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The Independent UK
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Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Sean 'Diddy' Combs feared footage of him beating his girlfriend would ruin his career, witness says

Sexual Misconduct Diddy - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Sean “Diddy” Combs told a former Los Angeles hotel guard it would ruin his career if a security video of the hip-hop mogul kicking and dragging R&B singer Casandra “ Cassie ” Ventura in 2016 was made public, the security specialist testified Tuesday at Combs' federal sex trafficking trial.

Eddy Garcia, 33, testified to a jury that Combs made the comment repeatedly in March 2016 soon after the attack as he tried to buy what he hoped was the only copy of the video.

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