddy broke into his home, moved security cameras, injured and locked away his dog and went through all his belongings. https://t.co/JnPagsMl1y pic.twitter.com/3CfJA1Ame0

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“I remember looking at him and thinking, ‘You burned my car,’ ” Mescudi told the court. He added that Combs eventually apologized for "everything and all that [expletive]" approximately three years later, around 2015, after which Mescudi said he "found peace with it."

Prosecutors assert the car bombing exemplifies a pattern of “intimidation and violence” Combs allegedly employed, particularly concerning his former girlfriend, singer Cassie Ventura. Mescudi had a brief romantic relationship with Ventura in late 2011, during a period when her relationship with Combs was reportedly intermittent.

On cross-examination, defense attorneys emphasized that no arrests were made or charges filed in connection with the firebombing, and Mescudi acknowledged he never witnessed who threw the incendiary device. “There is no physical evidence tying Mr. Combs to that incident,” a defense attorney stated.

Mescudi also recounted an unnerving break-in at his Hollywood Hills home in December 2011, which he said occurred after Combs became aware of his relationship with Ventura. He testified that security cameras had been tampered with, gifts rifled through, and his dog was inexplicably locked in a bathroom, prompting him to file a police report. Mescudi also testified that during this period, Combs called him while Mescudi believed Combs and associates were at his house. Mescudi said he asked Combs, "Motherf--ker, are you in my house?" to which Combs allegedly replied, "I am here waiting for you."

Further, Mescudi stated that Ventura had confided in him that Combs had been physically abusive towards her, describing incidents where “he would hit her, sometimes kick her.”

Combs, 54, has pleaded not guilty to a range of federal charges, including sex trafficking by force, transportation for prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy. Prosecutors allege he operated a criminal enterprise that abused, threatened, and coerced women over nearly two decades. Combs’s defense team has argued that his relationships were consensual and part of a lifestyle that included non-traditional arrangements.

The trial also heard continued testimony Thursday from George Kaplan, a former executive assistant to Combs, who reportedly testified to witnessing Combs "attack" Ventura. The trial is slated to continue.