Cudi said that Cassie called him in a panic one morning in December and said that Combs had hit her with a wine bottle opener. Fearing for their safety, the pair fled to a nearby hotel. Cudi found out that someone had broken into his house when he got home. His dog was locked in the bathroom, presents were opened and someone messed with his security cameras.

Weeks later, someone set fire to his Porsche outside his house. Photos shown in court showed that the car had been set on fire with what looked like a Molotov cocktail. Cudi remembered running into Combs at a Soho House in Los Angeles and calling him “a Marvel supervillain.” While Combs denied involvement at the time, he allegedly apologized years later. Still, Cudi stood firm in his testimony, saying, “I knew Sean Combs was violent,” and added that their relationship ended out of fear.