A security guard testified that Sean “Diddy” Combs bribed him to make sure video footage of him physically assaulting Casandra “Cassie” Fine remained out of the public eye. On Tuesday (June 3), Eddy Garcia took the stand to detail how the disgraced mogul labeled him “my angel” once the deal was set into place.
According to Rolling Stone, Garcia initially rejected communications from Combs’ chief of staff, Kristina Khorram, who wanted to view the footage. He allegedly instructed Khorram to get a subpoena before being contacted on his personal phone, which made him “nervous.”
Garcia detailed that Combs joined the call and named him a “good guy” and allegedly explained that if the video was released to the public, it would “ruin his career.” Garcia then consulted with his supervisor, who allegedly instructed that the security clip could be sold to the Harlem native and his team for $50,000.
Garcia claimed Combs exclaimed, “Eddy, my angel, I knew you could help. I knew you could do it,” per RS.
Cassie Ventura and Sean “Diddy” Combs arrive at “Mayweather VS Pacquiao” presented by SHOWTIME PPV And HBO PPV at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Garcia then detailed traveling to an office building with the damning footage on a transportable drive to meet with Korrham and Combs. He claimed his voice was cracking due to his mental state, so Combs asked Korrham to “go get him that tea I like.” Before his exit, Combs asked if the flash drive had the only copy of the video, and made a FaceTime call to Cassie during the ordeal.
“Let this guy know you want this to go away, too,” Combs allegedly directed the “Official Girl” singer during the call. Garcia claimed that Cassie appeared calm, per RS, and wanted the incident to “go away.”
According to Garcia, once Cassie offered her input, he signed a declaration that claimed the footage at hand was the only copy, and signed a non-disclosure agreement on Combs Enterprise letterhead, dated March 7, 2011, two days after the hotel assault. Garcia said he did not receive a copy and would be forced to pay $1 million if the terms were violated. He then received a brown paper bag filled with $100,000.
Cassie and Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs attend “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between” Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. (
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“I was nervous, I was in a rush to get out of there,” detailed Garcia. According to RS, Garcia claimed to have given $50,000 to his boss while splitting the other $50,000 with the other security officer on duty at the time of the incident.
Earlier in the trial, LAPD officer Israel Florez and a former security guard at the hotel testified to their experience with Combs as it related to the assault of his ex-girlfriend. The footage was released to the public last year by CNN.
“She was scared,” Florez swore under oath of Ventura’s presence after being physically attacked. “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.”
The footage was played for jurors in Combs’ ongoing criminal trial, where he faces one count of racketeering conspiracy; two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. The 55-year-old continues to maintain his innocence.
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