Mescudi, who briefly dated singer Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in 2011, said he was asked twice to testify in the trial and declined both times. The government then subpoenaed him, leading to his explosive testimony where he described Combs as “a Marvel supervillain.”

The rapper talks about a time when he took a large amount of cocaine and laid on his floor believing this was the end of his life.

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