(NewsNation) — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ former assistant told a jury Tuesday that the music producer threatened her after finding out she had worked for rival music producer Suge Knight.
Capricorn Clark testified that on her first day on the job with Combs, he and a security guard took her to Central Park in New York City after dark and brought up her former employment with Knight.
“He told me that he didn’t know that I had anything to do with Suge Knight and if anything happened, he would have to kill me,” Clark testified.
When asked by the prosecution what she made of Combs’ remark, she said she believed he was “very serious.”
Clark is the third former assistant to testify against the music mogul. She worked for Combs, who founded Bad Boy Records, from 2004 to 2012.
Suge Knight mentioned several times in Diddy trial
Knight ran the rival record label Death Row Records. The two record companies were behind the East-West Coast rap feud in the 1990s.
His name has been brought up once before during Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s testimony.
Ventura, who is Combs’ ex-partner, recalled an incident in which Combs allegedly left his Los Angeles home during a “Freak Off” sex party with his security guard, guns in hand and wearing black masks, to confront Knight at Mel’s Drive-In, a diner.
Ventura said Combs returned home but did not say if he told her what had transpired.
Knight told “CUOMO” that he didn’t specifically recall the incident but that he used to visit that diner frequently.
He is serving a 28-year prison sentence in California for voluntary manslaughter.
Regarding the charges against Combs, Knight said he believes Combs has “influence” that could sway the case in his favor, either with prosecutors or the jury.
“Puffy’s not a dummy,” he said. “I’m sure somebody’s going to talk to one or two of those jurors, and all you need is one of them.”
“I think he’s going to be all right,” Knight said, adding that he also believes President Donald Trump will “probably” pardon him if he’s convicted.