Diddy paid BIG bucks to get that infamous Cassie footage.
Day 15 of Diddy’s sex trafficking trial in New York has revealed wild new details about the InterContinental Hotel incident. As we all saw on the video, Diddy brutally beat his then-girlfriend Cassie at the Los Angeles hotel in 2016 — and it was all captured on security footage.
Obviously Combs did consider the security cameras at the time. And the disgraced rapper paid an exorbitant amount to get what he thought was the only copy of the footage! At least, that’s according to the latest testimony.
Former hotel guard Eddy Garcia took the stand on Tuesday and told the courtroom he received a call from Diddy’s team on March 5, 2016 — the same day the assault occurred — inquiring about the footage. According to him, the defamed rapper’s chief of staff Kristina Khorram asked for a copy. And not long after, Diddy himself allegedly called sounding “very nervous” — but Garcia refused to help. But that didn’t stop the music executive from trying to get his way…
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According to Garcia, Diddy’s team somehow got ahold of his personal number where the Bad Boy for Life rapper explained to him the footage could “ruin his career.” He allegedly informed Garcia he would “take care” of him if he worked with him, which he understood meant financially.
Garcia testified that his supervisor Bill Madrano agreed to provide Diddy with the footage for $50k, which the abuser responded to by saying, “Let’s do it.” Garcia then went to a meet up spot in Los Angeles to make the trade, where he claimed Diddy was “excited and smiling.” The rapper allegedly told him:
“Eddy, my angel, I knew you could help.”
Ew.
Garcia then handed over a USB drive containing the footage. He testified he then signed an NDA and assured Diddy the only copy of the footage was on the drive. He then received a brown paper bag stuffed with $100k in cash. WHOA!!!
Imagine being handed a crumpled bag like for a sad little school lunch… and it’s filled with 10 stacks of $100 bills… On a security guard’s salary, that’s wild. No wonder Diddy got what he wanted most of the time, right??
Garcia split the cash with Madrano and fellow security guard Henry Elias, who responded to the initial domestic violence call at the hotel in the following way: Mandrano got $50k, Elias got $20k, and Garcia kept $30k for himself, which he testified helped him buy a used car.
And they weren’t the only ones. Los Angeles Police Department officer Israel Florez, who used to be a security guard at the InterContinental Hotel, previously testified he too was bribed by Diddy — and warned not to “tell anyone” about the domestic violence incident after responding to the scene. Diddy paid a lot to try to keep that from ever seeing the light of day.
The sad reality is money truly does talk. And for a long time, it did a lot of talking for Diddy. Reactions?
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