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(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly armed himself and a bodyguard to confront his rival music producer, Suge Knight, after one of his “Freak Off” sex parties, his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura testified Tuesday.
Ventura was testifying against Combs in his federal criminal sex crimes trial.
She said Combs left the “Freak Off” at his Los Angeles home to confront Knight, who was allegedly at Mel’s Drive-In, a local landmark diner.
After he learned about where Knight was, Combs and a bodyguard dressed in black and then armed themselves, Cassie testified.
“I was crying. I was screaming, like, ‘Please don’t do anything stupid,’” Ventura said. “I was really nervous for them. I didn’t know what they were going to do.”
Ventura said Combs returned later that evening, and it was unclear if he had actually confronted Knight.
Diddy and Suge Knight’s rivalry
Knight and Combs’ rivalry as music producers stemmed from the 1990s, when Knight was producing rappers like Tupac Shakur and Combs was working with rapper The Notorious B.I.G., whose real name was Christopher Wallace.
Knight ran the company Death Row Records, while Combs ran his Bad Boy label, sparking the East and West Coast rap feud.
The rivalry came to a head when Shakur and Wallace were killed within a matter of months of each other in 1996 and 1997.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.