The idea Sean Combs had anything to do with firebombing Kid Cudi's car is "nonsense," defense attorney Marc Agnifilo said during his closing argument.
"There is no evidence, I mean no evidence, that he had anything to do with the Porsche," Agnifilo argued.
Federal prosecutors argued in their summation yesterday that "the evidence and basic logic" suggest Combs did have something to do with it, out of jealousy over Kid Cudi's relationship with Cassie Ventura. The defense told the jury Combs was more direct.
"They were going to do what men do. They were going to have a fistfight," Agnifilo said. "You messing with my girl, I'm coming to your house and we're going to fight."
In an email following the car's destruction, Ventura told her mother and Combs' assistant Capircorn Clark that Combs had threatened to release sex tapes of her and physically harm Mescudi. That the email did not mention firebombing Mescudi's car, Agnifilo argued, raised doubts about Combs' culpability for the racketeering predicate act of arson.
The defense also sought to raise doubt about the bribery predicate.
Federal prosecutors argued Combs and his associates were worried about getting arrested after the attack on Ventura was caught on 2016 hotel surveillance cameras and sought to bribe a security guard for the footage. Agnifilo said Combs had a different motive: distrust of hotel staff.
"Money is involved, and people want a payday," Agnifilo said, telling the jury hotel staff may have been willing to sell video of someone as famous as Combs. "They're not worried about the police."
