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Witnesses have begun taking the stand in Diddy’s New York trial… And what one in particular has to say is extremely telling.
On Monday, Los Angeles Police Department officer Israel Florez was called to the witness stand. He served as a security guard at the InterContinental Hotel in LA in 2016 when Diddy mercilessly beat then-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, and claims at the time he responded to a report of a woman in distress, according to court docs obtained by multiple outlets. When he arrived, he found Diddy in a white towel, whom he immediately recognized, and a “scared” Cassie, whom he did not recognize:
“She was scared. She was in the corner, hood on, covered up. I couldn’t see her face, she was pretty much in the corner. On the floor was a destroyed flower vase.”
Creepily, he claims Diddy shot him a “devilish stare” before informing him of an argument he and Cassie were in the middle of. Cassie then allegedly told Florez she wanted to gather her belongings and leave, but Diddy wouldn’t allow it.
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Florez followed the pair back to their hotel room and claims he saw from the doorway a “male, Black, wearing dark clothing sitting at the corner of the bed,” according to ABC7.
It’s not clear who the man is, but Florez stood in the doorway to allow Cassie time to leave. And after she was gone the Bad Boy for Life rapper called him over to issue a chilling three-word bribe:
“I started to leave and [Combs] called for me. He had a sack of money and he threw it at me and said, ‘Don’t tell anyone.’”
So, so, so wrong.
That wasn’t the only interaction he had with the disgraced rapper, though… He claims during another interaction, the Bad Boy Records founder attempted to take his and his colleague’s phone because he believed they were recording him. The confrontation led to Florez pinning the 55-year-old against a wall:
“He came to the door, closed the door behind him, he grabbed the phone my colleague was holding because he thought he was being recorded. He eventually gave the phone back.”
He added:
“We said we are not recording you and de-escalated the situation.”
So wild… You can hear more details (below):
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For more information on violence against women, go to https://www.justice.gov/ovw/resources-for-survivors
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, help is available. Consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233, or text START to 88788, or go to https://www.thehotline.org/
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