June 4, 2025
Eddy Garcia testified in courtroom that he obtained the cash from Diddy.
A lodge employee testified within the Diddy trial that the leisure mogul made him signal an NDA (Non-disclosure settlement) in change for $100,000 for surveillance video capturing him assaulting his then-girlfriend, Cassie, on the InterContinental Resort in 2016.
Based on USA Right this moment, the previous safety officer from the lodge stated in courtroom June 3 that an worker of Sean “Diddy” Combs contacted him asking “if there was any potential option to get a duplicate of the video,” exhibiting the assault that came about that day. Eddy Garcia said that after the incident, he obtained a name from Kristina “KK” Khorram, Combs’ chief of workers, making the request.
A portion of that footage was revealed on CNN final 12 months earlier than Diddy was arrested by the federal government.
Garcia admitted that he initially advised Khorram that she must contact lodge administration or get a subpoena for the footage. After chatting with the Unhealthy Boy label proprietor, who advised him that if the video acquired out, it “might damage him,” Garcia stated his boss, Invoice Medrano, advised him it will take $50,000 to acquire the video.
An association was made for Garcia to fulfill at “a giant high-rise constructing.” When Garcia arrived, Diddy made him signal a non-disclosure settlement, saying that there have been “no duplicates, backups, saved drives” that contained the video. As soon as the settlement was signed, Garcia stated he was handed round $100,000 in money in a paper bag.
As soon as Garcia had the payoff, he stated he gave Medrano $50,000, $22,000 went to a different safety workers member on responsibility that night time, and he stored $30,000 for himself. He admitted that he bought a used car with what he obtained. He by no means deposited the cash in a financial institution to keep away from the cost being traced to him.
Combs is on trial and going through a life sentence on prices of racketeering conspiracy, intercourse trafficking by drive, fraud, or coercion, and transportation to have interaction in prostitution. He has proclaimed his innocence whereas pleading not responsible.
